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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Global Warming Throughout the years‚ many topics have been brought to attention and have caused many controversial discussions. Being one of them‚ Global Warming has been the number one controversial topic for decades. One main subtopic talked about has been the different types of “effects” Global Warming has caused on this Earth to go through. One effect is Greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases can stay in the atmosphere for an amount of years ranging from decades to hundreds and thousands of years
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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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Global Warming Global warming is a very big problem. It causes many animals to live in an unsafe environment. The animals loose their homes and environments that they have lived in and thrived in for so long. It affects everyone in many ways. Almost always it is bad. Global warming is when the earth heats up because of the rays of the sun and other things. Many of the things that cause global warming include greenhouse gasses‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane. Many things that create
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Global warming I N T R O D U C T I O N It’s happening everyday and right now. It is becoming a worldwide problem. This is global warming. Global warming is a serious problem that affects our planet. Is it a natural cause or man-made? It may be natural. Many people point to the melting ice caps as proof that humans are the ones that are causing global warming‚ but what they may not know is that the polar ice caps on Mars are melting too. Humans may not be the main cause of global warming but they
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Global Warming Causes Global warming is primarily a problem of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere—which acts as a blanket‚ trapping heat and warming the planet. As we burn fossil fuels like coal‚ oil and natural gas for energy or cut down and burn forests to create pastures and plantations‚ carbon accumulates and overloads our atmosphere. Certain waste management and agricultural practices aggravate the problem by releasing other potent global warming gases‚ such as methane and nitrous
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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 Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth’s mean 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 it is primarily caused by increasing
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Global Warming Essay July 11‚ 2011 Sci 256 Many people today believe that global warming is still nothing but a theory discussed by some weird scientists because they just want to scare us. But in reality there are many climate issues happening and people are very confused on what is really happening. Some theories of global warming are the “Green house effect”‚ changing sun‚ ash from volcano and natural variations in climate such as El Niño. Most scientists agree that global warming is caused
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Jennifer May 1st‚ 2014 Paper #9 Global Warming “What is Global Warming?” One might ask. Well‚ Global Warming is an increase in the earth’s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the green house. Global Warming is a silent murderer. Global Warming is the cause for the many natural disasters. For example‚ haven’t we all noticed the number of large wildfires we’ve had just this
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