Instructor Wu Chaoqun HIS 402 27 May 2013 The Global Warming Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. Population growth in recent years‚ the population factor is the rapid increase in global warming‚ one of the main factors. At the same time‚ this is a serious danger to the rib natural balance between the ecological
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Climate scientists tell us that global warming is a very serious matter and the world has to make firm decisions to try to slow the warming and eventually to reverse it. Some politicians agree‚ but many lack the political will to press for urgent changes. Many scientists believe it is already too late to stop a 2 degree Celsius rise in temperature. Already there have been changes. Extreme weather events are becoming more common. Heat waves have been happening. Famine is worsening in Africa
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Global dimming‚ a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth’s surface‚ has partially counteracted global warming from 1960 to the present.[55] The main cause of this dimming is aerosols produced by volcanoes and pollutants. These aerosols exert a cooling effect by increasing the reflection of incoming sunlight. The effects of the products of fossil fuel combustion—CO2 and aerosols—have largely offset one another in recent decades‚ so that net warming has been due to
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Global Warming-Killing Earth’s Age Global Warming is defined as the increase in the average temperature of Earth’s Atmosphere. Since 1970‚ most of the increase has been in the oceans‚ which is about 90%. Global Warming also refers to the increase in temperature of the Earth’s surface. Since the year 2000‚ the surface temperature has increased about 0.8 0 C‚ which is about two third of the increase‚ when compared to 1980. Earth is getting warmer and warmer when days pass by. The main cause for
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What Is Global Warming ? Global Warming 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. Earth’s climate is mostly influenced by the first 6 miles or so of the atmosphere which contains most of the matter making up the atmosphere. This is really a very thin layer if you think about it. In the book The End of Nature‚ author
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Unimaginable Destruction Global warming is not a sci-fi creation‚ but a harsh reality that may one day lead to the extinction of many species including mankind if preventative measures are not taken. Like most diseases humans face‚ early detection is key to treating and preventing the problem from escalating out of control. If measures to combat global warming are not taken immediately the earth may become uninhabitable and ruined forever. Although the earth has gone through natural climate changes
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Global Warming and Climate Change: Global warming and climate change 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). A warming planet thus leads to a change in climate which can affect weather in various ways. What are the main indicators of Climate Change? As explained by the US agency
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inconvenient truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it. Emmaus‚ PA: Rodale. In-text reference: (Gore‚ 2006) Book with Two Authors: Michaels‚ P. J.‚ & Balling‚ R. C.‚ Jr. (2000). The satanic gases: Clearing the air about global warming. Washington‚ DC: Cato Institute. In-text reference: (Michaels & Balling‚ 2000) Book with Editor as Author: Galley. K. E. (Ed.). (2004). Global climate change and wildlife in North America. Bethesda
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Definition of global warming and natural disasters Global warming is when the earth heats up or the temperature rises. It happens when greenhouse gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. This hurts many people‚ animals‚ and plants. Many cannot take the change‚ so they die. Global warming is affecting many parts of the world. It makes the sea rise‚ and when the sea rises‚ the water covers many low land islands. This is a big problem
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Global Warming The topic of global warming has become one of the worlds rising issues and has recently become an important piece of the presidents’ annual state of the union speech. The most important step to end this issue is to recognize who’s causing it. It must be all the industrial nations fault? We can’t blame any one nation for the worlds ever so sudden climate change because this particular issue involves all of us and the only people to blame are ourselves. The climate has been going
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