Climate Change Blog Post - Science

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Currently, in Science, we are learning about Climate Change. 

What Is The Green House Effect?

The greenhouse effect is one of the reasons the earth's worldwide climate is rising (global warming). Usually, solar radiation comes through the atmosphere and some of it is absorbed by the earth's surface. And then the solar radiation is reflected from the surface and atmosphere. But, greenhouse gases can prevent this. While most of the solar radiation is reflected, some of it is reflected back to earth and bounces back and forth between the surface and the greenhouse gases. Kind of like a game of ping pong. Except for this ping pong continuously heats up the earth's surface when it is absorbed.

Effects Of Global Warming

• Disease- Disease may spread because certain pests and bacteria can survive hot, wet temperatures.
• Weather Patterns- Seasonal and regional weather patterns could change dramatically. There could be more and more frequent and stronger cyclones, storms, and rain.
• Seal-level Rise- Towns on the coast would be in grave danger. They'd go from being suburbs to swamps. Roads and railways would be flooded.
• Rainfall- Intense rainfall could lead to flooding of rivers and streams, maybe even flash floods.
• Agriculture- Certain areas may not be able to grow individual crops. 

What Is The Solution?

Biofuels. The way we can use biomass to fuel cars, rather than actual fuel. Biofuels is an organic type of fuel we can make- which is a lot quicker than the slow geological formation of fossil fuels like oil and fuel.