Individual Actions to Reduce CO2 Level

We should make the Earth a better place to live in, and not work to distroying it. I think people must think about the planet they are living in more than thinking about their comfort in the first place.

The carbon dioxide level is increasing in the air, and this level shouldn’t rise more. In my point of view, the global warming is an important subject that should be taught at schools in more details, young people have to know how dangerous is it first.

In addition, the cars produce CO2 in big amounts and their number is increasing too, in my opinion Dubai’s metro is a great solution. Some other solutions are recycling, using solar system, planting trees, etc…

UAE and Global Warming

Learning more about the global warming made me think how it is connected to my country. I was really attracted to an article titled “Beating the Heat” that was on the “Gulf News” website.

Since the temperature in the UAE is always high, espicially in the summer; air conditioning is a basic need for anyone living in the UAE, although it has terrible effects on the environment and global warming, because of the amount of electricity it needs. However, I was raelly surprised when I read about the big amounts of money that people and companies spend on air conditioning.

I think that people should try reserve the energy and start buying the AC’s that don’t harm the enviroment. The companies too shouldn’t use this great amounts of AC’s in their projects.

• Here is the link to the article “Beating the Heat”:
  http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/15/10125501.html

Rise in Sea Level

One of the most popular effect of global warming is the rise in sea level all over the world. Since about 18,000 years ago, the sea level rose more than 120 meters.

Two things cause this riseing in sea level. The first reason is the water that is carried to the ocean when ice lands melt.

The other factor is when the temperature of the water increase the sea water weight decrease; therefore, it increase more in the planit. However, this rise in temperature makes the rise in sea level faster.

The rise in sea level is dangerous for the island and coastal countries, such as Syrilanca, Thailand, and Eygpt, since it might make the land not good for living, which might make the people leave those places.

Effects of Global Warming

Global warming has an effect on the environment and living things in many ways. However, their are two main effects; they are the increase in global average temperature and rising in sea levels.

When the Earth becomes warmer, oceans are warmer too, so the evaporation will increase. The environment will also change as the temperature increase; species will leave their surroundings, mostly animals that need cold weather, or they may extinct if they didn’t stand the change.

The increasing of temperature may lead to forest fires more often, which causes more carbon to be released to the atmosphere.

Humans’ health is affected because of the rise in temperature, especially the respiratory system. It is expected that global warming will lead to spreading of many diseases like malaria.
However, I chose to write about the rising in sea level as an effect of global warming in my next post.