Global warming is the increase in average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans over time. Most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities‚ especially the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide gas. In recent years‚ extreme heat waves caused more than 20000 deaths in Europe. Also‚ melting icebergs and rising sea levels are observed. Global warming is a crucial problem in the world‚ it may lead to disastrous consequences such as extinction
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Arkansas State University- Beebe‚ Arkansas Global Warming Physical Science- Stults 27 November 2006 Contents INTRODUCTION 1 THE GLOBAL WARMING ISSUES 2 WHAT ’S BEING DONE 3 IN DEPTH 4 EFFECTS 5 WHAT CAN I DO? 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 7 The issue The worldwide community has reached an agreement about the global climate; the world is undoubtedly warming. This warming is the result of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activities‚ such as industrial
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Global Warming Global warming is a huge environmental and economic challenge that we are facing in the 21st century. Global warming is also commonly referred to as the greenhouse effect. Global warming can affect entire ecosystems and climates‚ which in turn affect the way in which people live. We in our lifetimes will not be around to see the major outcome of global warming; however‚ it is still a major concern. It has come to be known that the major increase in temperature over the last century
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we are now 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
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GLOBAL WARMING : WHAT LIES AHEAD GLOBAL WARMING Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. In recent usage‚ especially in the context of environment policy‚ it is more generally known as "global warming"‚ which occurs due to increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of the observed temperature increase has been caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases‚ which result
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GLOBAL WARMING We don’t agree on everything‚ but the world does seem to agree on one thing : Global warming is happening‚ and it’s causing big problems. Global warming refers to the increase in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and it’s oceans. A change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. Scientists have spent decades figuring out what is causing global warming and what is its effects. Global warming is a major problem in the world that should everyone know
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Abstract This report studies secondary research to discover the effects of global warming and the consequences it has on sea levels‚ ice melting and the polar bear. Websites researched were NASA‚ ICUN‚ National Geographic‚ BBC News‚ The Independent‚ IPCC‚ Arctic Council‚ National Resources Defense Council‚ UN News and D.V.D. called ‘An Inconvenient‚’ truth. Evidence researched supports the conclusion that scientists believe global temperatures have been rising and that human activity is a significant
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GLOBAL WARMING One of the most strongly debated topics on our earth is the issue of climate change. Global warming and climate change is refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is caused primarily by increases in “greenhouse” gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2) I. Effect There are two effects of global warming which is the environmental and social changes
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Global Warming: Who’s to Blame? It seems that a single week does not go by without hearing something about global warming. It has been all over the news for as long as I can remember. Because of this media bombardment‚ I would be surprised to find a single person in America that does not know about global warming. I’ll also go so far as to assume that the vast majority of the people you ask will tell you that not only is global warming occurring‚ but humans are to blame. In fact
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Through the eyes of most scientists‚ global warming is seen as a very serious and severe threat. The actions taken by humans‚ such as industry and consumption of fossil fuels plus the increase in population and agriculture have played a big part in global warming. If something is not done soon the results could be very bad. By the middle of the twenty first century‚ there is evidence that the Earth will be warmer than it has been at any time in human history‚ and quite possibly since the
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