1. The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

2. What is the greenhouse effect? http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagra ms/greenhouse/

3. Greenhouse Gases Carbon dioxide, the most significant greenhouse gas being produced by human activities. Carbon Dioxide is a green house gas as the C=O bond absorbs IR radiation.

4. Methane, the second most significant greenhouse gas being produced by human activities. Methane is a greenhouse gas because the C-H bond absorbs IR radiation

5. Water, the most significant naturally occurring greenhouse gas. Water is a greenhouse gas because the O-H bond absorbs IR radiation.

6. The Greenhouse effect of a gas is determined by the concentration of that gas in the atmosphere and its ability to absorb IR radiation. If the concentration of greenhouse gases increase this results in global warming.

8. Why is CO 2 so important?

10. Possible Consequences... The scientific community is generally agreed that the average temperature of earth will increase but is unsure by how much.

18. What can scientists do to help? Monitor global temperatures to show warming.

19. Investigate techniques to reduce greenhouse gas emissions like Carbon Capture and Storage Carbon Dioxide can be stored in porous rocks, reservoirs or reacted with metal oxides. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0i6dhEPS wU

20. Monitoring Progress of initiatives like the Kyoto Protocol. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012