Such blocking action leads to a warming of the planet, and to keep it simple, it would soon be like living in an oven for us.ĬO2 emitters have been on this earth long before humans have started to take over, but there has always been a balance between emitters and absorbers (elements that remove and retain CO2). This roof protects us from ultraviolet radiation while at the same time it traps sunlight or heat energy beneath, slowly radiating it back beyond the atmosphere.ĭue to significant CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, heat energy can no longer pass on and escape into space. If you think of our planet’s atmosphere, we could compare it to the glass roof of a greenhouse since it acts both as a filter and as a transmission medium for all incoming solar energy. Since then, it was the main subject in debates conducted by the scientific community regarding global warming. The greenhouse effect was first studied in 1896 by a Swedish scientist named Svante Arrhenius.
You’ve probably seen people arguing on TV about the amount of CO2 we’re dumping into the atmosphere and how the greenhouse effect will kill us sooner or later, but you’re probably wondering how does all of this work. Regardless of which side you stand on, it has become apparent that the weather patterns are changing, and Mother Nature is throwing more violent tantrums than ever.
Climate change is here to stay, and you can no longer ignore its effects, and you must prepare for what’s to come.įor the last two decades, there has been an intense debate regarding climate change, and there are three sides “waging war” in the spotlight, the believers, the non-believers, and the neutral.
We believe there’s more than enough time left to do something about it. We’re noticing its effects more and more lately, and even if climate change may very well lead to human extinction one day, we still seem unbothered by it. We’ve been hearing about it for the past 50 years or so, and we still haven’t managed to build a preparedness plan on it. Global warming or climate change is an old enemy we keep fighting without entirely aware of its whole existence.