Research Proposal

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Kenneth Zhen

English 21003, Section M

Professor Matyakubova

16 October 2017

Research Proposal

How does the use of fossil fuels cause more storms and colder winters?

Global warming has been a major concern for people in the United States. The earth is changing drastically because of how little effort we humans put into taking care of it. Some key factors of global warming are fossil fuels. Some examples of fossil fuels are oil, coal, and natural gas. Some things oils are used for are for vehicles, majority of the vehicles in the United States run on oil. As much as it is convenient for many people to drive their personal vehicle over riding on a public transportation, it is necessary to stop people from using these vehicles. Vehicles rely on the usage of gasoline to operate, while more and more people drive their own car daily, they are polluting the earth’s surface by the usage of an automobile that emits carbon dioxide. Since fossil fuel is a necessity for humans to live in this current day, fossil fuel is being used for transportation, and electricity and many more. Carbon dioxide is the biggest force that is causing the climate changes.

The use of these fossil fuels is named the greenhouse effect. The gases that are part of the greenhouse effect are N2O (Nitrous oxide), CO2 (Carbon Dioxide), CH4 (Methane), and H2O (Water vapor). These are certain gases that blocks heat from escaping earth.

            One thing that can cause global warming is higher amounts of carbon dioxide being produced. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important gas of the atmosphere. There are some natural ways that carbon dioxide is being made, some ways are respiration, and volcano eruptions. These are things we cannot control, but there are things we can control like the use of fossil fuels and deforestation. Every living thing goes through a process of respiration, “Respiration is the biochemical process in which the cells of an organism obtain energy by combining oxygen and glucose, resulting in the release of carbon dioxide, water, and ATP (the currency of energy in cells).” (Meredith Mikell) ATP is the main source of energy for your cells to function and is necessary for survivability purposes.

            While water is a necessity for every living thing to survive, water vapor is one of the greenhouse gases that causes global warming. Water vapor does keep the earth warm, but it is also used to cool down the earth. Water itself is at a liquid state, but when heated it evaporates and become water vapors, these water vapors moves towards the sky where the temperature is cooler and sticks to dust or pollen floating. The temperature of the water vapor drops to the point and forms water droplets or ice crystals that are small and light enough to be able to stay in the air. Only when water droplets in the clouds become too large, they will precipitate because small water droplets does not have the fall speed required to exceed to updraft speed in the cloud. When precipitation does occur it is a process that cools down the earth’s surface.  This process is quite similar to the human body’s process called homeostasis. Homeostasis is a process to main internal temperature.

            This topic is important and the global warming is not something that should be overlooked upon. The temperature of the earth is important to all living things. As we consume more fossil fuels daily, we should think about how it is causing harm to our planet. In the long run it will result in many environmental damages, loss of habitats, extinction of species, and eventually extinction of us human beings. Not only does global warming cause hotter summers but it also causes colder winters. The reason why it is causing colder winters is because how air moves around the earth because of air pressure. Since air moves from high pressure to low pressure the air from the arctic region was pushed down towards the U.S causing colder winters.

           

 Work Cited

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