4. How CO2 increase the global
warming?
• Physically, via the greenhouse effect.
• The connection is usually made via the use of a
climate model.
• Control run versus scenarios.
• If the scenario run results show warmer surface
condition than the control, then it is plausible to
suspect that the increasing CO2concentration in the
atmosphere may cause warming.
5. • Increase in sea levels.
• Significant changes to
the amount and pattern
of precipitation
• Glacier retreat
• Mass species extinctions
• Increases in the ranges
of disease vectors
8. Ice shelves of the South Pole have
partly separated and are collapsing.
(NASA)
Receding high mountain glaciers
Melting ice and
rising sea level
9. Of course the physical environmental
change will lead to changes in the
biosphere – including our society.
10. What can we do to prevent global
warming?
• Use sources of energy that do not emit
carbon dioxide (CO2)
– Solar, Hydrogen, Wind, Biodiesel
• Reduce the amount of energy we use
– Cars with better gas mileage
– Energy-efficient appliances
– Turning off electrical appliances when not in
use.
11. Energy efficiency and
conservation
Urban Planning
Building Design
Use of passive solar building design, low-energy building, or zero-
energy building techniques, using renewable heat sources
Transport
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
A shift from air transport and truck transport to electric rail transport
Increased use of biofuels
12. Seeding Oceans With Iron
• It is motivated by
evidence that seeding
the oceans with iron
will increase
phytoplankton
populations, and
thereby draw more
carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere.
13. Carbon Capture And Storage
(CCS)
• Carbon capture and
storage (CCS) is a plan to
mitigate climate change
by capturing carbon
dioxide (CO2
) from large
point sources such as
power plants and
subsequently storing it
away safely instead of
releasing it into the
atmosphere.