Semester 1 UU100 Assignment 2 Name: Student ID: Year: 2013 Global warming This essay is based on Global warming and the cause and effect of it. “Global warming I define as an increase in the earth ’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution. Increase in the global average surface temperature resulting from enhancement of the greenhouse effect‚ primarily by air pollution” (Merriam-Webster
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1101 02/24/2012 Global warming -- a serious warning I have a dream‚ that in a near future‚ the people of this world will come together as one. We could all come together as one and leave all our differences of color‚ religion‚ and political views behind us‚ to stand together to face what Bill McKibben calls the greatest challenge and threat mankind has ever faced: global warming. In 2007 Bill McKibben‚ an author‚ educator‚ and environmentalist‚ wrote the article‚ “Global Warning: Get Up! Stand
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Global Warming Global warming is and has always been one of the most controversial topics to speak about. Global warming 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. In the 21st century‚ global warming has become the most important environmental issue that require every Earth ’s citizen attention. Still‚ there are a lot of people do not believe this
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first word of global warming came out‚ however‚ the problem has still has not found a solution. Not only is there no foreseeable fix in the future‚ but the earth will continue to warm leading to a plethora of extreme natural events occurring now and into the future. Scientists‚ geologists‚ and even politicians have invested millions of dollars into research and funding for campaigns on global warming. They all believe they have found a soltution or a way to temporarily aid global warming. Yet‚ the problem
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Global warming is a topic that people all over the world have very strong feelings about. Many tests and research have been done‚ and we now know more than ever about it.. As our technology increases‚ we have a better chance of understanding this strange thing that is happening to our planet. But is global warming a natural process or is it caused by humans? Could it be blamed on our naive knowledge of the planet and how delicate it really is‚ or could it just be that the planet goes through this
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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. Global average air temperature near the Earth’s surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.3 ± 0.32 °F) during the past century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes‚ "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas
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Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans‚ which started to increase in the late 19th century and is projected to keep going up. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth’s average surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C (1.4 °F)‚ with about two thirds of the increase occurring since 1980.[2] Warming of the climate system is unequivocal‚ and scientists are more than 90% certain that most of it is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse
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Global warming means a gradual increase in the Earth’s average lower atmosphere due to emissions and build up of greenhouse gases . Global warming is when the earth heats up and the temperature rises. It happens when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. Greenhouse gases are released mostly by the burning of fossil fuels for transportation‚ heating‚ electrical
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Annie Lee POLS 1150 10 Global brief paper - redo 03/18/2013 Many people deny the fact that global warming is real; that a lot of it is caused by man. Man made global warming has become worse and worse throughout the years‚ and more research has proven that. It isn’t exactly 100% man-made global warming‚ but with a mix of manmade and natural global warming. Although it might seem like it is not such a big problem‚ manmade global warming has played more than 90% of the global warming’s problems currently
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