Global Warming: Are Humans to Blame? Kelly Gaffney October 10‚ 2011 SCI 207 Instructor Reale In order to understand the issue of global warming (also referred to as climate change)‚ you must first understand what it means and how it happens. Global warming is a result of a process known as the greenhouse effect‚ in which the light and heat from the sun are trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases; which subsequently raises the average temperature on Earth. The greenhouse
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the years? “Global warming” refers to the global-average temperature increase that has been observed over the last one hundred years or more. But to many people‚ the term carries that mankind is responsible for that warming. Global warming is a man made problem that has been progressing over the years and is getting worse and worse. Believe it or not‚ very little research has ever been funded to search for natural mechanisms of warming…it has simply been assumed that global warming is man made
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Grahams nd. Global Warming Causes‚ Effects & Solutions Retrieved February 27‚ 2013 from http://www.ehow.com/facts_7226273_global-warming-causes_-effects-solutions.html Global Warming Causes‚ Effects & Solutions Cause Climatologists‚ who predict short and long-term climate trends‚ believe carbon dioxide and other emissions‚ mainly from industrial and commercial activity over the last two centuries‚ have altered the Earth’s atmosphere. This change has caused a "greenhouse effect" which is
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Simple Solutions to Global Warming Linda Hunt ITT Technical Institute Simple Solutions to Global Warming The most prominent concern that affects the environmental health of the world today is global warming. Although government agencies are making significant strides in providing solutions to global warming‚ the ultimate solution may lay in the hands of the individual citizens. Simple things‚ such as the way electricity is used in homes‚ the production of waste‚ and the choice of transportation
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Global Warming‚ Not Caused by Humans In modern America few problems prove to be as fundamentally problematic as the theory of human induced global warming. Its repeated coverage from within the media and political arena are influencing people worldwide‚ putting those who think differently in an outcast shadow. The truth of the matter is‚ to not believe in human induced global warming has become politically incorrect and unacceptable in the public eye. The theory of human induced global warming can
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Global warming is called the greenhouse effect because the gases that are gathering above the earth make the planet comparable to a greenhouse. By trapping heat near the surface of the earth‚ the greenhouse effect is warming the planet and threatening the environment. Many scientists criticized Mr. Hansen’s report‚ and the debate over global warming continues today. Current fears stem largely from the fact that global warming is occurring at such a rapid pace. Models are predicting that over the
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absorbs more energy than it emits back into space. Thus‚ energy absorbed by the surface and re-radiated back into space is captured by the atmosphere and remains there. This is known as the Greenhouse Effect‚ and there are other feedbacks that occur that exacerbate
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Global Warming: The Greatest Hoax Since Pope John VIII Some Americans may wonder why global warming has become so prevalent in the media in the past few years. Global warming is one of the most controversial issues to ever be discussed. The issue‚ which should be based completely on scientific evidence‚ is being used in the media as propaganda in order to falsely sway the public’s opinion about the issue. Positions on the issue taken by members of the Republican and Democratic Party are worlds
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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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! 1 Argument Speech: “For or against the case for man-made global warming” Y2K‚ May 21‚ 2011‚ December 21‚ 2012‚ what do all these dates have in common? A prediction about the end of the world. Many hear the words “global warming” and think the same thing. As Jonathan Kent in the recent Superman movie Man of Steel: “People are afraid of what they don’t understand.” We don’t understand global warming‚ there is a plethora of propaganda‚ and uncertainty. What we do understand is that there
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