Since the mid-twentieth century, Earth's environment has been warming at a remarkable rate. As indicated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is no less than a 95 percent likelihood that this is the consequence of human action. The heat trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other ozone-depleting substances is the principal driver in this global warming pattern. Contracting ice sheets, worldwide temperature rise, diminished snow cover, ocean…