Greenhouse gases and their effect on global climate change

by Zac MurdockApril 17 2014

Johnson State College

Greenhouse gases are causing a major issue when it comes to the globes climate. Human activity is the highest influence on greenhouse gas emissions and the greenhouse effect.

The greenhouse effect is causing the world’s climate to change constantly.

Greenhouse Gases are increasing in concentration annually

IPCC 2013

Temperature has been increasing over the past two hundred years.

IPCC 2013

Temperature has been increasing over the past two hundred years.

IPCC 2013

Glacial decrease has been steady over 50 years.

IPCC 2013

Sea level has been on the rise over the past hundred years.

IPCC 2013

Global CO2 levels reached a new highest level on record.

NOAA 2014

Temperature is rising more and more every decade.Glaciers are decreasing in mass every year.Sea level constantly increases directly from the decrease in glaciers.CO2 levels are also increasing due to human fossil fuels burning.

IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

NOAA National Climatic Data Center, State of the Climate: National Overview for January 2014, published online February 2014, retrieved on March 12, 2014 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2014/1