Research on Climate change

            Climate change is a natural occurrence within the environment, but over the past few decades, the earth’s climate has changed at an abnormal pace. The most widely discussed cause of global warming is the depletion of the atmosphere’s ozone layer. 

• Ozone depletion allows harmful UV rays to reach the surface of the earth increasing the Earth’s temperature. 
• Methane gas, which is released by landfills, waste treatment, and biomass burning, is an additional cause of global warming.
• Man-made emissions of methane are 20 times more dangerous than carbon dioxide.
• Greenhouse gases, which are the biggest cause of global warming, include nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and most notably carbon dioxide.
• According to GlobalWarming.com, 8 billion tons of carbon dioxide emission entered the atmosphere last year.  A portion of this emission is due to volcanic activity and people exhaling, but the Earth is equipped to absorb this small level of carbon dioxide.  The excess carbon dioxide caused by power plants, engines, etc. cannot be absorbed thus negatively affecting the climate.