Mission Plan
a. Analysis of the Problem
1. History of the Problem
Some scientist's have been concerned since 1896 about what might happen if there
were 5.5 billion tons carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. In 1961 a British scientist did an
experiment showing that the carbon in the air was absorbing some of the sun's radiation.
Afterward a Swedish scientist, Suante Arrhenius, found out if the radiation of the sun was
trapped in the carbon dioxide the temperature of the earth would increase by 1-2 degrees.
In 1988 James Hanson, a respected scientist, told the U.S. Congress 'the greenhouse…
