Contribute to reducing the enhanced greenhouse effect!

Looking at our Earth, we have a layer of air surrounding us, the atmosphere. Thanks to our atmosphere, we can breathe. The atmosphere is composed of multiple gases, including oxygen (O2), methane gas (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Without all these gases, the average temperature on Earth would be -18˚C (-0.4˚F), while on average it is +15˚C(+59˚F) now.

Thanks to solar radiation reaching our surface, Earth warms up. When radiation reaches our surface, infrared radiation is sent back into space. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ensure part of this radiation cannot go back into space, but instead lead it back to Earth. This is called the greenhouse effect. This effect is as old as Earth itself and nothing new.

Enhanced greenhouse effect and its consequences

Due to increases in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, the amount of radiation going back into space diminishes. In short, this radiation is sent back to our surface. The amount of CO2 in our atmosphere has increased drastically the last couple of years, leading more and more radiation back to Earth. As such, we speak of an enhanced greenhouse effect. One of the direct consequences of an enhanced greenhouse effect is global warming.

As the above illustration shows, CO2 concentration keeps increasing. In 2015/2016 concentration passed an important limit, namely 400 per million particles. The descends in the graph are caused by summers in the relatively forest rich Northern Hemisphere. Leaves of these trees ensure a higher uptake of CO2. Source: NOS.nl

Can we still reverse the effects of the enhanced greenhouse effect?

The temperature on Earth will probably rise between 1.4 and 6.4 degrees Celsius (between 34.52 and 43.52 degrees Fahrenheit) this year and this poses major problems. Many countries are already struggling with long periods of drought. As a result, many harvests fail and less water is available. In addition, the glaciers and the pool ice melt both of which contribute to a rise in sea level.

We cannot reverse anything in a number of years, but there is a way to contribute to a better climate, namely: planting trees. Trees provide a natural disconnection of CO2 molecules. When we use the dry areas in the world to plant trees in a water-saving and efficient way, we can dissolve more CO2, which reduces the concentration of this greenhouse gas and the temperature will rise less or in the long run will even fall.

This is where Groasis comes in. Groasis makes it possible to plant trees in dry and eroded areas through the Waterboxx® and Growboxx®, while consuming 90% less water than traditional irrigation methods and also gaining a survival rate of + 90%! But to do this we need your help. At the moment we are still looking for people who want to become a Friend of Groasis through the purchase of stocks. With this stock capital we can expand our production and plant trees in places where it has not been possible until now! Check out one of our promising projects that show that it is even possible to plant trees in the most impossible places.

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