GLOBAL WARMING

What is the Global Warming?

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and the oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation.

Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that anthropogenic greenhouse gases are responsible for most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the twentieth century, and that natural phenomena such as solar variation and volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950 and a small cooling effect afterward. These basic conclusions have been endorsed by more than 40 scientific societies and academies of science, including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.

Climate model projections summarized in the latest IPCC report indicate that global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century. The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with differing climate sensitivity, and the use of differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions. Some other uncertainties include how warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100 (even if emissions stop) because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the lifespan of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Increasing global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, likely including an expanse of the subtropical desert regions. Other likely effects include Arctic shrinkage and resulting Arctic methane release, shrinkage of Amazon rainforest and Boreal forests, increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and changes in the ranges of disease vectors.

Political and public debate continues regarding the appropriate response to global warming. The available options are mitigation to reduce further emissions; adaptation to reduce the damage caused by warming; and, more speculatively, geoengineering to reverse global warming. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A successor to the first commitment period of the Kyoto protocol is expected to be agreed at the COP15 talks in December 2009. (Sourced by Wikipedia)

What kind is suite mode in 2009?

What can we do for reducing global warming effects?

For our Earth...

Let turn off our lamps & other ellectric equipment just 1 hour on

SATURDAY, 28th of MARCH 2009 at 20.30 until 21.30

EARTH HOUR 2009

Mari kita coba rasakan hanya 1 jam kita kembali ke suasana sebelum ada listrik sehingga kita merasakan aura bumi kita sesungguhnya dimanapun kita berada pada pukul 20.30 - 21.30...

60 Menit tanpa lampu...


Khusus untuk mendukung program "Earth Hour 2009", telah siap sebuah iklan layanan masyarakat yang akan mulai tayang tanggal 22 sampai 28 Maret di 8 TV swasta, dan TV kabel nasional. Iklan layanan masyarakat ini diramaikan oleh beberapa ikon dan selebriti peduli lingkungan seperti tampak pada poster di atas.

"Iklan ini khusus kami produksi untuk mengajak lebih banyak masyarakat berpartisipasi mematikan lampu dan alat elektronik yang tidak sedang dipergunakan di hari Sabtu, 28 Maret 2009 nanti," ujar Press Conference Earth Hour 2009 di Balai Kota (19/3/09). "Dengan dihadirkannya berbagai tokoh masyarakat yang menekuni berbagai profesi, kami yakin iklan ini mampu menyentuh hati masyarakat untuk mengubah kebiasaan agar lebih hemat energi untuk menjaga lingkungan dari dampak perubahan iklim."Iklan layanan masyarakat dapat langsung dilihat di http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wqyVosyGU

Special Presented by Ary Swy 2009