Riley+Neel

I think that global warming is definitely happening. The temperature of the earth is definitely rising there is no doubt about that, what is causing it is the thing that is "uncertain" even though it is pretty well known that greenhouse gasses have something to do with the rising temperatures, the ocean levels are slowly rising too which also shows that the temperature is rising. It is a very important issue that needs to be adressed quickly. People are taking many steps to try and modify or at least stop the damage that is being done to the climate. A good example of this was California's ability to save energy. They were having an energy problem there and just by asking the California citizens to turn off their machines and lights when they aren't being used they greatly reduced the amount of energy that was used in the state. Another way that people have been saving energy and consequently the environment, is by changing to compact flourescent lightbulbs. Not as much pollution has to go into the air from power plants to power regular bulbs because these new ones use less electricity and produce just as much light. Recycling, and not taking unnecessary trips in your vehicle also help to slow the effects of global warming. As for reversing the negative effects that have already been done to the environment, i don't believe anyone has found a way. It is pretty hard to reverse something like that that has already been done. Many many years of damage is hard if not impossible to reverse.

Final project: There actually are ways or ideas that people have thought of that will help stop global warming. Some people suggest that dumping dissolved iron into the oceans will help boost phytoplankton growth. If there is more phytoplankton in the ocean then they are going to remove more carbon from the atmosphere. This will in turn help the temperature of the earth to stop rising and stop global warming, or at least slow it down. Also, people have suggested that burrying CO2 down in the earth would be a save way to help stop global warming. They get sandstone to absorb the CO2 and then they burry it. They discovered that injected fluids reacted quickly and well with sandstone.