Carbon dioxide may double
NZPA-AP New Delhi The percentage of carbon dioxide in the world’s atmosphere is likely to double in the next 50 to 80 years as a result of nuclear and scientific experiments, says a meteorology expert. Earth would become much warmer as a result, because while carbon dioxide allowed the Sun’s rays to radiate to Earth, it did not allow the reverse process, said Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi, secretarygeneral of the World Meteorological Organisation.
Mr Obasi, a Nigerian expert, said the increase of carbon dioxide would result in the “greenhouse effect” — when carbon dioxide above Earth’s surface allows passage of heat to Earth but absorbs the emission by the Earth. He said the process of increase was very slow but it could have odd results where the “Sahara could become fertile and a fertile zone could become arid.”
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