Global Warming: Cause and Mitigation Your Name Professor Name SCI 110 - Introduction to Physical Science June 12‚ 2013 Global warming‚ also referred to as climate change‚ is real. The question remains‚ is man or Mother Nature responsible for causing it? The Nobel Prize-winning chemist Svante Arrhenius first proposed the idea of global warming in 1896. He knew that carbon dioxide traps heat in the earth’s atmosphere and that burning fossil fuels releases
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15 Dec 2011 Global Warming/Climate Change Before we get into the specifics‚ lets define the terms global warming and climate change. Global warming or the greenhouse effect is a more specific term that refers to a gradual increase in planet-wide temperatures which is now well documented and accepted by scientists as fact. It is the warming of the lower atmosphere which is a result of the increase of a number of gases that have been classified as greenhouse gases. It is a specific type of climate
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Unimaginable Destruction Global warming is not a sci-fi creation‚ but a harsh reality that may one day lead to the extinction of many species including mankind if preventative measures are not taken. Like most diseases humans face‚ early detection is key to treating and preventing the problem from escalating out of control. If measures to combat global warming are not taken immediately the earth may become uninhabitable and ruined forever. Although the earth has gone through natural climate changes
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Is global warming due to human actions? Introduction Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of both the earth’s near surface air and the oceans. The temperature increase began in mid twentieth century and is predicted to continue into the future. For example‚ during the last hundred years ending in 2005‚ the earth’s surface air temperature has increased drastically (Thomas‚ C. D‚ 2004). Basically‚ global warming is the recent increase in the average air and ocean
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Global Warming-Killing Earth’s Age Global Warming is defined as the increase in the average temperature of Earth’s Atmosphere. Since 1970‚ most of the increase has been in the oceans‚ which is about 90%. Global Warming also refers to the increase in temperature of the Earth’s surface. Since the year 2000‚ the surface temperature has increased about 0.8 0 C‚ which is about two third of the increase‚ when compared to 1980. Earth is getting warmer and warmer when days pass by. The main cause for
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facing a serious crisis on our nature; the crisis of global warming. Global warming itself is a term used to describe the change of the temperature of the earth that can finally change the climate on earth. We have known it for a long time that our earth is becoming hotter year by year. There are a lot of things that can cause global warming. Air pollution is one of the causes that can increase the effect of global warming. Air pollution is caused by certain gases which pollute the air such as carbon
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hunt. What could be causing these extreme changes; global warming. Global warming is the rising in temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans‚ and the idea that it will continue to rise. It is mainly caused by high amounts of greenhouse gas that are said to be produced by human activities‚ such as burning fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas traps heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere which in turn increases temperatures. Global warming and its effects are creating growing dangers for our
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Global warming From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For scientific and political disputes‚ see Global warming controversy‚ Scientific opinion on climate change and Public opinion on climate change. For past climate change see Paleoclimatology and Geologic temperature record. For the Sonny Rollins album see Global Warming (album). Line plot of global mean land-ocean temperature change from 1880-2010‚ relative to the 1951-1980 mean. The black line is the annual
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I. WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING? Global warming is the gradual increase of the Earth’s average measured temperature overtime. This measured average temperature is derived from both the near-surface air as well as ocean waters. Scientists began measuring this temperature beginning in the mid-20th century and have continued to monitor fluctuations and deviations in measurements ever since. The average global temperature increased approximately 1.33°F over the past 100 years ending in 2005. This led the
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Global Warming by James Inmon Global Warming is the effect on climate change brought about by human impact on the environment. Just one degree increase in the average global temperature could have a big impact on our world. Three of the more common sources of Global Warming are; the burning of fossil fuels‚ industrial pollution‚ and urban sprawl. Fossil Fuels are carbon based compounds like coal and gasoline. When these fuel sources are burned‚ they release carbon dioxide and other air pollution
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