Global Warming Debate Today we are debating the important topic of global warming. As the affirmative team‚ we strongly believe that global warming is caused by the actions of humans. But this is not just a belief‚ this is a fact. Global warming‚ by definition‚ is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth ’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide‚ CFCs‚ and other pollutants. The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the
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Is Global Warming a threat to the Human Population? Global warming has been a lot in the media and most people have probably discussed it and feared it for an amount of years now. In the media‚ Global Warming has been presented as a catastrophic event that will change the world as we know it‚ and have disastrous and horrible effects on us‚ and that it might be our demise. At first‚ scientists believed Global Warming to be a result of too much human activity‚ but as they years have passed and
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Billy Joel once said‚ “we didn’t start the fire”. He is right; global warming is a natural cause. The Earth was heating long before humans were emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases and even before humans were on planet Earth. Since humans were not alive during the period after the ice age (known as the post-ice age era)‚ then the heating of the Earth to melt the ice does not put humans at fault. Global warming is naturally caused by natural emission of greenhouse gases‚ Earth’s heating and
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Air Conditioning and Global Warming Air conditioning systems use energy to remove heat from a given location‚ transferring it to the exterior in the form of exhaust. Some of the energy is invariably wasted as heat‚ and this additional heat must also be exhausted. Thus‚ air conditioning results in net heat release to the environment. The warming effect is aggravated‚ moreover‚ because higher forms of energy such as electricity are used to power air conditioners. Generating and transmitting this
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GLOBAL WARMING – CAUSES AND EFFECTS Global warming is defined as an increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere. It is one of the most serious issues that the world is facing today. This essay will discuss the main causes and effects of global warming. One of the main causes of Global warming is the carbon dioxide emissions‚ which comes from the burning of gasoline from the engines of cars‚ buses and other vehicles. Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam is considered to be the most seriously
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE = GLOBAL WARMING In the last past years‚ the Earth has been experiencing increasing temperatures‚ leading to harmful consequences on our planet and its habitants. This has been researched and analysed‚ concluding to name such changes as Global climate change. As explained by the US agency‚ the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)‚ there are 7 indicators that would be expected to increase in a warming world‚ and 3 indicators would be expected to decrease.
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Describe the strategies that have been suggested to reduce global warming. To what extent do you think they are successful? 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. It is primarily caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane produced by human activities such
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The effects of what global warming is doing to our client has been a question debated for many years. There has been considerable evidence that global warming has been linked to the increase of extreme weather events that could cause widespread devastation across the world. The damages that could be caused by these events could cost millions to even billions of dollars and could be even worse for third world countries that do not have the infrastructure to withstand these powerful events. The extreme
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Technical report on global warming WJR Alexander Professor Emeritus‚ Department of Civil and Biosystems Engineering‚ University of Pretoria‚ South Africa. Email alexwjr@iafrica.com 23 November 2005 I have just completed my technical report An assessment of the likely consequences of global warming on the climate of South Africa. (The extended summary of the report is now available. It consists of 92 pages‚ 14 tables‚ 16 figures and 50 references.) The conclusion is that there are no scientifically
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Global warming what is it? Global warming refers to an average increase in theEarth’s temperature‚ which in turn causes changes in climate. So what’s the big deal you ask? Well the big deal is‚ if temperatures rise above normal levels for a few days‚ it’s no big deal‚ the Earth will stay more or less the same‚ but if temperatures continue to rise over a longer period of time‚ then the Earth may experience some serious problems! What causes global warming? The Earth’s atmosphere contains gases that
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