Global warming can be defined as a general increase of temperature in the atmosphere of Earth leading to a permanent change in the climate of the planet. At the moment there is a debate whether global warming is real; there are some people who claim it is just a hoax. Nonetheless the specialists say that there is undeniable data suggesting that the general warming is a real threat. Some of the effects of the changes are more visible than others. For instance we know for a fact that the average temperature
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Global Warming : compréhension orale In the last century, the planet’s temperature has risen unusually fast, about 1.2 to 1.4 degrees fahrenheit. Scientists believe that it’s human activity that’s driving the temperature’s up. A process known as global warming. Ever since the industrial revolution began, facturies, plants and eventually cars has burnt fossil fuel such as oil and coal, releasing huge amount of carbon dioxide znd other gases into the atmosphere. The green house effect begins with
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Michael Ulloa Dr. Anne Carr 08/12/2014 CAUSES Global Warming: An accelerated issue. One of the biggest and most upcoming issues that the world has to face nowadays is global warming. Many scientists that study this matter, manifest that our contribution to the production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is having a heating effect on our atmosphere; in other words, they are stating that we humans are somewhat responsible for this issue. This essay will analyze three causes: the
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05/03/2012 GLOBAL WARMING: A THREAT TO THE PLANET. Human activity is subjected to weather major upheavals. The evaluation of all information related to climate change is effected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). According to their latest report of 2007, global warming is unequivocal because it appears with evidence in the observation of the increase in global average temperatures of the atmosphere and ocean, widespread melting
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Week 5 Global Warming C02 and You Bonita Jones-Bey 1. Is your emission higher than average US emission? By how much. See report 2. What steps will you be taking to reduce your emission? We currently use one vehicle more than the other one. The one with the better ass mileage of 38 mpg. 3. What needs to be done to increase sinks and reduce sources? Change in Uses of Land Increasing carbon storage by using land differently or maintaining carbon storage by avoiding land degradation. • Encouraging
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I'm glad someone finally asked me my thoughts about global warming! Personally, especially this time of year I think the heat could be turned up a little bit more! I have a hard time believing it is the "most urgent possible disaster that could hit us" any time soon and that we need to give our full attention to it. I watched all about it on History channel this last weekend and even the clips and photo's that they show do not convince me that it is the #1 concern that society and the world
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an end! B: It is because the problem of global warming is getting more serious. A: Why does such a phenomenon happen? B: There is rapid economic growth among nations, but there are few restrictions on emitting greenhouse gases. A: On the other hand, when we turn on the air-conditioner continuously in summer, the temperature of outdoors will increase, intensifying the problem of temperature rising. B: Because of global warming, the climate will be more extreme. Natural disasters
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Global warming has become perhaps the most complicated issue facing world leaders. On the one hand, warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as an increasing body of science points to rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of human-related greenhouse gases — produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels and forests. On the other, the technological, economic and political issues that have to be resolved before a concerted worldwide effort to reduce emissions can begin have gotten
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Global Warming February 21, 2011 Erreka Sheppard 6. Global Warming If the global climate were to warm significantly as a result of the greenhouse effect or other climatic change, the Arctic ice cap would start to melt. This ice cap contains the equivalent of some 680,000 cubic miles of water. More than 200 million people live on land that is less than 3 feet above sea level. In the United States several large cities have low average elevations. Three examples are Boston (14 feet), New Orleans
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102 13 December 2011 Warming Up Topic The issue of global warming has been front page news for over a decade from magazines, newspapers, journal articles, books and even local news channels. This has begun 20 years ago when a Global Warming treaty was signed at the United Nation Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992(Qtd. Harf p. 141). Global warming is the unusual rapid increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere and is responsible for changes in global climate patterns. It occurs
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