Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. It is already affecting the world as we know it; endangering polar bears‚ shortening ski seasons and creating more intense storms. Global warming is caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere‚ hence increasing the average temperature of the earth. Scientists have stated that the average temperature will likely rise a further 1 to 6 °C still during the 21st century. Global warming is causing numerous problems
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Global warming has a big effect on the Earth. It can spread diseases. Global warming‚ warms the water which causes erratic weather. It increases the probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves. Global warming can also lead to the melting of the polar ice caps. Finally it can have great economic consequences. Global warming can lead to a spread in diseases across the world. As northern countries warm‚ disease carrying insects migrate north‚ bringing plague and disease with them. With warmth
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Over the past few decades scientist have been observing a warming trend in the over all temperature of the earth. Although the earth has been known to go through warm and cold periods‚ it seems that we humans are causing the earth to heat up this time. The greenhouse effect is causing the earth to go through this warming trend that we call global warming. The greenhouse effect is caused when the infrared radiation from the sun is absorbed in atmospheric gasses such as water vapor‚ carbon dioxide
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Global warming Solutions Global warming is the concept that has all rights to be regarded a dangerous phenomenon. It is especially true for the planet that is being exposed to the global warming. Humanity contributes to global warming. Under such circumstances the humanity should think about the possible solutions. (Sisco P.‚ 2006‚ p. 43) The Earth is known to be engaged into a long-term warming cycle. The humanity is responsible for the negatives effects of the global warming. Under such circumstances
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Global Warming AD As the sun’s harmful rays beam through the depleting ozone layer the globe begins to warm‚ earths polar ice caps melt and slowly start the elimination of life. This ad demonstrates the cause and effect of global warming. The world inside the lower quadrant of the hourglass is slowly getting swallowed by the sea due to the melting ice caps above. Within the hourglass there’s text stating “we are slowly running out of time‚ act now before it’s too late”. In the top of the hour glass
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the water level is rising at a fast speed. This is all happening from global warming. This can cuase many animals to die or get extinct‚ also the people that are living nearby can also be affected by this. Global warming is caused by burning fossil fuels and forests‚ we lately have been doing this a lot. The polar bear is saying “ha ha youre eliminated!” to the other polar bear because there playing musical ice chairs and which ever one melts and they fall in the water is eliminated stating the similarities
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might CO2 emissions have on overall global warming? In the 19th century‚ scientists realized that gases in the atmosphere cause a "greenhouse effect" which affects the planet’s temperature. These scientists were interested chiefly in the possibility that a lower level of carbon dioxide gas might explain the ice ages of the distant past. At the turn of the century‚ Svante Arrhenius calculated that emissions from human industry might someday bring a global warming. Other scientists dismissed his idea
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Blanc BIO-220 June 3‚ 2014 Tina Salat Global Warming caused by Human activities Global warming is‚ in essence‚ the gradual rising of temperatures in the Earth’s atmosphere. As global warming increases‚ temperatures become higher; mostly in the Earth’s oceans‚ which can have devastating effects on the Earth’s ecosystem (Weart‚ 2004). Global warming in when “the Earth’s atmosphere is overloaded with heat-trapping carbon dioxide‚ which threatens large-scale disruptions in climate with disastrous consequences”
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The Problem of Global Warming The problem of global warming‚ an increase in the average temperature on Earth‚ is getting worse. The Earth has warmed 0.3 to 0.6 degrees Celsius since the late 1800s. Scientists believe that the cause is the greenhouse effect‚ the process of trapping heat in the Earth’s atmosphere because of the presence of large amounts of carbon dioxide‚ chlorofluorocarbons‚ methane‚ and nitrogen oxides. Less oxygen is being produced and cleaning the atmosphere allowing more
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issue of potential threats of global warming in both the global political and business arenas. Since the industrial revolution in the late 18th century‚ new factories were built which means more deforestation‚ more use of electricity‚ more burning of fossil fuel and resulting in emission of more Carbondioxide into the environment. At the same time with the increasing number of population in the world‚ people are getting more dependent on motor vehicles and machineries which also releases toxic and harmful
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