Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming: 5 Key Aspects

Dr. Manishika Jain in this lectures explains the causes (natural and anthropogenic) and impacts of Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming.
Greenhouse Effect
Emission & radiation within infrared range
1st disc. by Joseph Fourier in 1824
1st experimented by John Tyndall in 1858
1st reported quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in 1896

Global-Warming Potential (GWP)
Relative measure of heat being trapped by GHGs in atmosphere
Compares total heat trapped by certain mass of gas to total amount of heat trapped by a similar mass of CO2

Causes of Global Warming
Deforestation
Rise of GHG
Population explosion
Industrialization
Change in agricultural methods
Volcanic Activities
Sunspots
Wobbly Earth

Impacts
Rise of Temperature
Rise of Sea level
Storms and floods
Droughts
Melting of ice
Increase in Diseases
Impact of Ocean
Loss of Habitat
Cold & warm gulf stream alteration caused by desalination of Atlantic Ocean
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  1. Very beneficial video.thankyou so much mam.this kind of work shows how much a person is passionate about learning and teaching.great work

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  2. thank you mam my are going on and I have social science exam….and your videos are so helpful to me in exams……thanks a lot….

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