Sunday, April 8, 2012

Third Entry

Inner Mongolia is the China’s fifth largest economy among all China’s provinces. But main types of economy in Inner Mongolia are mining, steelmaking and grazing. So, if we talk about Green GDP, Inner Mongolia is the third province in China from the end. Green GDP generally means the total GDP minus the cost of environment.
http://www.china.com.cn/photochina/2011-11/28/content_24025617_4.htm

The emission of greenhouse gases in factories in Inner Mongolia is a very serious and dangerous problem. The major greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide (CO2),   nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4) and others. Greenhouse gas lets the Sun’s heat in, but it doesn’t let heat out. Greenhouse glass also traps heat inside. And the following picture shows how the greenhouse effect works (Allen, 2012).

The emission of greenhouse gases could result to global warming problem. And the global warming could result to multiple problems such as melting of glaciers, rising of sea level, extinction of species. Those are all serious problems, and they do happen today. Because of the atmospheric circulation, the emission of greenhouse gases in a certain region cannot only influences the particular region, but influences the globe as a whole. So, every person in the world has the responsibility to decrease the emission of greenhouse gases and lives a green life.



Next, we find some natural beauty of Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia Prairie has complex terrain and absolutely distinct seasons, so you can find plenty kinds of clouds there. Depends on different weather and different seasons, the types of clouds are different.
The following picture shows cumulus. Depends on altitude ranges, cumulus is low-level clouds (less than 2000 meters high). This kind of clouds is can only be seen in summer times in Inner Mongolia, because other seasons are very dry in Inner Mongolia, so there’s no chance to form this kind of clouds.
Looking down from above of cumulus.
http://www.whiteplanes.com/weather/weather18.htm