This infographic about renewable energy and climate change mitigation is my first infographic and it highlights the current scenario of greenhouse gas emissions, global energy systems and advancements of renewable energy resources in mitigating climate change. The data for this…
Current Scenario of Climate Change: The urgency of climate change mitigation is now far more apparent with new observations indicating that on many fronts, climate change and its impacts are occurring faster than expected. The global emission of heat trapping…
Characteristics of Arctic and Antarctica Polar Regions: The Arctic and Antarctica contain ~20% of the world’s land area. Although similar in many ways, the two polar regions are different in that the Arctic is a frozen ocean surrounded by land,…
Human induced climate change is a serious issue only if has the ability to create real problems for natural ecosystems and human societies. But we are at a stage where magnitude and rate of climate change is large and rapid…
What are Climate Models? Climate Model is a set of simulation techniques that are used to predict the changes in earth’s climate when certain set of parameters are changed e.g. pollution, carbon emission, natural disturbances etc. These climate models are…
In yet another blow to the movements and campaigns run by various governmental and non governmental bodies to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere, the global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 have indeed increased to the highest levels in history…
The issues related to climate change have degenerated into a mix of vested interest-based self serving assertions. The facts are a lot more complex, and far less easily defined. Meanwhile, everything from the pool pump to the carpet is being…
Carbon emissions trading (CET) is a process that allows various countries, organisations and corporations to trade their harmful carbon emission limits for credit with other nations and organisations that have not met their carbon emission limits. Most developed countries and…
How much of an impact you have on the environment, how much your activities add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, is measured and represented in what’s called a carbon footprint. The greater your number, the heavier your impact is, like…
Direct thermometer based readings from around the earth for the past 150 years show that the earth is getting warmer. This is reflected in the graph show below which indicates the rise in average temperature of earth in the last…