Carbon dioxide and global warming

In the process of global warming, the emission of certain gases is causing the global temperature to rise. These gases are called greenhouse gases in scientific terms. These include methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and carbon dioxide. Every human, animal, and marine life on Earth emits environmentally friendly gases, such as carbon dioxide. Much less than carbon dioxide. These sources include oil and gas-fired power plants, cars, cement plants and other industries. According to a report, in 2018, an additional 370 million tons of carbon dioxide gas entered our atmosphere from human consumption.

Carbon dioxide and global warming

Pakistan's share of this is about 2.5 million tons, but according to a recent UN report, the rapid pace of climate change has sounded alarm bells for the whole world. Most Pakistanis think that climate change may be just that. This is a problem of the people of the West and we are completely safe from it, but it is absolutely wrong to think so. Climate change in our country is just as damaging as it is in the West. Moreover, in Pakistan it is less and less. Frequent snowfalls, water shortages in rivers, and declining temperatures are just some of the symptoms that may not surprise us, but they do bother scientists.

Carbon dioxide is called an environmentally friendly gas. Scientists say that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing day by day. According to the experts of a laboratory located in the US state of Hawaii, carbon dioxide has already been released. The volume has exceeded 400 parts per million molecules. This means that out of every one million molecules in the atmosphere, 400 are carbon dioxide. The station at the volcano Maunalova has been producing carbon dioxide since 1958. According to scientists, the atmosphere at that time was much warmer than it is today.

Carbon dioxide is thought to be the most important man-made greenhouse gas that has caused global temperatures to rise in recent decades. Humans burn coal, gas and oil to produce this gas which accumulates in the atmosphere. Forests and plants absorb this gas from the atmosphere. According to James Butler, head of a laboratory in Hawaii, the amount of this hostile gas changes every hour, daily and every week.

In 2015, a report was prepared by the World Meteorological Organization regarding the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which revealed that 2015 is the first year in which the atmosphere Carbon dioxide emissions averaged 400 parts per million. The rising rate of this environmentally hostile gas had put the world in a precarious situation with the El Nino factor. According to the WMO report, due to climate change, the L-nano-factor reduces the ability of forests and oceans to absorb carbon.

The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Petteri Taalas, says that as the ability of forests and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide improves, it means that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere begins to decrease. But without reducing carbon dioxide emissions, we cannot get out of the effects of climate change, and for that we need to change global temperatures from pre-industrial temperatures to current temperatures. It has to be brought down to two degrees Celsius. According to experts, the rate of carbon emissions decreases in the month of September. Scientists have predicted that it will take many generations to bring the rate of carbon in the atmosphere below 400 parts per million.

A recent study has found that the level of ribbon dioxide, a harmful gas in the Earth's atmosphere, has reached the highest level in human history. According to the Scips Institute for Oceanography in the United States, the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's surface is 415 per million molecules. According to research, this level of environmentally hostile gas is the highest in human history.

According to experts, the highest levels on Earth come in autumn, winter and spring. There are strong indications of persistence for many years, and this trend will cause the Earth to experience a climatic El Ni ایلo effect, which will cause many areas to experience extreme temperatures, extreme rainfall and drought.

According to a report, in the future, the rate of carbon dioxide emissions into the Earth's atmosphere will be three parts per million. Will The emission of this gas has polluted the upper atmosphere of the planet.

It should be noted that before the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, the rate of presence of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere was 300 parts per million. In 2013, this hostile gas exceeded 400 parts per million. Scientific research has uncovered the fact that more than three million years ago, Carbon dioxide levels were rising dramatically, but the Earth's temperature was found to be three to four degrees higher than it is now.

Rising levels of carbon dioxide are also affecting the effectiveness of our diets. Experts say healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are losing their nutrients because plants need carbon dioxide to grow. Therefore, it was generally believed that the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the more beneficial it would be to plants, but new research has shown that higher levels of carbon are harming plants. Food plants are losing their nutrients due to excess carbon. The important minerals present in these plants such as potassium, calcium, iron, zinc and protein are decreasing while the amount of carbohydrates is increasing.

According to experts, before the Industrial Revolution, there were 180 particles of carbon in the atmosphere instead of 1 million, but now the number of carbon particles has increased to more than 400 and if the situation remains the same, by 2050 this number will be 550 According to scientists, 800 million people could be affected. According to scientists, the remaining forests will also be cut down and cultivated to meet the nutritional needs of the growing population, thus increasing carbon emissions, because The trees will shrink to absorb it. And environmental pollution will increase.