(a) Based on your reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions in
your own words:
() What do you understand by global warming?
(ii) How does 'greenhouse gas' affect the earth's climate?
(iii) What interim solutions are suggested to prevent global warming?
(iv) What evidence of climate changes is already noticeable?
(v) What reasons are attributed for the ineffectiveness of U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol
Answers
Answer:
(I)Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth's climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere.
(ii)Too many greenhouses gases, and the sun's heat gets trapped in the atmosphere, warming the planet and the oceans. Global warming leads to severe weather extremes: droughts and floods, hot, hot summers and freezing winters.
(iii)For example, improvements to energy efficiency and vehicle fuel economy, increases in wind and solar power, biofuels from organic waste, setting a price on carbon, and protecting forests are all potent ways to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases trapping heat on the planet.
(iv)The physical and biological changes that confirm climate warming include the rate of retreat in glaciers around the world, the intensification of rainfall events, changes in the timing of the leafing out of plants and the arrival of spring migrant birds, and the shifting of the range of some species.
(v)The UN has 4 main purposes
- To keep peace throughout the world;
- To develop friendly relations among nations;
- To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other's rights and freedoms;
I HOPE ITS HELP YOU!!
Mark me as brainlist ☺️