do fireworks can affect the global warming?

There was over $5 million dollars spent by Sydney alone on fireworks to usher in the New Year. That sort of money could be better spent elsewhere. However, the people have come to expect it. Technology should have advanced enough by now to generate the same light & sound for less cost with almost zero emissions. The gases generated by all the tons of fireworks all over the world actually contribute insignificantly to global warming. Methane from the world's number 1 contributor, the livestock industry, traps heat about 72 times more effectively than carbon dioxides. The nitrous oxides from the same industry trap heat about 300 times more effectively than carbon dioxides. Carbon dioxides have an atmospheric life of about 50 years. If you shut down all sources of carbon dioxides, it would have no real impact on global warming which is expected to come to a head by the end of 2012 when the catastrophic natural disasters will have increased both in frequency & intensity (which we are seeing now & have been witnessing for the last decade),enough to have wiped out all life on this planet. An end to all animal product consumption will quickly reverse global warming as the life of methane gas in our atmosphere is less than ten years. I've discussed this issue many times already in responding to the discussions of others.

I would not be surprise if it had some minimal negative impact. However, I will not be for sure. It might very well add up to the overall effect of the problems that lead to global warming. Lets face it, its the little things that add up. The big things might seem bad but its always the little things.

At the risk of sounding a little condescending....and I certainly don't mean to; I'm saying this with the utmost respect to everyone here.....people really need to do more research about global warming and what causes it rather than trust the opinions of politicians(who lie to us on a daily basis), celebrities(many of whom have no idea what they are talking about), and radical, extremist environmentalists and scientists(who willingly subvert the truths of natural and physical science to support their own agendas). The greatest threat that fireworks pose to the environment is more litter and wildfires. Actually, fire can have a beneficial effect on the environment. It just poses a threat to us. These so-called "experts" would have you believe that manmade carbon dioxide(CO2) is the primary culprit od global warming. What they intentionally fail to tell you is that manmade CO2 accounts for only about 3% of all the CO2 in the world. The other 97% occurs naturally. If it weren't for greenhouse gases which include CO2 and methane our planet would be uninhabitable not only for us but for all life because it is those gases that trap the heat from the sun to keep the earth warm enough to support life. And, in mentioning the sun, it is solar flares from the sun that has the greatest effect on our climate....and there is absolutely no way to control the sun. Volcanic activity and the oceans also have a direct effect on our climate...neither of which we have any control over. Global warming(i.e. climate change) has been a fact of life ever since the earth was created. There have been periods(years) of cooler then average global temps as well as periods(years) of warmer than average global temps. It all works in cycles. No matter what man attempts the climate will continue to change. This so-called global warming "crisis" is nothing more than a global scam perpetrated by our world leaders with the help of some willing, radical "scientists," to control us and our money. I believe in taking care of the environment but there is simply nothing we can do to control the climate. Happy mylotting!

Unfortunately, people tend to ignore the fact that the firework will caused the environment pollution and also too much noise making my ear hurt. Personally, i love to see the color of sparks comes from firework, is really amazing.

Traditionally, we light fireworks every New Year. Almost the whole world surely did rose their own bright, banging, colorful fireworks. Last night, our atmosphere almost had a zero visibility. The smoke that came from the fireworks scattered. Of course it will be a great threat to earth's atmosphere. It is possible to make the global warming worse. But, these smokes will only occur only in the few hours of the celebration. After several moments, it will vanish then. It means that celebrating New Year with fireworks is not hazardous.

I agree with you. they're really increasing the global warming.. the heavy smoke they give up, and moreover the noise they make which is very heartbreaking for many patients... my opinion is that we should try to reduce them to as much as we can in somewhere safer place..

as long as there is emission of heat, there is surely harm done to our environment and can lead to different effects. In the combustion of fireworks, the main component gunpowder gives rise to the solid reaction products such as potassium carbonate, potassium sulfate and potassium sulfide, together with unreacted sulphur. The reaction products from effects mixtures are generally solids and consist of metal oxides and, less often, chlorides.The firework reaction products that are emitted are deposited and thus enter the soil, crops and, in the case of fireworks over water, standing waters.

I absolutely believe in taking care of the environment but I am pretty sure that ongoing sustained pollution and carelessness in the way we treat the earth are more of a factor in the damage we do that one night of a few fireworks. There is nothing specific about fireworks that would cause damage more than enything else. My suggestion is that you go out and celebrate with everyone else, before we ban breathing and eating.....!!

Everything we do afffects global warming in some way. it may not be in ways that we can see right away. Even a little bit of fireworks can have an effect on global warming.

Yea 100%. Fireworks can increase the global warming. It also causes pollution so it also affect the ozone layer. So i always keep away from fireworks and never use them. Atleast i am not polluting our environment. Happy mylotting. Regards, harry.

As much as I love the grand display of the said fireworks on the sky it does affect the environment pollution wise. The smoke does not go off easily from the skies. It takes some time for it to clear up. We got to be more responsible in keeping our environment from degrading because in the long run the future generation will bear the brunt of whatever we have done today.

Watching some of the impressive displays thrpoughout the world last nigh and the millions and millions of fireworks that were let of I would be certain that they would have a derogatory effect on the environment ( and cost an awful lot of money too!!)