One easy way to shrink your carbon footprint is to conserve energy. Most of us waste  energy when heating, cooling, and lighting our homes, and when running electrical appliances and gadgets. Small steps like changing light-bulbs and switching off gadgets might not seem important, but they can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Televisions on […]

Forests Forests remove large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. They release some carbon dioxide during their lifecycle, and as they decompose. But they remove more than they release. Oceans Some of the carbon in the atmosphere dissolves into oceans. Marine plants, such as phytoplankton and algae, absorb some of the carbon […]

Forests and oceans remove and trap carbon as part of their natural processes, In turn, they can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and limit the power of the greenhouse effect. By damaging forests, polluting oceans, and burning fossil fuels, humans have upset Earth’s natural balance. This is why we must work […]

Power Solar panels and a roof-mounted wind turbine supply power to the house. Excess energy is sent to the local electricity grid, which means that other homes can use eco-friendly electricity. Bedroom The bedroom is kept warm by wall and ceiling insulation. It is cooled with a ceiling fan, which uses less energy than air-conditioning. […]

Almost a third of the greenhouse gas we produce comes from our homes. The is that are many ways, ranging from how our homes are built to the way we live inside them, by which we can reduce the amount of greenhouse gas we create. Be eco-friendly in your own homeThis eco-friendly house has many […]

The exhaust gases from vehicles account for about a quarter of all the carbon dioxide we release. As more people buy cars and take cheap flights, transportation emissions areincreasing, But by designing more efficient cars, buses, and airplanes, and moving toward new kinds of fuel, engineers are helping to clean up the future of travel […]

If we want to stop climate change, rather than just slow it down, we need to do more than just reduce the amountof fossil fuels we burn, We must switch to alternative energies, ideally from sources that produce low amounts of greenhouse gas and that are renewable. Our supply of fossil fuels will one day […]

For a huge problem like climate change,we need big, global solutions. That means the whole world working together, with scientists gathering and sharing information, and governments taking action to find solutions. International efforts, such as the Kyoto Protocol, are a good start, but there is still much more to be done. Council effort The city […]

Burning fossil fuels, the major cause of global warming, also causes air pollution. Exhaust gasesfrom factories, cars, other vehicles contain greenhouse that trap heat in our atmosphere. As well as making Earth warmer, some of these gases can create smog and acid rain. Smog masks A traffic officer, in Kolkata, India, wears a face mask […]

Lake Chad was once one of Africa’s Largest lakes, but after 30 years of drought it has shrunk to 5 percent of its former size. This has caused fights between farmers in the region who depend on it for water.  Changing rainfall Global warming does not affect the total amount of rain that falls on […]