STEP 2: PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL WARMING

PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL WARMING



Identify Problems:  What main situation or issues or  problem behind the topic? 

1.       1. Energy recovery from wastes has a great potential for reducing CO2 emissions and thereby resulting in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

2.        2.Global warming as a waste disposal problem.Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere causing pollution to be removed from tailpipes and power plants, trapping heat and heating the planet

3.        3.In reality about 30% of waste generated never gets to disposal sites (Agunwamba, 1998)

4.        4.This paper is part of an extensive study of secondary school students’ preconceived ideas about climate change.

5.        5.Recycling of waste materials has been analysed from a life cycle perspective in a number of studiesover the past 10–15 years.

6.        6.A worldwide temperature alteration has possibly disastrous effects in Amazonia, while simultaneously support of the Amazon backwoods offers perhaps the most important and financially savvy option for alleviating environmental change

7.       7.Global warming caused by tropical deforestation. The planet’s largest areas of tropical forest are the Amazon basin in South America, the Congo Basin in Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. The amount of deforestation, and its causes, are quite different in these three regions.

8.        8.The presence of excess nitrogen in the atmosphere.

9.        9.Burning fossil fuels has caused dramatic change to Earth’s climate.

10.There is keen  interest  in climate change issues due to a fast increasing rate of GHG emissions. This has emphasized the  need to innovate  and establish right approaches to better design, control and  optimize WWTPs on the plant-wide scale

Problem Analysis:  Analyze the situation or issues  from different perspective to identify main  problem

1.        1.Evaluate and compare environmental impacts of various food waste management systems: Anaerobic digestion, co-digestion with sewage sludge, and volume reduction using a garbage dryer followed by incineration from generation to final disposal.

2.        2.Emissions in terms of trash that needs to be taken out may draw more attention to something called negative carbon emissions  the process of physically removing carbon dioxide from the air to reduce its concentration in the atmosphere

3.        3.Carry out an assessment study of waste composition and generation rates in Nigeria . Waste collection has been the priority.

4.        4.This research aims, as far as possible, to ascertain secondary school students’ (aged between 12 and 16) prior knowledge of the causes and consequences of climate change.

5.        5.Nevertheless,  the  general  public  as  well  as  decision  makers  often question  whether  recycling  is  really  the  best  option,  and  researchers  struggle  to  given  answer.

6.        6.The goal of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN-FCCC), also known as the "climate convention," is to avoid greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere from reaching levels that create "dangerous interference with the global climate system" (UN-FCCC, 1992, Article 2). The definition of "dangerous interference" is still being negotiated.

7.        7.Identify how tropical deforestation contributes to global warming

1.       8. Ways to reduce nutrient pollution.

2.        9. Cleaner technologies such as renewable energy coupled with energy storage and improved energy efficiency can support a more sustainable energy system with zero carbon emissions.

10.There is keen  interest  in climate change issues due to a fast-increasing rate of GHG emissions. This has emphasized the  need to innovate  and establish  right  approaches  to  better  design, control  and  optimize WWTPs  on  the  plant -wide scale.


Relevance Information and references 

1.      1.Mi Hyung Kim, Han Byul Song, Yuleum Song, In Tae Jeong & Jung Wk Kim (2013). Evaluation of food waste disposal options in terms of global warming and energy recovery: Korea. Evaluation of food waste disposal options in terms of global warming and energy recovery: Korea | SpringerLink

2.        2.Bobby Magill (2016). CO2, Climate Change Seen As Waste Disposal Challenge. CO2, Climate Change Seen As Waste Disposal Challenge | Climate Central

3.       3. Lund University International Masters Programme in Environmental Science Lund University, Sweden 22 November 2004.The Potential for Climate Change Mitigation in the Nigerian Solid Waste Disposal Sector: A Case Study from Lagos. (page 23-27) Wale Aboyade's thesis (lu.se)

4.        4.Punter, P., Ochando‐Pardo, M., & Garcia, J. (2011). Spanish secondary school students' notions on the causes and consequences of climate change. International Journal of Science Education, 33(3), 447-464. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09500693.2010.492253

5.        5.Björklund, A., & Finnveden, G. (2005). Recycling revisited—life cycle comparisons of global warming impact and total energy use of waste management strategies. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 44(4), 309-317. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344905000029

6.        6.Global warming in Amazonia: impacts and Mitigation Philip Martin Fearnside SciELO - Brazil - Global warming in Amazonia: impacts and Mitigation Global warming in Amazonia: impacts and Mitigation https://doi.org/10.1590/S0044-59672009000400030

7.        7.Union Of Concerned Scientist Tropical Deforestation and Global Warming https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/tropical-deforestation-and-global-warming

8.        8.The Sources and Solutions: Fossil Fuels https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/sources-and-solutions-fossil-fuels

9.       9. Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Fossil Fuels. https://www.eesi.org/topics/fossil-fuels/description

Kweku, D., Bismark, O., Maxwell, A., Desmond, K., Danso, K., Oti-Mensah, E., Quachie, A., & Adormaa, B. (2018). Greenhouse Effect: Greenhouse Gases and Their Impact on Global Warming. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports17(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.9734/JSRR/2017/39630

Initiative, effort for Self- Learning

1.       1.Our group has used the internet as the medium to self- learn and know a lot about the information related climate change caused by global warming.

2.       2.We referred  articles, websites and thesis by experts all over the world to search for information.

3.       3.We discussed among friends and exchanged thoughts and opinions on this climate change caused by global warming topic.

4.Watching the news also helped us to learn other reasons why climate change occurs other than global warming.

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