Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans‚ which started to increase in the late 19th century and is projected to keep going up. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth’s average surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C (1.4 °F)‚ with about two thirds of the increase occurring since 1980.[2] Warming of the climate system is unequivocal‚ and scientists are more than 90% certain that most of it is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse
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Controversy over Global Warming One of the largest argued topics in our world today is over global warming. People argue that is real‚ and others argue that it is fake. The effects of global warming create a growing danger for the ecosystem we live in by damaging glaciers and weather patterns. Humans contribute to global warming yet non-believers will think otherwise. Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) most
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why I am interested about this topic. Definition of Climate Change According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ 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
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October 3‚ 2013 Period 8 Senior Science Global Warming Controversy Humans have known about global warming for many years now. But Al Gore did not discover global warming. Neither did Tim Flannery‚ Peter Garrett‚ Greenpeace or Malcolm Turnbull. However they did add their scientific two cents and made everyone more knowledgeable on what this topic is really about‚ and stressed the importance it has on the Earth. Scientific concern about global warming is not new. This is nothing surprising or
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Is global warming due to human actions? Can the human race take action to stop global warming? Valerie Collier SCI207 Lincoln Simmons June 09‚ 2012 Is global warming due to human actions? Global warming result of over use and consuming too much to make things easier‚ there are many actions that can be adhered to‚ to stop Global Warming. One way to stop global warming is to use less‚ meaning each country; state and family cut down on everyday use and to identify “Global Warming
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GLOBAL WARMING Attention Catcher: Where do you see the future of the United States in a hundred years for our grandchildren? Do you see them at war? Do you see them being a wealthy and successful Country? Or do you see the world’s temperature rising causing flooding‚ wildfires‚ and distinction of plants and animals. Speaker Credibility: What does it take for us to see the signs of global warming and act upon what Mother Nature is trying to tell us? Listeners Relevance: In the past fifty
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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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The threat of Global Warming is real and as severe as Al Gore makes it to be in his film “An Inconvenient Truth”. Humans are contributing to climate change. There is proof that we see in our everyday lives such as major increases in natural disasters‚ Antarctica‚ and the raise in carbon dioxide levels. When people say Global Warming is happening what actually is happening is our sun’s rays are heating up our Earth. Some of the rays bounce off Earth and go back to space. On the way back to space some
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eThe phrase global warming refers to the documented historical warming of the Earth’s surface based upon worldwide temperature records that have been maintained by humans since the 1880s.It is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans.In the last 100 years‚ this temperature increased by about 0.8 °C (1.4 °F) with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades.According to the exponentss of the concept‚the likely effects of a further
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Global warming Essay Global warming is simply defined as an increase in the average global temperatures. Though‚ it is an environmental problem‚ it has serious implications on the global economics‚ geopolitics‚ society‚ humanity and all living beings. “Global warming is one of the most controversial science issues of the 21st century‚ challenging the very structure of our global society” (Mark). Though‚ there has been controversies between two schools of scientific thought‚ one
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