About Global Warming
1750 Industrial Revolution
After
Balance disrupted
Burning fossil fuels
Waste CO2
Transportation
Energy
Before
Fine Balance
14C
Sustained life on earth
10.000 years
Greenhouse Gases
Man Made CFC's
Lifetime: 45 - 1.700 years
Most abundant
Lasts for decades to centuries
Methane
2nd most abundant
CO2
Now
380 parts per million
1750
280 parts per million
Highest in 650.000 years
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse gases
Manmade
Natural
Trapheat
Solar radiation
Water absorbs 90%
Ice reflects 90%