Statistics indicates that the aviation industry handles approximately 3% of the global recorded carbon dioxide (Bukvic). ... More than 700 million tons of carbon dioxide are generated by the commercial airliners. ... The major detriments emitted by flights are oxides of sulfur, water vapor, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons. ... Some of the emitted carbon dioxides is absorbed by the ocean surface, and the earth plants. ...

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Carbon dioxide is the one of the most common of all air pollution and is known to be a major contributor to global warming. Pollutants that are produced from the combustion of fossil fuels other than carbon dioxide include sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). ... AIR POLLUTION: THE PRIMARY AIR POLLUTANTS CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) Carbon monoxide is one of the most common air pollutants it our world today. ... Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is known to form quickly from vehicles and power plants. ... Sulfur dioxid...

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Since the Industrial Revolution, there has been a significant increase in the emission of greenhouse gases, the majority of which is carbon dioxide. ... Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the carbon dioxide atmospheric concentration was about 280 ppmv, and as of 1994 it has reached 358 ppmv. As of 1992, carbon dioxide made a 63.7 percent contribution of the global warming due to greenhouse gases from to human activity. If carbon dioxide continues to be produced at the same rate, figures are expected to reach 500 ppmv in 2050 and 700 ppmv by the year 2100. ... Although the methane atmosp...

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The predominant belief behind the idea is that human activity and toxic gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, have increased exponentially since the Industrial Revolution. ... The predominant argument behind global warming is that human activity and excessive carbon dioxide emissions have caused it to initiate, while the perpetual use of fossil fuels and other carbon emitters will cause the temperature to continuously increase. ... For the last few decades however, global warming supporters and theorists have been blaming the temperature increase on carbon dioxide and other fossil fuel emissi...

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The main green house gas carbon dioxide (CO2) has continued to increase from its preindustrial concentration of approximately 278ppm to over 391ppm in September 2012 (IPPC, 2007). ... The main concern about permafrost is that when it melts, the large quantity of carbon it contains is sent back to the atmosphere as methane and carbon dioxide, also there is presence of a frozen compound called clathrates beneath the permafrost and it may be destabilized and will ultimately result in the release of methane and carbon dioxide, the melting is an irreversible ecological landslide a vicious circular ...

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Lastly, my paper will give an argument that the Obama's administration's support for a market-based approach to reducing carbon-based consumption to reduce the overall level of carbon-based emissions. ... Hydrocarbons, the general category for various kinds of fossil fuels when kindled as a basis of energy, whether running automobiles, manufacturing plants, trains, or coal-fired power plants, create greenhouse gasses that are encompassed by carbon dioxide and water. ... The two climate policies are the implementation of a carbon tax on fossil fuels and the establishment of a market-...

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The many landfills across the world burning their trash are emitting carbon dioxide which is destroying the atmosphere and this is a big factor to why global warming is speeding up. ... The amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases produced will be lower since there will be less materials burned in incinerating plants. ...

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Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may alter the surface temperature through the "greenhouse" effect, which is capable of changing the ground terrain, from melting glaciers to expanding tropics and savannahs toward higher latitudes. ... Depending on the carbon tax and the carbon intensity of the product, reduce international competitiveness. ... Without emission constraint, the US economy is more or less unaffected by carbon abatement policies of the committed countries. ... It can be shown that, to lower one's income, even indirectly by the economic impacts a carbon tax would ...

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Currently, carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere are rising to unprecedented levels due to human activity and industrialization (Cooper). In turn, these levels contribute to an increase in global temperatures and are only exacerbated by the greenhouse effect, which traps the carbon dioxide particles in our atmosphere. ... " Most scientists agree that carbon emissions must be reduced by at least seventy percent (Gelbspan). ... Only governments can impose restrictions on carbon emissions and crackdown on industries. ... It is also crucially important for everyday citizens to be in touch w...

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Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times have been well documented. There is no doubt this atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases It's well accepted by scientists that greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and tend to warm the planet. ... As an individual, you can affect the emissions of about 4,800 pounds of carbon equivalent, or nearly 32% of the total emissions per person, by the choices you make in three areas of your life. ...

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With the acceleration of global climate change and urbanization, natural disasters are becoming a serious challenge faced by people through social and economic development. Big cities which are the main place with a highly concentrated population and economic development have not escape this disaste...

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Global Warming The media has been alerting the general public for numerous years on the perception of global warming and the harm it is causing. Also, in the same reports, humankind has been directly indicated as the primary cause of this occurrence. Actions of companies, consumers of products c...

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It's important to support every form of individual effort to produce less carbon dioxide, rather than taking the narrow view that only large projects attempting to compete with the energy supplied by fossil fuel will yield a satisfactory outcome. ... Prosecution of climate change deniers is really happening, the 20 scientists sent a letter to the White House calling for their political opponents to be investigated by the government. in particular, they are voicing their support of a proposal by Senator Sheldon (D-R.I.) for a RICO investigation of fossil fuel corporations and their support...

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According to the IPCC, atmospheric carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas, had increased from pre-industrial levels of about 280 parts per million by volume (ppmv) to a 1990 level of 370 ppmv, far greater than the concentrations found by scientists for any prior historical period. ... Prominent among those predictions was the report's conclusion that if no measures were taken to reduce human production of carbon dioxide - the "business as usual- scenario - CO2 concentrations would likely double by 2065. ... Industrial smog, primarily sulfur dioxide, is actually a "negative fee...

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Natural resources are resources which are provided, rather gifted to us by our Mother Nature, to help us live a sustainable life on Earth. Natural resources are of two types- renewable and non-renewable. Renewable resources are those which can be renewed by nature itself, like air, water bodies, soi...

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