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Global warming prevention
The outline of this project
What is global warming
Changes in earth's temperature
What is global warming
When the temperature gets high
Knowing the greenhouse gas effect
Global warming prevention

    

What is global warming

Knowing the greenhouse gas effect

 The greenhouse gas in the atmosphere absorbs a portion of infrared radiation.The greenhouse gasses are tropospheric ozone, carbon dioxide and methane.In the recent years, the gasses concentration has increased and that is causing the global warming.
 Kyoto has become the target protocol on emissions reduction by the Ministry of Environment,according to the Ministry, these are the substances that are annually kept under control, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), CFC hydrofluorocarbon s (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs)and six types of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).

Characteristics of greenhouse gas effects
Greenhouse gas Greenhouse gas potential Quality Source
Carbon dioxide(CO2) 1 Typical greenhouse gas Combustion of fossil fuels, etc.
Methane(CH4) 25 Main component of natural gas, a gas at normal temperature. Burns well Agriculture (rice cultivation, enteric fermentation of livestock) Waste landfill, waste water treatment, etc.
Dinitrogen monoxide(N2O) 298 One of the most stable material in the nitrogen oxides,brings no harm, compared to other nitrogen acid Agriculture (livestock waste, soil) fuel combustion, waste incineration, waste water treatment, etc
HFCs 1,430 Chlorine without Freon that does not destroy the ozone layer. A powerful greenhouse gas Refrigerants, such as air conditioners and refrigerators, Manufacturing process of chemical substances
PFCs 7,390 Freon consisting chlorine and fluorine. A powerful greenhouse gas Semiconductor manufacturing process and its like
SF6 22,800 Freon consisting sulfur and fluorine. A powerful greenhouse gas Electrical insulator, etc.
NF3 17,200 Freon consisting nitrogen and fluorine. A powerful greenhouse gas Semiconductor manufacturing process and its like
※Global warming potential is an approximate value indicating the degree of the warming level of the greenhouse gasses in Kyoto Protocol


●Carbon dioxide (CO2)

 Carbon dioxide is the most common type of carbon oxide on earth.Generated by the combustion of carbon and organic compounds.It also comes from organisms that breathe. Carbon dioxide is the gas,in solid form it is dry ice and in liquid carbon dioxide is the aqueous solution that is called the carbonate/carbonated water.It also has been used in various industrial fields.
 Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is secured by plants through photosynthesis by sunlight and water.Oxygen in the atmosphere is consumed by the respiration of the organisms.Carbon dioxide helps plants and trees to grow,creates oxygen that is critically required biologically.Burning trees(oxidation),carbon combined again with oxygen will become carbon dioxide. On earth, carbon and oxygen, carbon dioxide is an indispensable gas very crucial to all living organisms.

 Greenhouse gas effect of carbon dioxide, with smaller volume than methane and freon, but with enormous emissions has been causing global warming.In the recent years, industrially advanced countries like America,China,Russia and Japan accounts for a large proportion of emissions are responsible.



●Methane (CH4)

 Methane CH4,the most simple structure of hydrocarbon molecule which has four hydrogen atoms attached to one carbon atom.Methane can be derived from natural gas and can be industrially produced in large quantities by the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, can be used as a raw material for fuel gas and chemical process.Methane can also be found on cow and other herbivores burp,feces and urine.Methane with the same amount as carbon dioxide has about 25 times more bigger greenhouse effect. .Other artificial emissions,methane hydrate from volcanic gasses and permafrost is also feared to bring further global warming.The methane increase in the atmosphere since 1750 is 150% and currently continue to rise.



●Dinitrogen monoxide(N2O)

 Dinitrogen monoxide is also reffered to as nitrogen oxide. The main sources are combustion,the use of nitrogen fertilizer,chemical industry(manufacturing nitric acid),organic microbial degradation of nitric acid in the sludge, and nitrite accumulation. In the process of nitrogen circulation, ammonia becomes nitrogen and nitric acid degraded by the denitrifying bacteria. Dinitrogen monoxide occurs when there is no denitrifying bacteria. Dinitrogen monoxide a gas with a large greenhouse gas effect of about 300 times that of carbon dioxide. Dinitrogen monoxide concentration on the atmosphere has increased to 17% since the year 1750, and still increasing.



●Freon, chlorofluorocarbon alternative or other greenhouse gas

 Greenhouse gasses such as Freon and alternative freon chlorofluorocarbon destroys the ozone layer. Since the year 1995, by the Montreal protocol,the concentration of these greenhouse gas emission reduction is now under regulations, it only has a slight increase/decrease. But alternative substances such as (HFCs) and some of the compounds perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), etc.) concentration in the atmosphere is currently increasing.




Souce:Our website, we have created this based on the datas of the Japan National Institue for Environmental Studies Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office and the Japan National Global Warming Prevention Activity Promotion Center.

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