CHEMISTRY RESEARCH PROJECT

DETAILS OF THE R&D PROJECT

Global warming, the in-air issue to address human-caused degradation and desertification of land worldwide, affecting the bio-diversity. The chronological rise in the green house gases i.e., Water vapour, Carbon dioxide, Methane, Ozone, Nitrous oxide and CFC’s has gained the attention of many environmentalists. Each of these gases can remain in the atmosphere for different amounts of time, ranging from a few years to thousands of years, in way they are more effective than others at making the planet warmer and thickening the Earth’s blanket. Besides, the gases with higher Global Warming Potential (GWP) absorb more energy, per pound, than gasses with a lower GWP, and thus contribute more to warming Earth. Among all these green house gases, methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. Even though CO2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace for warming in the near term. At least 25% of today's warming is driven by methane from human actions. Furthermore, the Global Carbon Project's estimate of a 0.6% increase in the world's fossil fuel emissions for 2019 represents a "preliminary" estimate, but this is about a third of the growth rates that we've seen of the previous years, therefore their emissions into the atmosphere have to be restricted.