a climate change is “the change in global climate patterns apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards‚ attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels”. Our Earth is warming. Over the past century‚ Earth’s average temperature has risen by 1.4 °F and another 2 to 11.5°F rising up predicted over the next hundred years. Small changes; like those numbers in average temperature of the Earth can lead to large and potentially dangerous
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Introduction: Global warming is gradually becoming a serious concern to our environment and our planet as a whole. Nature is now showing signs with unique changes affecting our lives. When the surface temperature of the earth heats up human beings are not the only ones who feel the changes and also react in some way. Animals and sometimes even plants will also be affected by the global warming. What is global warming: An overall warming of the planet based on average temperature over the entire
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Rueda Professor ESL 092 May 5‚ 2011 Research P Draft # 1 Effects of Global Warming: Life is a gift from God and we have to take care of it and the place where we live. The world we live on is at least 4.6 billion years old and has been changing in many ways (Chris Stassen). Before the industrial and technology age come to our word‚ everything was natural and clean‚ but the earth has been pushed to its limits and human race has forgotten to care of it. Now we have rivers and oceans contaminated
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1101 02/24/2012 Global warming -- a serious warning I have a dream‚ that in a near future‚ the people of this world will come together as one. We could all come together as one and leave all our differences of color‚ religion‚ and political views behind us‚ to stand together to face what Bill McKibben calls the greatest challenge and threat mankind has ever faced: global warming. In 2007 Bill McKibben‚ an author‚ educator‚ and environmentalist‚ wrote the article‚ “Global Warning: Get Up! Stand
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Global warming is the average annual temperature of the earth. This topic has evidence that demonstrates it is a serious concern. This is shown in the affect of global warming on humans‚ wildlife‚ and in the image with the people at the beach. Global warming has a negative affect on humans and wildlife populations. To start‚ global warming has a negative affect on humans because it will begin to take up all of the food and water supplies from crops and gardens. Global warming is an extreme problem
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been astonished by the amount of CO2 humans are emitting into the atmosphere and say if we do not stop‚ there will be dire consequences. But what they do not understand is that global warming will be the most benevolent thing human beings will ever grant the earth. Global warming will bring a copious amount of positives‚ which include saving money‚ eradicating animals that threaten the human species and saving the world from hunger. Tree huggers need to stop thinking so much about the animals that
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Global Warming Global warming is the most pressing challenge facing the world today. After examining what global warming is‚ I have realized that human activities have a large impact on how the earth’s surface temperature is due to the greenhouse effect. I also have realized the impact that global warming can have on the earth. We as human’s need to do what we can to lower our contributions to the global warming before it is too late. Global warming is the increase of earth’s average
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Abstract What is global warming? Global warming is the heating of the earth. Global warming happens when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the atmosphere. This is known as the greenhouse effect. It prevents heat and light from escaping the earth’s atmosphere kind of like the earth is a giant greenhouse. Global warming is a good thing‚ but at the same time‚ can have devastating effects if not properly monitored and
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Science Global warming There are many problems concerning the environment. Pollution‚ destruction of the rainforests‚ and the consumption of all of our planet’s natural resources are just a few. None of these issues quite compare to the problem of global warming. Global warming is a problem that affects not just some people‚ but everything and everyone. People must take action to stop global warming and must realize the severity of this problem before it is too late. The future
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Global Warming: Origins‚ Effects‚ and Potential Solutions Since the dawn of the 19th century‚ civilization has been very dependent on the consumption of fossil fuels. Greenhouse gases‚ especially carbon dioxide‚ coming from these emissions plague our atmosphere. Greenhouse gases trap heat and prevent warmer air from escaping our atmosphere‚ which causes a containment of excess heat‚ thus causing a climate change; in this case‚ a rise in temperature. There has been large amounts of debate on whom
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