Cause and Effect of Global Warming
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:38:46
Category: / Society & Culture / Environment
Length: 2 pages (649 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Environment
Length: 2 pages (649 words)
Cause and effect of global warming
Global warming occurs when the levels of greenhouse gasses rise and less infrared light, or heat, escapes the earth's atmosphere. Thus, the temperature experienced on Earth begins to rise. Climate change is a part of the Earth's history. There have been dramatic fluctuations in overall average temperature for the past 150,000 years that suggest a direct association with carbon dioxide levels.
In the past the temperature highs and lows have …
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…as inhabitants of this planet, can not seal our fate in rising temperatures, but rather we must change our views completely. We must take responsibility for our home. We have but one Earth, one chance.
References
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