The Green House Effects is one of the main causes of this warming. Some greenhouse gases are needed. “The greenhouse effect is unquestionably real and helps to regulate the temperature of our planet.” (EPA) Without the GreenHouse effect the Earth could not be warmed. Human activity is adding more of these gases. “The increase in the mean temperature of the earth due to excessive emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen.” ( Green) These extra gases are making it hard for heat to escape the Earth’s atmosphere resulting in warmer temperatures.
Two causes for this being the fact that land and housing costs are cheaper compared to cities, and higher property and business taxes have pushed businesses to the suburbs where taxes are typically low. Some argue that this could be positive for the growth of a local economy or the fact that it will do nothing but ruin the environment around us. Destruction of animal and plant life, the pollution it brings to the air, and the natural beauty of the wildlife being destroyed are just some of the reasons why so many citizens are opposed to this idea of "Urban Sprawl". Rural living areas on the other hand are not so much frowned upon. Houses are spread vastly apart leaving abundant room for gardens and fields.
The lower the energy requirement of the building in the first place, the more substantial the contribution from solar heat will be. For other demands such as hot water, which does not vary much seasonally, then solar can make a considerable contribution
Some of this long wave terrestrial radiation travels upward, where it may be reabsorbed by other gas molecules. The remainder travels downward and is again absorbed by the earth. Thus, the earth’s surface is being continually supplied with heat from atmosphere as well as from the sun. These processes that take place between the earth’s surfaces will keep the earth average temperature warmer than it would otherwise be. Plate tectonics could also led to climate change.
The sun's light and heat are less concentrated at higher latitudes. In addition, at the equator the sunlight travels straight down through the atmosphere, but near the poles it travels through a thicker layer air where more of the light is reflected, absorbed, or scattered and less reaches the ground. This is why the equator is hot and the poles are cold. Because of the great quantity of heat delivered to the equator it is a zone of warm, rising air. It absorbs much water vapour from the oceans and land vegetation through evaporation.
The slower molecules gain more thermal energy and collide with other molecules in the cooler object. This process continues until heat energy from the warmer object spreads throughout the cooler object. Some substances conduct heat more easily than others. Solids are better conductor than liquids and liquids are better conductor than gases. Metals are very good conductors of heat, while air is very poor conductor of heat.
EAP VI/A R/W YUCHENG WAN 11/27/12 Is Global Warming Manmade? Abstract Global warming is caused by numerous activities such as driving, taking airplanes, generating electricity, displaying fireworks, using air conditioning, developing industry and logging because those activities emit so much carbon dioxide that global temperatures rise up. Trees store CO2 in the forest system, so if forests are damaged, much CO2 will be released, which will increase the global temperatures. As this paper illustrates, natural climate cycles have already changed from warm to cool, so global warming is not because of natural factors. The solutions for global warming may include improving the efficiency of energy, protecting forests, producing more energy from renewable sources, generating electricity by wind, traveling in more fuel-efficiently vehicles, riding bicycles and using more efficient electrical appliances.
Acid rain as a result of industrialization has had many negative effects on the New England region in particular. The Adirondack Mountains are of special interest due to their soil composition that does not allow for the seizure of the two primary particles in acid rain. This has caused issues pertaining to the water reservoirs in the area that now are sometimes unable to support life do to the high acidity. Acid deposition as it is more formally called is typically composed of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. These two components are naturally occurring from sources like volcanoes but the industrial revolution has exponentially increased the amount of these chemicals in the air.
Because they reflect solar energy back into space they have a cooling effect on the world. The greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is also produced however the CO2 produced is insignificant when compared to emissions created by humans. (see also featured article - Do Volcanoes cause climate change) Ocean current - The oceans are a major component of the climate system. Ocean currents move vast amounts of heat across the planet. Winds push horizontally against the sea surface and drive ocean current patterns.
With urbanization comes expansion when this happens cities must make more roads, buildings, roads and homes to accommodate its population. When this happens there are large pieces of land that are destroyed reducing natural recourses and increasing greenhouse gases. This causes a massive amount of air pollution to one general area. Although carbon dioxide is a massive cause to air pollution outdoors there are still many indoor atmosphere pollutions that we breathe in every day. Cigarette smoke is one of the leading causes of indoor pollution in homes, the cigarette smoke a person breathes in does not only affect them personally but all the people around them as well.