Watering the Air
Written: Feb. 10, 2010
As we all know there are many problems with global warming. Global warming is the rise of temperature and that is exactly what’s happening on earth. We have to be more aware of this, and here are a few reasons why. I came over a to a very unusual conclusion; America is now having cooler summers and wetter days. Scientists are thinking that this is because of farming, and more farmlands. The conclusions come to this; a group of scientists have been studying the weather changes in Chicago and 13 other states in the Midwest. The question is how and why are these temperatures getting lower and back to normal again? Well, at one point farming almost completely stopped, well at least the healthy way of farming. These unhealthy farming companies are becoming more aware of the harm they are doing and so they tried the healthy way of farming. More water and less chemicals, it makes them more money and profit, and now more farms are following in there steps. This means healthier plants, which brings us to healthier air, and the dropping of temperature! J Before I read this I wasn’t as aware of what water does to the air to make the air warmer and this is what a very famous scientist said it does: Humidity is the measure of how much moisture is in the air. Humid air, which contains a lot of moisture, takes longer to heat up than dry air, Changnon notes. And humid air often releases its moisture through rainfall. As I said the plants are the ones releasing healthy oxygen and moisturizing the air, and this is how it all happens. It takes the water from the ground and through its leaves it lets it out in the air, which moisturizes the air, and cleans it. But not all the plants let out as much moisturized air as the others; it’s mostly soybean and corn. The group of scientists went on another search and thought of finding out the difference of the past farmlands of these two crops, and now. Before these two plants covered only 57% of the farmlands in the Midwest, now it has increased by 97% of soybeans and corn covering farmlands of the Midwest. As we all notice there is much more rain these days, the days that would be hot and tiring are now wet and rainy, but this rain is only just part of what we call the Water Cycle and it is also a very important thing we need in life in order to survive.
My article was about how we can solve global warming and go back to the time where the air was fresh, and healthy to breathe, and that there are may ways that help clean the air, plants and rainfall etc. This was very intriguing because I thought that global warming was becoming a life or death situation, but something can be done to fix it! J All these moisturized plants, fresh soil, the Water Cycle; they all have to do with many elements, and this article is mostly about how H2O can help us bring back the weather we can survive in and the life we need in order to stay safe and sound, in our beautiful and natural home, the planet Earth.
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