2013年10月13日星期日

2013.10.13 Graphic Design 2 --- Global warming


Global warming

 


Basic introduction

 
Global warming is in a period of time, the earth's atmosphere and ocean temperatures phenomenon, is mainly refers to man-made temperature to rise. Think may be due to the worldwide greenhouse gas (co2) emissions caused by too much.

Nearly 100 years, the average global temperature has experienced: cold and warm to cold, warm, four on the whole the temperature to rise. After entering the eighty s, global temperature rise significantly.

The global atmosphere and the surface of this system is like a huge "glass greenhouse", make the earth's surface has always maintained a certain temperature, the suitable for humans and other biological survival environment. In this system, can not only let the sun radiation through the atmosphere and reach the ground, and also can prevent the ground radiation loss, we put the atmosphere on the surface of this protective effect is called the atmospheric greenhouse effect (green house effect). Known as the greenhouse gases "greenhouse gases", they can make the sun shortwave radiation through freedom, at the same time can absorb long-wave radiation from the earth's surface. These gases have a carbon dioxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons, ozone, nitrogen oxide and water vapor, etc., is one of the main carbon dioxide. Over the past century global climate is gradually warming, at the same time, the content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are also increased dramatically. Many scientists agree that greenhouse gas emissions of the greenhouse effect caused by the fuel is the basic cause of global warming.

Human burning coal, oil, natural gas, and trees, produce large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere after the heating, the carbon cycle imbalances, changed the form of energy conversion, the earth's biosphere. Since the industrial revolution, increased by 25% content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, more scientists may survey out all of the past 160000 years of history, and shows no sign of slowing down.

Increase in carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere is the cause for the earth warming. The international energy agency, according to a survey of the United States, China, Russia and Japan accounted for almost half of the total global carbon dioxide emissions. Research shows that carbon dioxide emissions are the highest in the world in the United States, in about 20 tons of co2 emissions per capita, emissions of carbon dioxide accounting for 23.7% of the global total. China's annual per capita carbon emissions is about 2.51 tons, accounts for about 13.9% of the global total.

 

Background introduction





Global warming is refers to the global temperature rise. Nearly 100 years, the average global temperature has experienced twice cold - warm - cold - warm fluctuations, the overall look for rising trend. After entering the eighty s, global temperature rise significantly.

The average global temperature from 1981 to 1990 increased by 0.48 ℃ more than 100 years ago. Cause the main cause of global warming is human in almost a century extensive use of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, etc.), emissions from a large amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Because these greenhouse gases to the visible light radiation from the sun (3.8-7.6 nm, shorter wavelength) with high penetrability, and its reflection on the earth long wave radiation (such as infrared) are highly absorbent, which is often said that the "greenhouse effect", leading to global warming.

The specific reason for this is that people burn fossil minerals to produce energy or deforestation and burning the carbon dioxide produced when it entered the earth's atmosphere. Intergovernmental panel on climate change, according to the climate models predict by the year 2100, global temperature estimation would rise by about 1.4 to 5.8 ℃ (2.5 to 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit). According to the forecast, global temperatures will appear in the past 10000 years has never had the huge change, and thus potentially significant impact on the global environment.

To prevent the global warming trend, in 1992 the United Nations specifically developed to the UN framework convention on climate change, the convention in the same year in the Brazilian city of Rio DE janeiro is signed into law. On the basis of the convention, developed countries agreed to by 2000 they released into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other emissions of "greenhouse gases", down to 1990 levels. In addition, the total carbon dioxide emissions a year accounted for 60% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions countries also agreed to the related technology and information transfer to developing countries. Developed countries to the developing countries of the technology and the information can help the latter actively respond to challenges from climate change. As of May 2004, 189 nations have formally approved the treaty.

The earth is heating up, in the last century the world's average temperature rose about 0.6 degrees Celsius. In the northern hemisphere spring snow thawing period for nine days earlier than 150 years ago, and the autumn frosts start time is late 10 days or so.

Is the temperature record since the middle of the 19th century in the 1990 s the warmest decade since, the hottest years on record, in turn, is: 1998, 2002, 2003, 2001 and 1997.

 

Cause analysis

Human factors

1.     The population factor




The dramatic increase in population is one of the main factors that contribute to global warming. At the same time, it also seriously threatens the balance between natural ecological environment. So many people, only their own emissions of carbon dioxide each year will be a staggering Numbers, the result will be directly responsible for the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases unceasingly, this form of carbon dioxide "greenhouse effect" will directly affect the earth's surface climate change.

2. Atmospheric environmental pollution factors

Increasingly serious environmental pollution has constituted a major global problem, is also one of the main factors that contribute to global warming. Now, on global climate change research has clearly pointed out that since the end of last century had started to rise the temperature of the earth's surface.

3. The Marine ecological environment deterioration factors

The change of sea level is continuously rising, according to experts predict the next century, sea level could rise 50 cm. If you don't take on the measures, will directly cause the destruction of freshwater resources and pollution. In addition, land activities to produce large amounts of toxic chemical waste and solid waste constantly into the sea; Major in sea water in the oil (leak) events and caused by human activities such as coastal areas such as the destruction of the ecological environment is the main factor that leads to the ecological environment destruction.

4. Land erosion, salinization, desertification and other factors

Soil erosion and desertification is the main reason of the inappropriate agricultural production. As is known to all a good vegetation can keep the soil and water loss. But so far, human activities such as for wood and deforestation, cultivated land used for agricultural production and overgrazing reason, is still a serious damage to vegetation. The world per minute on average 20 hectares of forest are destroyed, 10 hectares of land desertification, 47000 tons of soil erosion. Soil erosion decreased soil fertility and water retention, thus reducing the biological productivity of the soil and its ability to maintain productivity; And can cause a wide range of floods and dust storms, causing great economic losses to the society, and the worsening ecological environment.

5. The forest resources in factors

Around the world, because of natural or man-made factors causing forest area is greatly reduced.

6. Acid rain harm factors

The effects of acid rain to the ecological environment has become more and more attention all over the world. Acid rain can destroy forest, acidification lakes, endanger biological, etc. At present, the acid rain in the world more concentrated in Europe and North America, most of the acid rain occurred in developed countries, some developing countries, acid rain, also in the occurrence and development rapidly.

7. Factors accelerate extinctions

Life on earth is a valuable human resources, and biodiversity is the foundation of human survival and development. But the biological species on the earth is at an unprecedented rate.

8. Water pollution factors

According to the global environment monitoring system for water quality monitoring project shows that about 10% of the global monitoring of the pollution of the river, since this century, the human water consumption is dramatically increased, at the same time, water pollution, scale is continually expanding, this creates a contradiction between supply and demand of fresh water. Therefore, the treatment of water pollution is very urgent and important.

9. Toxic waste pollution factors

Growing toxic chemicals not only pose a serious threat to human survival, but also to the ecological environment of the earth's surface will lead to harm.

 

Natural factors

1. The volcanic activity

2. The earth periodic track changes

The earth periodic track by oval into circular trajectory, distance closer to the sun. According to some scientists study the earth's temperature has a moderate high low temperature alternating, there is a certain regularity.

 

Continued warming




The China meteorological administration, deputy director of the national climate center, said luo according to many scientists predict that in the world in the next 50-100 human will completely into a warming world. Due to the influence of human activity, in the 21st century, the concentration of greenhouse gases and sulphate aerosols increase quickly, make future 100, east Asia and China in the world of temperature rising rapidly, the global average surface temperature to rise 1.4 ℃ to 5.8 ℃. By 2050, China will raise average temperature 2.2 ℃.

"Frequent rare heavy fog weather since winter is also a sign of warmer winters." Luo said that the fog weather is due to "warm winter" cause strong cold air is very weak. The reality of global warming is to ring alarm bells around the world, climate warming has the serious influence to human survival and sustainable development of society, it is not only a matter of science, and it is a political, economic, energy and other aspects of the comprehensive problem, the fact that global warming has risen to the height of national security.





 

1. The ecological

First of all, global warming, rising sea levels, precipitation distribution again, change the current pattern of the world's climate; Second, global warming and destroyed the food chain, food chain, have more serious natural consequences. Every year, for example, have a kind of migratory birds, flying from Australia to summer in northeast China, but due to global warming temperatures in northeast China, summer extended, the birds left the northeast time corresponding warming, once again return to the northeast of time also corresponding delay. As a result of this kind of migratory birds eat a pest overrun, destroyed large tracts of forest. In addition, the environment of extreme events increase, such as drought, flood, etc.

2. The political

Limit emissions of carbon dioxide, and restrictions on the consumption of energy, will the conditionality of the impact on the world. Should be "reduction" in developing countries, or in the developed countries "emission reduction" has become the focus of the discussion questions. Increasing greenhouse gas emissions in the developing world, 2013 years after the "reduction" of the problem is bound to be concentrated in developing countries. Scientific questions about stopping global warming will inevitably "north-south relations" problem, so that the climate become an international political issue.

3. The climate

Global warming make the mainland area, precipitation increase, especially in the high latitudes such as Africa, rainfall in some regions. Some parts of extreme weather events (el nino, drought, floods, thunderstorms, hail, storms, heat and dust storms, etc.) in the frequency and intensity increase.

4. The ocean

As global temperatures rise, the ocean evaporation of water vapor volume increased significantly, contributed to the warming. The decrease of the overall heat capacity and Marine and curb global warming. In addition, due to the ocean to the release of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, thus the real culprit is the ocean phytoplankton community.

5. The crops

The effects of global climate warming on crops growth cut both ways. First, the global temperature changes directly affect the global water cycle, in some parts of the drought or flooding, crop production, and high temperature is unfavorable to the seeds. Second, the precipitation increase especially in arid regions can promote crop growth. With increased carbon dioxide levels of global warming will also promote the crop photosynthesis, to increase production.

6. Human health

(1) as a direct result of global warming in some parts of summer super high temperature, heart disease and various respiratory diseases caused by, every year will take a lot of people's life, and with the biggest risk of newborns and the elderly. (2) global warming lead to ozone concentration increases, the ozone in the low altitude is very dangerous contaminants, will destroy man lung tissue, trigger asthma or other lung disease. (3) global warming will cause some infectious diseases.

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