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What is the IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, to “assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change”. The IPCC made the following conclusions (Fourth report 2007): The average temperature on Earth, and consequently the Greenhouse Effect, depends on the concentration of CO2 and other (...)

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What is the greenhouse gas effect?

The Greenhouse Effect was first described by French scientist Joseph Fournier in 1824. It is a natural phenomenon that causes the Earth’s climate to warm up. It is the same phenomenon that greenhouses take advantage in order to provide natural warmth for plants. High energy (short-wave) radiation from the sun travels through the atmosphere until it hits the surface of the Earth. The absorbed heat is then re-radiated as lower energy (infra-red) rays which are trapped (absorbed) by some of (...)

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What are the impacts of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?

Increases in GHG emissions into the atmosphere disrupt the biosphere Ice core studies – including the Vostek ice core study that has provided information dating back 400,000 years – have helped scientists to understand the connection between temperature rise and increases in greenhouse gas. The current increases in GHG emissions cause an increase in the Earth’s temperature, which in turn impacts the delicate environmental balance of the planet. There are numerous consequences of the green (...)

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