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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Global warming There are already many natural disasters‚ for example earthquakes in Mexico or floods in Pakistan‚ probably the first effects caused by global warming. But that is just the beginning; the number of natural disasters will increase in the future. In my speech I tell you something about global warming and what we can do to prevent it. At first I define the term “global warming”: It is the change of the climate caused by the people for example the destruction of the ozone layer and the
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Brittany Morico Period 2 Global Warming Global warming’s scientific definition is the increase of Earth’s average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases‚ such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation‚ which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. This is a type of greenhouse effect. One of the main cause of global warming is the carbon dioxide along with other air pollutions that have been collecting in the atmosphere. Automobiles
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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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Global Warming Recently‚ there have been many problems with hurricanes‚ heat waves‚ and floods. What could perchance be causing all of this? One of the main reasons there has been so many natural disasters and complications is global warming. Global warming is the rising average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans due to the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect consumes greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere which causes the heating of the earth and very high temperatures and
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Global Warming Many researchers‚ scientists‚ and environmentalists are expressing concerns about changes in the overall climate of the earth. Some believe that a dramatically dangerous warming is taking place in the overall global climate‚ a problem that is referred to as "global warming". According to Benson (2012)‚ Global Warming is a term used to refer to an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. It is due mostly to the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the
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Evidence:There is a lot of evidence pointing to the futures problems with global warming. First is the rise in temperature we have already had in the last ten years alone the average global temperature has risen more than one degree F. Based on estimates last year(2006) by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies‚ 2005 was the warmest year since reliable‚ widespread instrumental measurements became available in the late 1800s. About three-quarters of the anthropogenic (man-made) emissions of CO2
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Global Warming Global warming is the rise in temperature (warming) of the entire planet and oceans. The rising temperatures affect our climates in such that droughts will happen more often‚ deserts will become bigger‚ heat waves will happen more often‚ and snow will lessen in areas. Also storms and hurricanes will happen more often. Global warming happens very slowly‚ the environment goes through natural periods of cooling and warming. Global warming causes changes in the
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GLOBAL WARMING-CAUSES AND EFFECTS Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans‚ a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. Even though it is an ongoing debate‚ it is proved by the scientists that the planet is warming. . Global warming Causes The causes are many of which the main culprit is the increase in the greenhouse gases that is produced by burning fossil fuel and deforestation
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Argumentative Essay on Global Warming “Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s surface” (Global Warming) . It has the effect of making the Earth’s surface warmer compared as it was the previous years. Such warming effect is also referred to as the “greenhouse effect”. Accordingly‚ “the global average temperature has increased about 0.7 to 1.4 degrees F (0.4 to 0.8 degrees C) since the late 1800 ’s and many experts estimate that the average temperature will rise
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