About Global Warming

Greenhouse Effect

Solar radiation

Ice reflects 90%

Water absorbs 90%

Greenhouse gases

Natural

Trapheat

Manmade

Trapheat

CO2

1750

280 parts per million

Highest in 650.000 years

Now

380 parts per million

Greenhouse Gases

Methane

2nd most abundant

CO2

Most abundant

Lasts for decades to centuries

Man Made CFC's

Lifetime: 45 - 1.700 years

1750 Industrial Revolution

Before

Fine Balance

14C

10.000 years

Sustained life on earth

After

Balance disrupted

Burning fossil fuels

Energy

Transportation

Waste CO2