In recent times, our lifestyle has also restricted our exposure to unfiltered sunlight and most of us do not get the exposure we require on a daily basis.
In 2006, a mud volcano gushed from the ground in Sidoarjo. The steaming mud pool grew at an estimated 50,000 cubic metres a day, accompanied by hydrogen sulphide gas.
In the past century changes in the land, have made Iowa's terrain not only highly profitable but highly vulnerable to flooding. More so, in the past few years, the landscape has been radically re-engineered by humans.
Venus, our planetary neighbour, has an atmosphere that is 98% CO2. Due to the extreme greenhouse effect, temperatures reach 430°C. Similar conditions would exist on Earth if all the carbon stored in rock and vegetation were to be released as CO2
The twentieth century was the warmest century of the last 1000 years, and the 1990s was the warmest decade. Human activity is currently responsible for emitting 30 million tons of CO2 each year, 12 million tons of which accumulate in the atmosphere.
Methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas because it can retain 21 times more heat than CO2.
There's 400 gigatons of methane locked in the frozen arctic tundra
Buildings account for about one-third of the energy consumed in the United States. Of this one-third, heating and cooling systems use 60 percent, while lights and appliances use the other 40 percent.
Most of us passively allow phantom power to haunt our homes. These "power vampires" consume electricity, pollute the atmosphere, and drain our wallets even after we have turned off all the switches.
In 2006, the equivalent of 2 billion half-liter bottles of water were shipped to U.S. ports. In New York City alone, the transportation of bottled water from western Europe released an estimated 3,800 tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere.
