January 30, 2018

AOW #19-Responding to "Difference Between Global Warming And Greenhouse Effect" By KnowledgeNuts

January 30, 2018

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Article Category: Environment

 Link to Article: Difference Between Global Warming And Greenhouse Effect  (January 30, 2018)

Global warming and the greenhouse effect are terms that are often thrown around interchangeably to refer to the warming of Earth’s climate, but they are far from the same. The greenhouse effect is a process that regulates the planet’s temperature by the storage and release of different gases, while global warming refers to mankind’s interference with the process, the increase in the amount of trapped gases and the subsequent rise in temperature.The greenhouse effect in itself isn’t bad, but our interference with the natural order of things is. The amount of gases that are building up inside the atmosphere is climbing steadily. Measured in parts per million, the levels of carbon dioxide have risen from 280 parts per million during the Industrial Revolution to 400 parts per million today. So what does global warming cause? Temperatures should be rising, but that’s just part of it. Rising temperatures mean drier land masses, which in turn means more dust storms, more droughts, and more wildfires. It means less snow, shorter winters, longer summers and worse heat waves. A warmer ocean means worse tropical storms and hurricanes. In conclusion, with our help, the greenhouse effect is changing the temperature of the world in the same way within a matter of decades.