Anesthesia and Global Warming ?

When you think of anesthesia you probably think of surgeries or dental operations. But anesthesia doesn't only help you to go to sleep during surgeries or dental operations it also helps global warming. When I stumbled upon this information during research I was very shocked. I never knew getting a tooth extraction or having a surgery could harm our planet even more.
 However, anesthetic gases have been found in the atmosphere. The gases are greenhouse gases which means they trap heat in the atmosphere. They even trap more heat per pound emitted than carbon dioxide. For example, the gas desflurane traps 2,500 kilograms for each kilogram.
 Though, research confirms that anesthetic gases only contribute a small amount to climate change or global warming. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't do an effort to reduce the amount of anesthetics we use or try to find an alternative. It is quite alarming that the gases could even be measured at all in the atmosphere.

Polar bears Going Extinct

 This past week I learned that polar bears may be going extinct due to global warming. The ice caps are melting at an alarming rate and are causing sea levels to rise. Scientists have been researching the diet of the polar bears who have already moved to land and the conclusion is that they cannot get enough nutrition.

 However, other scientists disagree because they have been studying polar bears for many years and have seen polar bears adapt and live off of the land. They believe polar bears will adapt and eat anything they find to survive. They think that the worst that the polar bears could experience is hunger.

 Though, what's happening in the Artic doesn't only affect polar bears. Due to the ice caps melting sea levels are rising which could potentially cause the weather to change drastically all over the globe. Scientists conclude that if the Artic warms up faster than the mid latitudes do then the jet stream could slow down. Which could cause particular weather conditions like intense heat or intense snow.

 

Change,For The Better Or For The Worse?

        Change,for the better or for the worse?

 We always hear about global warming and our planet changing because of humanity polluting,littering,creating excess amount of CO2,etc. But have we really stopped for a second and informed ourselves of what we are doing to our precious planet? That is what I plan to do with this research,inform myself over the way our planet was before and how we have changed it.

 By doing the research I think I will find many things i didn't know before. I'm sure I will have so much fun doing this research because ever since I was a child I was very interested in the solar system and wanted to learn everything about outer space and earth.

  I hope to find very interesting and useful information. I also want to find out ways that I can contribute to help our planet and not damage it more. I am sure that it will be very fun and interesting researching this subject as it is such a relevant subject right now.