Monday, May 28, 2007

What I have learned in this project

During this semester, I learnt a lot from this blog. First of all am now able to create a new blog. Moreover, in my blog everybody can find a lot of information about global warming. Furthermore my skills improved a lot because I had to read many articles to find out about global warming and I summarized them. In this project, I learnt about global warming, now am aware more about the causes and effects. Now am able to aware other people about the causes and effects of this important issue, so we can all act together to face the global warming.

Individual Action to be taken

In the UAE if we work together we can do many things. First of all, why don’t we have a day in the week or even in the month without using cars? For example we can use buses, walking or bikes. That may take longer but we will save fuel and do some exercise. Secondly, recycling papers such as newspapers and magazines and aluminum cans and glasses cups will decrease the energy needed to produce new materials. Finally, government must fines the old cars which polluted the air with large amount of CO2. Also I recommend the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth'. It will teach us a lot.

UAE and Global Warming


An Australian scientist set the UAE as a base for his project. He has a theory to save the world from global warming by making the ocean bloom with microscopic plants that can absorb carbon dioxide. According to Professor Ian Jones a phytoplankton which a tiny plant live in the sea maybe become the solution for the global warming. This planet can act like a tree, but by adding urea granules (a solid from nitrogen). The minister of environment and water Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi was happy about this idea hopping to meet Professor Jones next time.


Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Sea Level Rise Due to Global Warming

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Rissing Seas and Global Warming

Rising of the sea level is one of the main effects of the global warming. Over the last 100 years, the global sea level has risen by about 10 to 25 cm. Sea level change is difficult to measure. The major problem is that the land experiences vertical movements and these get incorporated into the measurements. It is likely that much of the rise in sea level has been related to the concurrent rise in global temperature over the last 100 years. Other factors are more difficult to quantify. The rate of observed sea level rise suggests that there has been a net positive contribution from the huge ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, but observations of the ice sheets do not yet allow meaningful quantitative estimates of their separate contributions. The ice sheets remain a major source of uncertainty in accounting for past changes in sea level because of insufficient data about these ice sheets over the last 100 years.

Effects of Global Warming

Many researches found out that global warming effects have taken place during the 20th century. Global warming effects have resulted in an increase of the average surface temperature, a decrease in snow cover and ice extent and a rise of the sea level. Moreover, global warming effects affect precipitation, cloud cover and extreme temperatures. Natural reasons will always affect global warming effects. However, human activities are increasing significantly the concentrations of greenhouse gases, mainly CO2) in the atmosphere, resulting in global warming effects. Although more research is needed, understanding of global warming effects processes and computer models have improved. Global warming effects models conclude that most of the warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to man-made activities.

Carbon Dioxide and Temperature


Carbon Dioxide Emissions


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Global annual fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions, in million metric tons of carbon

Carbon dioxide emissions and Global Warming!

If we want to talk about one specific cause for global warming we can talk about carbon dioxide emission which is one of the main causes of the global warming carbon and it is the principal greenhouse gas. Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas generated by man's burning of fossil fuels and the forests is responsible for about half the greenhouse gas warming. Other gases (CFCs, methane, nitrous oxide, tropospheric ozone) are responsible for the rest. Increases in all these gases are due to mankind's unstable population growth over especially in the last century, and increased industrial expansion. Approximately 80% of atmospheric CO2 increases are due to man's use of fossil fuels: oil, coal, and gas.

What is causing Global Warming?

Global Warming is caused by many things and everyday scientists come out with a new one. The causes are divided into two groups, natural causes and man-made. Natural causes like the big release of methane gas in the arctic. The other causes are the man-made causes which are the most effectively reason to this big issue such as using fossil fuel. That led to Carbon Dioxide emissions from Trucks, Carbon Dioxide from Airplanes, Carbon Dioxide from Buildings We need to keep our sights clear and understand that the measure of a threat is not a matter of whether they mean it or not. But we have to know how much loss it may cause to the world.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Welcome!


My name is Zahran, I was born on 18-1-1987 in the UAE in Abu Dhabi. First, I live with my family in Al Mushrife area then we moved to Al Moroor area, but I am not happy in this home because I lived in our old house for twenty years and I miss our friends and neighbors.I studied in Abdullah Bin Otaiba School for 6 years. Then I studied 3 years in Al Qurtobi School then I studied in Khalifa Bin Zayed High School. After I finished high school and then I joined Abu Dhabi Men’s College in 2004. There I study civil engineering and my sponsor is the municipality.In my free time I like to play football, billiards and bowling. Also I like to watch movies and football matches. I like to go to the gym to do some exercises. My favorite teams in the world are Barcelona and Inter Milan and in the UAE it is Al Ain. In this blog I will talk about the global warming .