perspective carbon  

Each year, human activities release more CO2 into the atmosphere than natural processes can eliminate or convert to oxygen. To aid in CO2 reduction, through eco-friendly processes, we participate in reforestation projects that create and replace forests with the sole purpose of eliminating and converting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. By doing so, we can offer other individuals and businesses carbon offsets. Carbon offsets or carbon credits are tradable certificates that individuals or businesses can purchase. Your purchase is an action that will increase the absorption of carbon dioxide from the air. This is an essential step toward becoming carbon neutral. It’s important to understand that CO2 disperses uniformly in the atmosphere, this means that the concentration is approximately the same all over the world. Your contributions whether at home or halfway around the world, are vital to the effort to slow down and reverse global warming. Reports about global warming can be misleading as it is much more than just rising average air and ocean temperatures. This global problem has a significant impact on societies around the world in many ways. 1) Hotter temperatures: As greenhouse gas concentrations rise, so does the global surface temperature. The result is most areas around the world will see more days over the 90-degree mark and rising average low and high temperatures. 2) More severe storms: Scientific and meteorological studies indicate that increased CO2 emissions have resulted in larger, stronger, and more frequent storms. 3) Increased drought: Increased surface temperature causes rapid evaporation which contributes significantly to drought conditions. In the last 25 years, drought conditions have become more frequent, lasted longer, and have been more severe with many areas around the world experiencing some of the driest conditions on record. 4) A warming, rising ocean: Melting ice sheets and glaciers increases sea level, expanding the oceans' reach. Increased salinity in freshwater supplies can be a problem for coastal aquifers and estuaries. Higher sea levels will result in eroded beaches, destroyed wetlands and marshes, and increased flooding. 5) Loss of species: It is estimated that without significant changes to the global carbon footprint, global warming will contribute to the extinction of ⅓ of the Earth’s plants and animals by the year 2050. 6) Increased food insecurity: This increase is a secondary effect of climate change’s impact on increasing temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, reduced water availability, and changes in extreme weather events. 7) More health risks: Extreme heat, and poor air quality cause increased complications from underlying heart and respiratory conditions like asthma. Exposure to extreme weather threatens life and health. 8) Poverty and displacement: Increased sea levels, reduced access to clean water, and changes in weather patterns leave impoverished people highly susceptible to displacement and worsening conditions.