THE EFFECT OF GREENHOUSE GASES ON OUR ENVIRONMENT BY @SOLEXYBABA

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Hello to everyone here in Steem For Better community, hope we are all well. My name is solomon israel with the username @solexybaba. And I just want to educate us about the greenhouse gas and its effects. Truth be told anything that has an advantage also possesses a disadvantage. And since we are dealing with a gas that is so powerful it is expedient that we know it affects our environment at large. Follow me gently as I unravel the various effects of this gas. Wish you a happy reading.

WHAT ARE GREENHOUSE GASES?

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The greenhouse gases are said to be various substances that equally contribute to the greenhouse effect. Several important gases contribute to climatic change and they are, water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), ozone and dinitrogen oxide (NO2) and also methane (CH4). They are present in the air naturally.

In addition, there are a lot of human-made chemicals that are very strong and powerful greenhouse gases, especially the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs, PFCs, and SF6), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs and HCFCs) and also the bromine compounds (halons e.g CF3br). And the effect in terms of being harmful to these gases is examined based on the lifecycle of each gas and also the global warming potential. Some gases contribute to the greenhouse gas indirectly while others contribute to the greenhouse gas directly.

DIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS.

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• Water vapor - Water vapor is one of the major natural causes of the greenhouse effect and as such, it is a greenhouse gas. It highs the earth's surface temperature to 21 degrees centigrade.

Carbon dioxide possesses an effect of seven degrees at its natural concentration while others gases possess an effect of five degrees.

INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS.

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Majorly, gases that are known as the direct greenhouse gases possess some of the sun's heat in the atmosphere and contribute greatly to the greenhouse effect in this manner while others have an indirect effect and a few are mentioned below.

• Carbon monoxide known as (CO) reacts with the atmosphere to forms carbon dioxide

• Volatile Organic Compound in short (VOC) to form methane and water vapor.

• Sulphur dioxide is also known in short as (SO2) which reacts with the atmosphere to form cool sulfate aerosols.

• Carbon monoxide(CO), Nitrogen oxide(NOx), and Organic compounds (VOCs) react with the atmosphere to form tropospheric ozone.

• Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react together to form aerosols which increase the formation of the cloud. And this act cools the climate down more than it warms it.

The climate warming gases are outlined as follows, the nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide, and also volatile organic compounds (VOCs). While sulfur oxide (SO2) cools down the climatic condition of the atmosphere.

WHAT ARE THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

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The volatile organic compounds are methane and other gases they are known as the VOCs or Volatile Organic Compounds collectively.

And in the volatile greenhouse gas, Methane is separately addressed since it is the most significant in the gases and it is known as (VOC), and the volatile organic compounds are generally termed as (VOCs) collectively. And the short abbreviations known as the NMVOCs which stands for Non-methane volatile organic compounds are mostly used to call the compounds.

EFFECTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES ON OUR ENVIRONMENT ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.

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As said earlier, greenhouse gases are not all bad at all there are advantages and disadvantages of these greenhouse gases and below are a few of the advantages and disadvantages.

ADVANTAGES OF THE GREENHOUSE GASES.

The following are some advantages of greenhouse gases on our environment.

• The effect of greenhouse gases promotes life. The ability for the greenhouse gases to hold some amount of the earth's heat keeps the planet liveable in other for it all not to escape into space.

• It helps also to maintain a certain level of temperature on the surface of the earth thereby making the earth habitable for living organisms.

• It protects all living organisms here on earth from dangerous solar radiation. They help to shield the earth from those part of solar radiation that is harmful to organisms and then bounce it back to the atmosphere.

DISADVANTAGES OF THE GREENHOUSE GASES.

• They trap heat thereby causing a change in climatic condition

• They contribute greatly to respiratory disease from smog and air pollution.

• They cause extreme harsh weather that is unhealthy for the human body. It is often called global warming.

• They cause food supply disruption.

• Wildfires are also another great effect of greenhouse gases.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF THE GREENHOUSE GASES.

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We can equally prevent greenhouse gas by abiding and taking active measures in other to limit its effect and a few are

• Making/ creating power on-site with renewables.

• Making other climate-friendly resources such as the rooftop solar panels, solar water heating, fuel cells powered by natural gases small-scale wind generation, and geothermal energy.

CONCLUSION

With the preventive measures, we can be rest assured to prevent the escalation of greenhouse gases which are very harmful to lives in general. so in other to achieve the goal of reducing and preventing the greenhouse gases from affecting or harming us, we need to come together and take responsibilities that will prevent this gases from getting to us.

Thank you all for your time to have viewed my article, long live steemit.