The Impact of Meat Production on The Environment Part 1

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The Impact of Meat Production on

The Environment

Courtesy and Credit :

Mr.Prashant Parikh, Georgia Institute of Technology

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 Part 1

Introduction to the Problem

As responsible citizens of the 21st century, there is no doubt in our minds, that despite all the speculations floating around, global warming is a real phenomenon, and needs to be addressed very seriously.

Our Atmosphere is comprised of several gases; nitrogen being the most plentiful, followed by oxygen , argon and carbon dioxide (by atmospheric volumes: 78.01%, 20.9%, 0.9% and 0.039% respectively). There are also several trace molecules which make up the air.

Global warming is caused due to the greenhouse effect. For a perfect black body, the incoming radiation of the sun would be equal to the outgoing radiation from the earth, but due to the greenhouse effect, some of the heat energy of the sun gets trapped in our atmosphere due to the…

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