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Global warmingClimate is global concern. We know everyone, anywhere can make a difference
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1. Introduction 3
2. Green House Effect 4
3. Temperature changes 5
4. Global Warming Effects 8
5. Cause of Global warming 8
6. Global warming is inspiring tofight for awareness
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7. Helping in fighting against
Global warming
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8. Kyoto Accord 13
9. Government doing to stopGlobal warming
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10. Ten personal solutions to stopGlobal warming
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Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and the
oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature
increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005
Increasing global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of
precipitation, likely including an expanse of the subtropical desert regions. Other likely effects
include Arctic shrinkage and resulting Arctic methane release, shrinkage of the Amazon
rainforest (already very damaged by deforestation from logging and farming), increases in the
intensity of extreme weather events, changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade
routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and changes in the ranges of disease vectors.
You may wonder what global warming and climate change are. It turns out that climate change is
pretty much the same thing as global warming. It it caused by greenhouse gases, dangerous
chemicals that leak into the air. This creates a change in climate, which is the Earth warming up. Our
over-heated planet is melting the ice in the Artic, taking away the polar bears habitat. When you grow
older, the Arctic might not even exist if the temperature continues to rise.
The average global temperature has risen by almost one degree Fahrenheit over the past century,
which has driven scientists to expect that the average global temperature will increase an additional
two to six degrees over the next hundred years. This might not sound like a big deal, but it could
change the Earth's climate like never before. Eighteen thousand years ago, around the peak of the last
ice age, the temperature was only seven degrees colder than it is today, and glaciers covered almost
all of North America!
But even a small increase in the temperature over a long time period can change the climate. When
it changes, there might be even bigger changes that our race depends on, including ocean levels and
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the crop planting areas changing dramatically. If you live in a very cool climate, warmer temperatures
may invade your outside space. The changes may be good or bad, it depends what the Earth's climate
has in mind.
Climate change alters the world's ecosystems and habitats - all living things rely and are included in
these places. Many of these things depend on a delicate balance of temperature, rain fall, and soil
type. A quick change in climate could upset the fragile balance and critically endanger many living
things.
Many past climate changes occurred slowly, allowing animals and plants to adapt to their new
environment or head somewhere else. However, if future climate changes occur as quickly as some
scientists think, animals and plants may not be able to react soon enough to survive. The ocean's
ecosystems could also be affected, creating many risks to the animal population.
Greenhouse effect
The causes of the recent warming are an active field of research. The scientific consensus is that the
increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases due to human activity has caused most of the warming
observed since the start of the industrial era, and the observed warming cannot be satisfactorily
explained by natural causes alone.This attribution is clearest for the most recent 50 years, which is the
period when most of the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations took place and for which the most
complete measurements exist.
Naturally occurring greenhouse gases have a mean warming effect of about 33 °C (59 °F), without
which Earth would be uninhabitable. On Earth the major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which
causes about 36–70 percent of the greenhouse effect (not including clouds); carbon dioxide (CO2),
which causes 9–26 percent; methane (CH4), which causes 4–9 percent; and ozone, which causes 3–7
percent.
Human activity since the industrial revolution has increased the atmospheric concentration of various
greenhouse gases, leading to increased radiative forcing from CO2, methane, tropospheric ozone,
CFCs and nitrous oxide.
Another important feedback process is ice-albedo feedback. When global temperatures increase, ice
near the poles melts at an increasing rate. As the ice melts, land or open water takes its place. Both
land and open water are on average less reflective than ice, and thus absorb more solar radiation. This
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causes more warming, which in turn causes more melting, and this cycle continues. Rapid Arctic
shrinkage is already occurring, with 2007 being the lowest ever recorded sea ice area. Some models
suggest that tipping points exist, leading to a potentially rapid collapse of sea ice cover in the Arctic.
Temperature changes
Two millennia of mean surface temperatures according to different reconstructions, each smoothed on
a decadal scale. The unsmoothed, annual value for 2004 is also plotted for reference.
Global temperatures have increased by 0.75 °C (1.35 °F) relative to the period 1860–1900, according
to the instrumental temperature record. This measured temperature increase is not significantly
affected by the urban heat island effect.Since 1979, land temperatures have increased about twice as
fast as ocean temperatures (0.25 °C per decade against 0.13 °C per decade).Temperatures in the lower
troposphere have increased between 0.12 and 0.22 °C (0.22 and 0.4 °F) per decade since 1979,
according to satellite temperature measurements. Temperature is believed to have been relatively
stable over the one or two thousand years before 1850, with possibly regional fluctuations such as the
Medieval Warm Period or the Little Ice Age.
Sea temperatures increase more slowly than those on land both because of the larger effective heat
capacity of the oceans and because the ocean can lose heat by evaporation more readily than the
land.The Northern Hemisphere has more land than the Southern Hemisphere, so it warms faster. The
Northern Hemisphere also has extensive areas of seasonal snow and sea-ice cover. More greenhouse
gases are emitted in the Northern than Southern Hemisphere, but this does not contribute to the
difference in warming because the major greenhouse gases persist long enough to mix between
hemispheres.
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Based on estimates by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2005 was the warmest year since
reliable, widespread instrumental measurements became available in the late 1800s, exceeding the
previous record set in 1998 by a few hundredths of a degree. Estimates prepared by the World
Meteorological Organization and the Climatic Research Unit concluded that 2005 was the second
warmest year, behind 1998.
Global Warming effects
Green house gases stay can stay in the atmosphere for an amount of years ranging from decades to
hundreds and thousands of years. No matter what we do, global warming is going to have some effect
on Earth. Here are the 5 deadliest effects of global warming.
1. Polar ice caps melting
The ice caps melting is a four-pronged danger.
First, it will raise sea levels. There are 5,773,000 cubic miles of water in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, if all glaciers melted today theseas would rise about 230 feet. Luckily, that’s not going to happen all in one go! But sea levels willrise.
Second, melting ice caps will throw the global ecosystem out of balance. The ice caps are freshwater, and when they melt they will desalinate the ocean, or in plain English - make it less salty. Thedesalinization of the gulf current will “screw up” ocean currents, which regulate temperatures. The
stream shutdown or irregularity would cool the area around north-east America and Western Europe.Luckily, that will slow some of the other effects of global warming in that area!
Third, temperature rises and changing landscapes in the artic circle will endanger several species of animals. Only the most adaptable will survive.
Fourth, global warming could snowball with the ice caps gone. Ice caps are white, and reflectsunlight, much of which is reflected back into space, further cooling Earth. If the ice caps melt, theonly reflector is the ocean. Darker colors absorb sunlight, further warming the Earth.
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2. Economic consequences
Most of the effects of anthropogenic global warming won’t be good. And these effects spell one thing
for the countries of the world: economic consequences. Hurricanes cause do billions of dollars indamage, diseases cost money to treat and control and conflicts exacerbate all of these.
3. Increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves
Although some areas of Earth will become wetter due to global warming, other areas will suffer serious droughts and heat waves. Africa will receive the worst of it, with more severe droughts alsoexpected in Europe. Water is already a dangerously rare commodity in Africa, and according to theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global warming will exacerbate the conditions andcould lead to conflicts and war.
4. Warmer waters and more hurricanes
As the temperature of oceans rises, so will the probability of more frequent and stronger hurricanes.We saw in this in 2004 and 2005.
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5. Spread of disease
As northern countries warm, disease carrying insects migrate north, bringing plague and disease withthem. Indeed some scientists believe that in some countries thanks to global warming, malaria has not been fully eradicated.
Causes of Global Warming
1) Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants :-
In 2002 about 40% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions stem from the burning of fossil fuels for
the purpose of electricity generation. Coal accounts for 93 percent of the emissions from the
electric utility industry
Coal emits around 1.7 times as much carbon per unit of energy when burned as does natural
gas and 1.25 times as much as oil. Natural gas gives off 50% of the carbon dioxide, the
principal greenhouse gas, released by coal and 25% less carbon dioxide than oil, for the same
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amount of energy produced. Coal contains about 80 percent more carbon per unit of energy
than gas does, and oil contains about 40 percent more. For the typical U.S. household, a metric
ton of carbon equals about 10,000 miles of driving at 25 miles per gallon of gasoline or about
one year of home heating using a natural gas-fired furnace or about four months of electricity
from coal-fired generation.
2) Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
About 33% of U.S carbon dioxide emissions comes from the burning of gasoline in internal-
combustion engines of cars and light trucks (minivans, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks,
and jeeps). Vehicles with poor gas mileage contribute the most to global warming. For
example, according to the E.P.A's 2000 Fuel Economy Guide, a new Dodge Durango sports
utility vehicle (with a 5.9 liter engine) that gets 12 miles per gallon in the city will emit an
estimated 800 pounds of carbon dioxide over a distance of 500 city miles. In other words for
each gallon of gas a vehicle consumes, 19.6 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted into the air.
A new Honda Insight that gets 61 miles to the gallon will only emit about 161 pounds of
carbon dioxide over the same distance of 500 city miles. Sports utility vehicles were built for
rough terrain, off road driving in mountains and deserts. When they are used for city driving,
they are so much overkill to the environment. If one has to have a large vehicle for their
family, station wagons are an intelligent choice for city driving, especially since their price is
about half that of a sports utility. Inasmuch as SUV's have a narrow wheel base in respect to
their higher silhouette, they are four times as likely as cars to rollover in an accident.
3) Carbon Dioxide from Airplanes
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that aviation causes 3.5
percent of global warming, and that the figure could rise to 15 percent by 2050.
4) Carbon Dioxide from Buildings
Buildings structure account for about 12% of carbon dioxide emissions.
5) Methane
While carbon dioxide is the principal greenhouse gas, methane is second most important.
According to the IPCC, Methane is more than 20 times as
effective as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Levels of atmospheric methane have
risen 145% in the last 100 years.Methane is derived from sources such as rice paddies, bovine
flatulence, bacteria in bogs and fossil fuel production. Most of the world’s rice, and all of the
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rice in the United States, is grown on flooded fields. When fields are flooded, anaerobic
conditions develop and the organic matter in the soil decomposes, releasing CH4 to the
atmosphere, primarily through the rice plants.
6) Water Vapor in the Atmosphere Increasing
Water vapor is the most prevalent and most poweful greenhouse gas on the planet, but its
increasing presence is the result of warming caused by carbon dioxide, methane and other
greenhouse gases. Water vapor holds onto two-thirds of the heat trapped by all the greenhouse
gases. As the Earth heats up relative humidity is able to increase, allowing the planet's
atmosphere to hold more water vapor, causing even more warming, thus a positive feedback
scenario. Because the air is warmer, the relative humidity can be higher. There is much
scientific uncertainty as to the degree this feedback loop causes increased warming, inasmuch
as the water vapor also causes increased cloud formation, which in turn reflects heat back out
into space.
7) Nitrous oxide
Another greenhouse gas is Nitrous oxide (N2O), a colourless, non-flammable gas with a
sweetish odour, commonly known as "laughing gas", and sometimes used as an anaesthetic.
Nitrous oxide is naturally produced by oceans and rainforests. Man-made sources of nitrous
oxide include nylon and nitric acid production, the use of fertilisers in agriculture, cars with
catalytic converters and the burning of organic matter. Nitrous oxide is broken down in theatmosphere by chemical reactions that involve sunlight.
8) Deforestation
After carbon emissions caused by humans, deforestation is the second principle cause of
atmospheric carbon dioxide. (Deforestation is responsible for, by the burning and cutting of
about 34 million acres of trees each year. We are losing millions of acres of rainforests each
year, the equivalent in area to the size of Italy. The destroying of tropical forests alone is
throwing hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. We
are also losing temperate forests. The temperate forests of the world account for an absorption
rate of 2 billion tons of carbon annually. In the temperate forests of Siberia alone, the earth is
losing 10 million acres per year.
9) City Gridlock
In 1996 according to an annual study by traffic engineers [as reported in the San Francisco
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Chronicle December 10, 1996] from Texas A and M University, it was found that drivers in
Los Angeles and New York City alone wasted 600 million gallons of gas annually while just
sitting in traffic. The 600 million gallons of gas translates to about 7.5 million tons of carbon
dioxide in just those two cities.
10) Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean
The atmosphere contains about 750 billion tons of carbon, while 1020 billion tons are
dissolved in the surface layers of the world's ocean.
Also:
Forests 610 billion tons of Carbon
Soils 1580 " " "
Deep Ocean 38100 " "
11) Permafrost
Permafrost is a solid structure of frozen soil, extending to depths of 2.200 feet in some areas
of the arctic and subarctic regions, containing grasses, roots, sticks, much of it dating back to30,000 years. About 25% of the land areas of the Northern Hemisphere hold permafrost,
which is defined as soil whose temperature has been 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees
Celsius) for a period of at least 2 years. Permafrost is under 85% of Alaska land surface and
much of Canada, Scandinavia and Siberia and holds about 14 per cent of the world's carbon.
The hard permafrost on which is built homes and other buildings, can, with rising
temperatures, turn into a soft material causing subsidence and damage to buildings, electric
generating stations, pipelines and other structures. Ground instability would cause erosion,
affect terrain, slopes, roads, foundations and more.
Global Warming is Inspiring Scientists to Fight for Awareness
Scientists all over the world are making predictions about the ill effects of Global warming and
connecting some of the events that have taken place in the past few decades as an alarm of global
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warming. The effect of global warming is increasing the average temperature of the earth. A rise in
earth’s temperatures can in turn root to other alterations in the ecology, including an increasing sea
level and modifying the quantity and pattern of rainfall. These modifications may boost the
occurrence and concentration of severe climate events, such as floods, famines, heat waves, tornados,
and twisters. Other consequences may comprise of higher or lower agricultural outputs, glacier
melting, lesser summer stream flows, genus extinctions and rise in the ranges of disease vectors.
As an effect of global warming species like golden toad, harlequin frog of Costa Rica has already
become extinct. There are number of species that have a threat of disappearing soon as an effect of
global warming. As an effect of global warming various new diseases have emerged lately. These
diseases are occurring frequently due to the increase in earths average temperature since the bacteria
can survive better in elevated temperatures and even multiplies faster when the conditions are
favorable. The global warming is extending the distribution of mosquitoes due to the increase in
humidity levels and their frequent growth in warmer atmosphere. Various diseases due to ebola, hanta
and machupo virus are expected due to warmer climates. The marine life is also very sensitive to the
increase in temperatures. The effect of global warming will definitely be seen on some species in the
water. A survey was made in which the marine life reacted significantly to the changes in water
temperatures. It is expected that many species will die off or become extinct due to the increase in the
temperatures of the water,
Whereas various other species, which prefer warmer waters, will increase tremendously. Perhaps the
most disturbing changes are expected in the coral reefs that are expected to die off as an effect of
global warming. The global warming is expected to cause irreversible changes in the ecosystem and
the behavior of animals.
You Can Help Fight Global Warming
Many efforts are being made by various nations to cut down the rate of global warming. One such
effort is the Kyoto agreement that has been made between various nations to reduce the emissions of
various green house gases. Also many non profit organizations are working for the cause. Al Gore
was one of the foremost U.S. politicians to heave an alarm about the hazards of global warming. He
has produced a significantly acclaimed documentary movie called "An Inconvenient Truth," and
written a book that archives his advice that Earth is dashing toward an immensely warmer future. Al
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Gore, the former vice president of United States has given various speeches to raise an awareness of
global warming. He has warned people about the ill effects of Global warming and its remedies.
What Is The Kyoto Accord?
The Kyoto Accord is an international treaty whereby countries agree to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gases they emit if their neighbours do likewise. It is a very complex agreement that allows
trading pollution credits. If it is cheaper to reduce emissions in country A, then country B can buy the
pollution credits, and have them count toward its own quota of reductions. Happily, the global
atmosphere does not care where the greenhouse gas reductions come from.
The current Kyoto round calls for a greenhouse gas emission reduction of 6% in Canada and 5% in
the USA.
Why Ratify The Kyoto Accord?
After millions of years of remaining constant, greenhouse gas levels, particularly CO2, started to
climb sharply at the beginning of the industrial revolution. They are now almost certainly higher than
they have been in 20 million years. This is not a natural fluctuation. It is a side effect of us humans
diligently burning the oil, coal and forests. These greenhouse gasses trap heat in the atmosphere,
much like a giant greenhouse. The heating is called global warming.
Fair targets and flexible ways of meeting them
The Kyoto Protocol requires developed countries to reduce their GHG emissions below levels
specified for each of them in the Treaty. These targets must be met within a five-year time frame
between 2008 and 2012, and add up to a total cut in GHG emissions of at least 5% against the
baseline of 1990. Review and enforcement of these commitments are carried out by United Nations-
based bodies. The Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of
“common but differentiated responsibilities.” This has two main reasons. Firstly, those countries can
more easily pay the cost of cutting emissions. Secondly, developed countries have historically
contributed more to the problem by emitting larger amounts of GHGs per person than in developing
countries.
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In order to give Parties a certain degree of flexibility in meeting their emission reduction targets, the
Protocol developed three innovative mechanisms - known as Emissions Trading, Joint
Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). These so-called ”market-based
mechanisms” allow developed Parties to earn and trade emissions credits through projects
implemented either in other developed countries or in developing countries, which they can use
towards meeting their commitments. These mechanisms help identify lowest-cost opportunities for
reducing emissions and attract private sector participation in emission reduction efforts. Developing
nations benefit in terms of technology transfer and investment brought about through collaboration
with industrialized nations under the CDM.
What is the government doing to stop global warming?
The government is doing many things to help stop global warming. The government made a lawcalled The Clean Air Act so there is less air pollution. Global warming is making people get very bad
illnesses that could make them disabled, very sick, and sometimes even die. The Clean Air Act is
making many companies change their products to decrease these problems. Part of the law says that
you may not put a certain amount of pollutants in the air. Hairspray and some other products, like
foam cups, had this problem. Making and using these products let out too much volatile organic
compounds (VOC’s), ozone-destroying chemicals (chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s), and related
chemicals (such as CO2) into the air. Now, almost all of these products have a label on them telling
people what this product can do to the environment and many people. By 2015 all products listed on
the Clean Air Act will have this label on them:
Almost all of the other chemicals that could be harmful will have this label on them hopefully by this
time (2015) as well.
The Clean Air Act has also made car companies change some of the things inside of the cars. Cars
pollute a lot. While cars make more than half of the world’s smog (visible pollution in the air), many
things that cars need to move and heat up make even more pollution. Some things that are inside of
cars, buses, trucks, and motorcycles, like gasoline, pollute the air when the fuel is burned. It comes
out as a chemical and when mixed in the air, forms smog. Smog is a kind of pollution that you see in
the form of a cloud. If you have ever been to California you can see a lot of smog in some places.Sometimes the smog gets so bad that you cannot see at all! Smog forms when car exhaust, pollution
from homes, and pollution from factories mixes in the air and has a chemical reaction. The sun’s heat
and light add to the reaction.
Cars, buses, and trucks are also responsible for over 50% of dangerous chemicals let into the air.
Some of these chemicals can cause cancer, birth defects, trouble breathing, brain and nerve damage,
lung injures, and burning eyes. Some of the pollutants are so harmful that they can even cause death.
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Ten Personal Solutions to Global Warming
Individual choices can have an impact on global climate change. Reducing your family's heat-
trapping emissions does not mean forgoing modern conveniences; it means making smart choices andusing energy-efficient products, which may require an additional investment up front, but often pay
you back in energy savings within a couple of years.
Since Americans' per capita emissions of heat-trapping gases is 5.6 tons—more than double the
amount of western Europeans—we can all make choices that will greatly reduce our families' global
warming impact.
1. The car you drive: the most important personal climate decision.
When you buy your next car, look for the one with the best fuel economy in its class. Each
gallon of gas you use is responsible for 25 pounds of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
Better gas mileage not only reduces global warming, but will also save you thousands of
dollars at the pump over the life of the vehicle. Compare the fuel economy of the cars you're
considering and look for new technologies like hybrid engines.
2. Choose clean power. More than half the electricity in the United States
comes from polluting coal-fired power plants. And power plants are the single largest source
of heat-trapping gas. None of us can live without electricity, but in some states, you can
switch to electricity companies that provide 50 to 100 percent renewable energy. (For more
information go to
3. Look for Energy Star. When it comes time to replace
appliances, look for the Energy Star label on new appliances (refrigerators, freezers,
furnaces, air conditioners, and water heaters use the most energy). These items may cost a
bit more initially, but the energy savings will pay back the extra investment within a couple
of years. Household energy savings really can make a difference: If each household in the
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United States replaced its existing appliances with the most efficient models available, we
would save $15 billion in energy costs and eliminate 175 million tons of heat-trapping
gases.
4. Unplug a freezer.
One of the quickest ways to reduce your global warming impact is to unplug the extra
refrigerator or freezer you rarely use (except when you need it for holidays and parties). This
can reduce the typical family's carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 10 percent.
5. Get a home energy audit.
Take advantage of the free home energy audits offered by many utilities. Simple measures,
such as installing a programmable thermostat to replace your old dial unit or sealing and
insulating heating and cooling ducts, can each reduce a typical family's carbon dioxide
emissions by about 5 percent.
6. Light bulbs matter.
If every household in the United States replaced one regular light bulb with an energy-
saving model, we could reduce global warming pollution by more than 90 billion pounds
over the life of the bulbs; the same as taking 6.3 million cars off the road. So, replace your
incandescent bulbs with more efficient compact fluorescents, which now come in all shapesand sizes. You'll be doing your share to cut back on heat-trapping pollution and you'll save
money on your electric bills and light bulbs.
7. Think before you drive.
If you own more than one vehicle, use the less fuel-efficient one only when you can fill it
with passengers. Driving a full minivan may be kinder to the environment than two midsize
cars. Whenever possible, join a carpool or take mass transit.
8. Buy good wood.
When buying wood products, check for labels that indicate the source of the timber.
Supporting forests that are managed in a sustainable fashion makes sense for biodiversity,
and it may make sense for the climate too. Forests that are well managed are more likely to
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store carbon effectively because more trees are left standing and carbon-storing soils are less
disturbed.
9. Plant a tree.
You can also make a difference in your own backyard. Get a group in your neighborhood
together and contact your local arborist or urban forester about planting trees on private
property and public land. In addition to storing carbon, trees planted in and around urban
areas and residences can provide much-needed shade in the summer, reducing energy bills
and fossil fuel use.
10. Let policymakers know you are concerned about global warming.
Our elected officials and business leaders need to hear from concerned citizens. for the
Union of Concerned Scientists Action Network to ensure that policymakers get the timely,
accurate information they need to make informed decisions about global warming solutions.
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