Switch from a regular incandescent light bulb to a fluorescent light bulb to save energy.
Install a programmable thermostat, they turn on during the day but turn off to save energy.
Move your thermostat up 2 degrees in the winter and 2 degrees down in the summer.
Reduce, Reuse and recycle
Use the off switch on electricity.
Livestock are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than transportation is. This is due to the large amounts of petroleum used in creating ammonium nitrate fertilizer (for the corn that they are fed) plus the cost of shipping that corn to the cattle and then shipping the cattle to slaughter and grocery
Run your dishwasher only with a full load. Save 100 lbs. of carbon dioxide and U.S. $40 per year.
Make sure that your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5 lbs. of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.
Less packaging could reduce your garbage significantly, saving 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide and $1,000 per year
Keep your water heater insulated to save up to 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and US$40 per year. Avoid using units fitted with continuous pilot lights, and you will save AUD$40 and 200 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions yearly.
Inefficient appliances (such as refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners) waste energy.
Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide and US$256 per year by unplugging them or switching them off at the wall using a power surge-protector
Plants like Bamboo grow faster and produce 35% more oxygen than trees like oak or birch, and require fewer chemicals and care.
Taking the bus, the train, the subway or other forms of public transportation lessens the load on the roads and reduces one's individual greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 1600 pounds per year.
Try using refills instead of buying new jars or bottles each time. This reduces your consumption and is usually cheaper, too.
that summer's drought in the United States was "99% certain" to have been caused by the greenhouse effect
current temperatures will go up by an average of 3-4[deg.]C
But it is inconceivable that the planet could bounce back from warming into a sudden ice age
These activities create greenhouse gases which are carbon dioxide
methane gas, chloroflourocarbons, and nitrous oxide. These are called greenhouse gases because when concentrated in the atmosphere these gases act like the glass in a greenhouse
they let energy in as short-wavelength solar radiation but reflect it back when it tries to exit again as longer-wavelength heat waves.
temperature is cause of ice melting on Earth's poles and sea level rise which is becoming faster over last century. Sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches by the end of the century, and continued melting at the poles could add between 4 and 8 inches.
Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger. Precipitation has increased across the globe. Floods and droughts are likely to become more common.
world has seen so many disastrous events due to climate change such as forest fires in Russia. Russian capital Moscow has suffered its hottest day on record with temperature reaching 39degC (102F).
Many villages are burnt due to this forest fire, hundreds of people are killed and thousands are homeless.
Palestine recorded its hottest day August 7, 2010 and the temperature was 51.4degC.
The worst floods in Pakistan have killed more than 1700 people and left 20 million homeless.
Policies for the energy sector which is the major source of emission of gasses
Main solution of the problem is the reduction of industrial activities; in other words control the emission of greenhouse gasses.
Ukraine's hottest day was recorded on August 1, 2010 on 41.3degC. Qatar's hottest day was July 14, 2010 and the record temperature was 50.degC
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