Lifetimes of important Long-lived gasses and Short-live gases and particles in the atmosphere and their effect on climate

Submitted by yufang1104 on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 11:09

The lifetime of carbon dioxide is more than 100 years and it warms up the earth, so that's why we want to decrease the  emission of carbon dioxide.

Category
Image Type

Natural Disasters frequency and costs from 1980 to 2010

Submitted by Chris on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 14:24
Source
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328474.200-last-year-costliest-on-record-for-natural-disasters.html

The frequency and the costs of natural disaster, which are linked to the climate change are constantly increasing (storms, extreme temperature, droughts, floods...) . The global loss reached 375 billion dollars in 2011, which equals about 0.5% of the global world product.

Level
Image Type

Billion dollar weather disasters 1980-2011 in the US

Submitted by Chris on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 14:12
Source
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/2011-ties-record-for-most-billion-dollar-weather-disasters/2011/07/26/gIQAvMd7aI_blog.html

As well as the number as the damage amounts increased in the last 30 year. Reaching a total damage of 200 billion dollars in 2011 (about 1.3% of the US gross domestic product)

Level
Image Type
Geographic Area
Subscribe to Greenhouse Gases