AND THE GREEN BRIGADEAND THE GREEN BRIGADE

BIOMANBIOMAN

Concept & Design: Rajiv Gupta & Kartikeya Kumar

Courtesy: clubbioman.com

Illustrations: Development Alternatives

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IT IS!

THANK YOU FOR INVITING US

ON A BIKE RIDE, BIOMAN.

THANK YOU MATE! THE

PLEASURE'S ALL MINE.

HANG ON A SECOND... IS IT

DRIZZLING? I REALLY HOPE

THAT ISN'T THE CASE.

IT'S QUITE UNUSUAL.

IT NEVER RAINS IN SUCH

WEATHER AND THERE WAS

NO FORECAST OF

RAIN EITHER.

YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S QUITE

UNUSUAL. BUT IT'S NOT A

MATTER OF CHANCE.

IT IS A RESULT OF ALL

OUR MISDEEDS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU ARE SCARING ME.

THAT'S GREAT,

IF IT BOTHERS YOU.

WELL, WHAT IS

IT THEN?

IT IS CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE OVERALL CLIMATE PATTERN

IN ALL THE PLACES AROUND THE

WORLD IS CHANGING. THANKS

TO A LOT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.

TELL ME MORE.

I WANT TO KNOW THE

SCIENCE BEHIND IT.

SURE, YOU KNOW THAT THE SUNLIGHT

WARMS THE EARTH'S SURFACE AND

THE HEAT RADIATES BACK TO SPACE.

MOST OF THIS OUTGOING HEAT IS ABSORBED BY A

LAYER OF GREENHOUSE GASES, WARMING UP THE

EARTH'S SURFACE TO A LIFE SUPPORTING AVERAGE

TEMPERATURE OF 15 DEGREE CELSIUS

(OR 59 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT).

GREENHOUSE GASES THAT REMAIN SEMI PERMANENTLY

IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND DO NOT RESPOND TO

CHANGES IN THE TEMPERATURE ARE

'FORCING CLIMATE CHANGE'.

GREENHOUSE GASES TEAR CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WHICH ALLOW DIRECT SUNLIGHT

(RELATIVE SHORTWAVE ENERGY) TO REACH THE EARTH'S SURFACE.

AS THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY (THAT IN THE VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET PORTION OF

THE SPECTRA) HEATS THE SURFACE, LONGER-WAVE (INFRARED) ENERGY (HEAT) IS

RERADIATED TO THE ATMOSPHERE. SOME OF THE MAJOR

GREENHOUSE GASES ARE CO , CH , N O, OZONE AND CFC'S2 4 2

CARBON DIOXIDE: PLANTS CONVERT CO TO PLANT MATERIAL THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND LATER RELEASE IT 2

AS THE PLANTS DECOMPOSE. HOWEVER, HUMANKIND HAS INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE

RELEASED BY BURNING COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS AND WOOD METHANE.

METHANE (CH4) IS A GREAT ABSORBER OF RADIATION.

HUMAN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GROWING RICE, INCREASED USE OF

NATURAL GAS AND MINING OF COAL HAVE ADDED TO THE

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES.

O3: OZONE, ANOTHER LETHAL GREENHOUSE GAS, IS CREATED BY

HUMAN PROCESSES LIKE EXHAUST EMISSIONS FROM AUTOMOBILES AND

POLLUTION FROM FACTORIES (AS WELL AS BURNING VEGETATION).

COAL

N2O: NITROUS OXIDE IS PRODUCED BY MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN SOIL

AND FERTILIZERS CONTAINING NITROGEN, AS WELL AS SOME INDUSTRIAL

PROCESSES (FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, NYLON PRODUCTION,

NITRIC ACID PRODUCTION AND VEHICULAR EMISSIONS).

CFCS: CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS) EMANATE FROM REFRIGERATORS,

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS AND CLEANSING SOLVENTS. THEY DESTROY THE

OZONE LAYER PROTECTING THE EARTH FROM ULTRA-VIOLET RADIATION.

SINCE THEY ARE ALSO A GREENHOUSE GAS, ALONG WITH OTHER LONG-LIVED

SYNTHESIZED GASES SUCH AS CF4 (CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE).

SF6 (SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE) , THEY ARE OF CONCERN.

ALL OF THIS IS RESULTING IN THE OVERALL RISE OF GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS CAUSING FREQUENT

NATURAL DISASTERS, MELTING OF THE POLAR ICE, UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERNS, EXTREME CLIMATES, AND,

ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS, A POSSIBLE RISE IN THE SEA LEVEL AND INUNDATION OF COASTAL AREAS IN THE

VERY NEAR FUTURE.

RISE IN SEA LEVEL

CYCLONES AND STORMS

FLOODS

OZONE LAYER DESTRUCTION

EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

MELTING ARCTIC ICE

BIOMAN, THIS SEEMS CRAZY.

IS THIS THE DEAR END?

ISN'T THERE ANY WAY OUT?

SURE KIDS.

WE CAN STILL CHECK THIS

CATOSTROPHE IN TIME.

PLANTING TREES REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

WE CAN STILL DO IT BY TAKING VARIOUS

MEASURES LIKE...

AND USING... PLUS...

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

PUBLIC TRANSPORT USING BICYCLE

CREATING AWARENESS

ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION

BUT REMEMBER KIDS,

WE HAVE TO ACT FAST TO

SAVE OUR PLANET FROM

VANISHING INTO THE BLUE.

SURE THING, BIOMAN.

WE'LL DO IT WITH OUR...

GREEN BRIGADE