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What Is Our Carbon Footprint?
What is our Carbon Footprint?
Summary
A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases—primarily carbon dioxide—released into the atmosphere by a particular human activity. A carbon footprint can be a broad measure or be applied to the actions of an individual, a family, an event, an organization, or even an entire nation.MAIN CAUSES OF CARBON FOOT PRINT #Transportation.#Electricity Generation.#Industrial Processes and Activities.#Commercial and Residential Causes.#Agriculture.
How We Addressed This Challenge
MAIN CAUSES OF CARBON FOOT PRINT
AS MENTIONED ABOVE IN THE THE SUMMARY LETS TAKE A LOOK ON OUR RESEARCH
1.TRANSPOTATION
As we can see above about the collected information the highest no. of Carbon is emitted by domestic flights because the modern way of transportation has been developed.
DO WE HAVE ANY SOLUTION FOR THIS ?
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS ARE SMALLER FLIGHTS COMPERED TO THE LONG HAUL FLIGHTS SINCE PEOPLE TRAVEL IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF POPULATION DURING DIFFERENT TIMES IF WE CAN MINIMIZE THE NO.OF FLIGHTS FLYING PER DAY BY REPLACING THEM WITH BIG DOMESTIC FLIGHTS LIKE BOEING 747'S AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMISSION CAN BE REDUCED.
FOR TRANSPOTATION MODES SUCH AS CARS BUS AND OTHERS CAN BE REPLACED BY ZERO EMISSION METHODS LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
2.ELECTRICITY GENERATION
TODAY THE COAL POWER PLANT IS BEEN HIGHLY USED THAN ALL OTHER ELECTRICITY METHODS AND THATS BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST WAY TO GENERATE ELECTRITY IN LARGE AMOUNT OF QUANTITY WHICH PRODUCES 921 G/CO2e/KWh OF CARBON
TODAY HUMAN ARE READY TO TRAVEL TO OTHER PLANETS SUCH AS MARS WHICH MISSION WILL NE ACCOMPLISHED BY 2024 TO SURVIVE IN THAT PLANET WITH ELECTRICITY THEY HAVE NO OTHER SOLUTION THAN SOLAR ELECTRICITY TILL NOW
BUT WHEN IT COME TO PLANET EARTH WE HAVE ALL SORT OF RESOURCES SUCH AS WIND ,WATER ,ETC.. WHICH ARE A BIT CARBON FREE .
IN THE FUTURE THE O3 (OZONE LAYER WILL BE DAMAGED ) WHICH CAN BE AN EXTINT TO LIFE LIKE ENDANGERED SPECIES TO PROTECT THEM WE CAN REPLACE THE POWER PLANTS WITH SOURCES SUCH AS SOLAR ENERGY AND HYDRO ELECTRICTY LIKE METHODS .
3.INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES
THE PIE CHART REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION DURING INDUTRIAL ACTIVITIES AS WE CAN SEE LIKE MENTIONED ABOVE IN THE ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAUSES AGAIN UNDER INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IT IS THE POWER PRODUCTION AND WE CAN USE THE SAME METHOD AS MENTIONED ABOVE .
4.COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTAL CAUSES
DURING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THE MOST EMISSION OF GREEN HOUSE GASES COMES UNDER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
EXAMPLE; REFRIGERATORS- (IN OLD REFRIGERATORS CARBON MONOXIDE AND CH3 LIKE GASES ARE EMITTED WHICH ARE HIGHLY TOXIC AND THAT CAN DAMAGE THE OZONE LAYER )
FOR THIS WE CAN USE NEWLY DEVELOPED PRODUCTS AND NEWLY DEVELOPED REGRIGERATORS WHICH ARE ECO FRIENDLY
5.AGRICULTURE
THESE ARE THE GASES THAT ARE EMITTED IN THE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND THE MAIN CAUSE UNDER THIS IS THE SOIL EMISSION WHICH IS AROUND 38% OUT OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES COMPARED TO IT .WHICH RELEASES GASES SUCH AS CH4 AND N20 .
OUT OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS CH4 IS THE COMMON GAS EVOLVED IN A HIGHER AMOUNT THEREFORE WHEN IS COMES TO SOIL EMISSION IT EVEN OCCURS NATURALLY
BUT BIOMASS BURNING ,ENTERIC FERMENTATION,RICE PRODUCTION,AND MANURE PRODUCTION ARE HUMAN ACTIVITIES SO THOSE ACTIVITES CAN BE REDUCED VIA NATURAL METHODS INSTEAD OF ARTIFICIAL METHODS AND INTELLIGENCE.
DISADVANTAGES CAUSED BY CARBON EMISSION
THERE ARE TWO MAIN SECTORS WHICH GREEN HOUSE GASES CAN CAUSE HARM
1.ENIVORMENT
2.HEALTH
1.ENVIRONMENT
2.HEALTH
How We Developed This Project
POLLUTION IS THE MAJOR PROBLEM THAT THE WOLD IS FACING LIKE THE WORLDS MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES SUCH AS INDIA
IN FUTURE JAPAN SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO CARRY OXYGEN TANKS LIKE ASTRONAUTS
WE CANT LEAVE OUR PLANET DIE AND THEN THEN DECIDE TO LEAVE TO OTHER PLANETS
EARTH IS OUR HOME SO ALL WHAT INSPIRIED OUR TEAM IS WHY CANT WE BUILT OUR PLANET FOR A BETTER PLACE
SO OUR TEAM WENT THROUGH RESOURCES PROVIDED BY NASA SPACE APPS AND WITH THEIR OWN MENTAL IDEAS ON HOW TO DEVELOPE THIS PROJECT AND COLLECT DATA .
HEAL THE WORLD MAKE IT A PLACE FOR U AND FOR ME AND THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE.......
Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint
•5R concept
-Refuse
-Reduce
-Reuse
-Rot
-Recycle
#Zero waste is the main way to reduce emission of GHGs and this way can reduce the carbon footprint.
•Bike more and drive less
-Although this is very hard to carry out in the present society, and not very practical, it is a main way we can stop the emission of GHGs and reduce the carbon footprint.
•Stop deforestation
- A main reason for the increase of the carbon footprint is cutting down of forests. So we should put a stop to deforestation and practice reforestation. This way we will be able to reduce our carbon footprint.
•Use sustainable energy sources
-In the present, most of our energy sources are fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Thes energy types are very harmful to our environment. So we should minimize using these energy sources. There are so many other innovative and creative ways to produce energy, such as Solar power and Wind energy.
You can,
*Install solar panels on your roofs
*Join energy conservation programs
*Use electric vehicles
•Conserve water
-Life can't survive without water. So it is our responsibility and duty to protect water ways. And by conserving water we can reduce the emission of GHGs and reduce the amount of carbon footprint.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
RESOURCES PROVIDED IN THE EMISSION METHANE WAS VERY HELPFUL TO US IN THE PROJECT 
https://youtu.be/tdqh7Jy-AKE like YOU TUBE links helped us to get a brief idea regarding this and the project .
Project Demo
demo
Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint
•5R concept
-Refuse
-Reduce
-Reuse
-Rot
-Recycle
#Zero waste is the main way to reduce emission of GHGs and this way can reduce the carbon footprint.
- Bike more and drive less
-Although this is very hard to carry out in the present society, and not very practical, it is a main way we can stop the emission of GHGs and reduce the carbon footprint.
- Stop deforestation
- A main reason for the increase of the carbon footprint is cutting down of forests. So we should put a stop to deforestation and practice reforestation. This way we will be able to reduce our carbon footprint.
- Use sustainable energy sources
-In the present, most of our energy sources are fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Thes energy types are very harmful to our environment. So we should minimize using these energy sources. There are so many other innovative and creative ways to produce energy, such as Solar power and Wind energy.
You can,
*Install solar panels on your roofs
*Join energy conservation programs
*Use electric vehicles
- Conserve water
-Life can't survive without water. So it is our responsibility and duty to protect water ways. And by conserving water we can reduce the emission of GHGs and reduce the amount of carbon footprint.
Data & Resources
CREATING A GLOBAL PICTURE OF CH4
Methane data from ABoVE and GOAST lbuki, tropospheric monitoring instrument aboard ESA zenithal 5p satelite ,NASAs field campaigns
Data
- South America
Tropics - 60% of global wetland CH4 emissions
#amazon river basin and its adjacent wetland flood seasonally (oxygen deprived environment)
- South Asia - India
Agriculture - 20% global CH4 emissions
Waste from livestock - 1.5% per year increase in Ch4 emissions
- Arctic and high latitude regions
20 % of global CH4 emissions
Natural sources - 70% of Arctic CH4 emissions
#massive amount of Carbon is stored in northern high latitudes. As the soils warm, more of Carbon is released to atmosphere.
- East Asia - China
Economic expansion, large population, human activities (oil, gas and coal exploration, agriculture) - 85 % of CH4 emissions of East Asia
- Europe
Human population, exploration and transport of oil, coal from energy sector - weak CH4 signal in the last 20 year
Reference - https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2961/new-3d-view-of-methane-tracks-sources-and-movement-around-the-globe/