Published 2008 | Version v1
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Global warming and climate change: control methods

  • 1. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 2. Sharif University of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Description

This paper aimed at finding causes of global warming and ways to bring it under control. Data based on scientific opinion as given by synthesis reports of news, articles, web sites, and books. global warming is the observed and projected increases in average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans. Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up. Pollution is one of the biggest man-made problems. Burning fossil fuels is the main factor of pollution. As average temperature increases, habitats, species and people are threatened by drought, changes in rainfall, altered seasons, and more violent storms and floods. Indeed the life cycle of nuclear power results in relatively little pollution. Energy efficiency, solar, wind and other renewable fuels are other weapons against global warming . Human activity, primarily burning fossil fuels, is the major driving factor in global warming . Curtailing the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by reducing use of oil, gasoline, coal and employment of alternate energy, sources are the tools for keeping global warming under control. global warming can be slowed and stopped, with practical actions thal yield a cleaner, healthier atmosphere

Availability note (English)

Available from Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

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Publishing Information

Publisher
The Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran
Imprint Place
Tehran, On (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Imprint Pagination
[10 p.]

Conference

Title
1. International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environment and Sustainable Development
Dates
30 Nov - 1 Dec 2008
Place
Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

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