Ima Student February 6‚ 2013 Mackin Magazine Exercise Article One I. Work Cited Paterson‚ Norman R. "Global Warming: A Critique of the Anthropogenic Model and Its Consequences." Geoscience Canada 38.1 (2011): 41-48. Academic Search Elite. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. II. Main Idea This article covers the topics of Global warming‚ Greenhouse gases‚ Carbon dioxide‚ Ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate changes. Given from the name‚ the article also critiques the effects of humans on the planet
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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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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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worrying problem that is seriously affecting our planet lately; this problem is known as Global Warming. Global warming as its name states is a global phenomenon with a number of effects that is happening in the global level. (D’Silva 2007). Global warming is poses a great threat to our personal lives and also to our world. More and more problems that are happening around us are mainly because of global warming. Our earth is not the same place anymore compared to decades ago‚ it is now slowly dying
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Global Warming [Client’s Name Appears Here] [Client’s College/University Appears Here] Date Global warming is a threat to earth and mankind. Global warming refers to the increase in the temperature of earth’s atmosphere. The increase in global temperature has been occurring in the past several years. According to Nardo et al.‚ author of Climate Crisis: The Science of Global Warming‚ “scientists noted that of the 21 hottest years recorded‚ 20 of which occurred
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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 AND THE EFFECTS ON EARTH One of the hottest topics being discussed now a days is the effects of global warming on the environment and the efforts being made in order to combat the potential effects. Simply put‚ global warming refers to the environmental effects caused by the constant emission of carbon dioxide from carbon based fuels. These effects are supposedly widespread; the temperature of the earth will rise‚ the land becomes less conducive to‚ vegetation‚ and various
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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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