DO YOUR PART: HOW YOU CAN FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING TABLE OF CONTENTS (EXTRACTED FROM FULL EDITION): 1. Introduction 2. What Is Global Warming? 3. How Does Global Warming Affect Me? 4. What Is Being Done? 5. What Can I Do To Help Stop Global Warming? 6. Energy Conservation 7. Water Conservation 8. Give Your Home A Green Make-over 9. Be A Green Commuter 10. Be Green At Work 11. Recycling 12. Shop Green 13. Plant Green Things 14. Become An Activist 15. What Will You Choose To Do? 16. Resources Full contents
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GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE Uzochukwu Chekwube BSC2011 Professor Bloodworth July 21‚ 2014 Global warming is still a debate between us. Most people do not believe that our world is warming up‚ they believe the climate is in a cycle‚ and that humans do not contribute to the warming of our climate. Research supports the fact that Global warming is a huge factor in climate change and that
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Global warming is the increase in average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans over time. Most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities‚ especially the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide gas. In recent years‚ extreme heat waves caused more than 20000 deaths in Europe. Also‚ melting icebergs and rising sea levels are observed. Global warming is a crucial problem in the world‚ it may lead to disastrous consequences such as extinction
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Two issues that worry many geologists are global warming and the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a natural process that keeps the earth at temperatures that are livable. What does the greenhouse effect have to do with global warming? When humans release gases into the air‚ the greenhouse effect will alter the temperature of the earth. More gases in the atmosphere means the earth will start to get warmer‚ and the result is global warming. On the other hand‚ if there was no greenhouse
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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction Taishanna Thomas American Intercontinental University Global Warming: Fact or Fiction Since 1997 when Global Warming was first discovered‚ there has been a lot of debate about it. Til this day there is still a lot of debate on whether Global Warming exist or if it’s something that doesn’t exist. During this reading I will explain the history of Global Warming‚ the causes and effects‚ how it affect the planet‚ humans and animals‚ statistics‚ and the many debate
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Jason Watts English 4 3/8/2013 Global Warming What are people doing to reduce global warming around the world? There are lots of questions that people don’t know about global warming. Global warming has become the big issue for environmental reasons. Corporations and individuals around the world are discussing the dangers of global warming. They are trying to find out ways to fix this problem and come up with a good solution. Global warming has become the most difficult problem that is facing
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Global Warming Today‚ global warming poses the greatest threat to humanity and our planet earth. Global warming is actually not a new phenomenon by any means. In fact‚ it started alongside with the industrial revolution centuries ago. Nonetheless‚ global warming has taken an ugly turn due to rapid ongoing buildup of human-related greenhouse gases. For example‚ CO2 emissions reached 8.5 billion tons in 2008 and the average temperatures of the earth has risen by as mush as 0.2 degree Celsius
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Global Warming So does the earth need us or do we need the earth? Well we know that we need the Earth but how can we help what we need? Global Warming is killing our planet that is essential for our living. So many people have different views on Global Warming. Global Warming refers to an increase in the average temperature of the Earth as a result of the greenhouse effect‚ in which gases in the upper atmosphere trap solar radiation close to the planet ’s surface instead of allowing it to dissipate
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The biggest threat to life on earth comes from global warming. Rich industrialised countries in the West have been burning fossil fuel such as coal‚ oil and gas for about 150 years‚ pumping out vast quantities of carbon dioxide. This gas traps the heat from the sun and causes the Earth and the atmosphere to get warmer. This is called the greenhouse effect. So why global warming is a problem? Well‚ high level of these greenhouse gases in the atmophere causes climate changes‚ which also lead to
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Global Warming Have you noticed that our summers have been extremely hot and our winters have been less extreme than in previous years? If so you are noticing what is referred to as global warming. What this refers to is an overall increase in the temperatures around the world. Due to human activities‚ such as pollution and the amount of gas we use‚ and through natural events‚ it had caused the average temperature across the world to rise substantially. In addition‚ the rise of use in gases
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