Global Warming

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Introduction

Global warming: we've all heard these two words many times before. The problem is caused by us, and therefore- must be solved by us. Of course, it is going to take a few more people than those who are reading this report. The question is, do enough people know about global warming? Do they understand the real causes? Do you understand the real causes? Do you know how you are contributing to this worldwide issue? In this report I aim to inform you the answers to these questions, and some ways we can help prevent this problem.

What is global warming?

Global warming refers to average global temperature levels increasing- causing climate change. Climate change involves the average global temperatures increasing or decreasing in a particular area. But the rapid increase in temperature that the world's current generations are experiencing is caused by the world's current and previous generations who have lived through and after the industrial revolution. Clearly, the planet needs warm temperatures to sustain life on earth- but ever since the industrial revolution, greenhouse gas emissions and high temperatures on earth are exceeding a sustainable limit.

The Greenhouse Effect

The earth's atmosphere is built up of various gases, known as greenhouse gases that help allow the sun's radiation to enter the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases include: carbon dioxide; methane and nitrous oxide. Most of the sun rays are omitted from the earth and bounced back into space- but the rays that don't, stay on the earth's surface to keep it warm. We need this effect (the greenhouse effect) to sustain life on earth, but if we make the atmosphere too thick full of greenhouse gases, earth would be impossible to...

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