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Global Warming ( Definition)- 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
Global warming is the most profound environmental challenge of our time – and it is accelerating at an alarming rate.
Our goal: to reduce the pollution that causes global warming and avoid catastrophic climate change.
How do we know the Earth is Warming?
Science has shown that the Earth has been warming for the past 100 years.
As far back as the 1850s, a small number of weather stations around the world were compiling temperature records. These numbers grew during the 20th century and today there are thousands of land-based weather stations and ocean buoys in every corner of the world monitoring temperatures.
How do we know that Humans are responsible?
What warms the earth? I. The sun. II. Earth's Reflectivity. III. Greenhouse Gases.
All of these things cause Global Warming but which on these is our current reason for Global warming? It isn't I. The sun ( Ultimately, the climate system is powered by the sun: all else being equal, if you turn up the sun, you'll warm up the Earth. According to IPCC estimates, the sun has accounted for just a small portion of warming since 1750.), II. The earths reflectivity changes points to cooling not warming(Around 30% of the sun's energy that reaches the Earth is reflected back into space. Changes in how much sunlight is absorbed, and how much is reflected, can affect global temperatures. Using satellite and land-based observations and computer models, scientists have calculated how Earth's reflectivity has changed over time.) That leaves the greenhouse effect as the only remaining scientific explanation for the rise in global temperatures in recent decades. Scientists have direct measurements of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere going back more than 50 years, and indirect measurements (from ice cores) going back hundreds of thousands of years. These measurements confirm that concentrations are rising rapidly.
. All the evidence points to the III. Greenhouse Gases.
Conclusion: As far as scientists are concerned, it's case closed: human activity is causing the earth to get warmer primarily through the burning of fossil fuels, with a smaller contribution from deforestation. All other scientific explanations for why the Earth is getting warmer have been eliminated.
The Global warming we are experiencing is not natural, people are causing it. Only CO2
and other greenhouse gas emissions from human activities explain the observed warming now taking place on earth.
Animals are dying and our health is be threatened.
Get Involved and Fight Global Warming
Pollution, especially from cars and from making electricity, is a major cause of global warming. Find out how you can make a difference.
So here are a few ways that you can fight global warming without having to tie yourself to trees and what not. Simple easy ways that can be turned into a lifestyle:
I. Switch to Energy Saving Bulbs
II. Driving Efficiently: 1. Drive less aggressively. 2. Slowing down while driving. 3. Knowing when to use the air. 4. Don't Idle, if you are stopping your car for more than ten seconds ( not in traffic) then you can turn off your engine. Idling for more than ten seconds can use more gas and create more global warming pollution.
III. Driving Less, by combining trips, telecommute once a week, carpooling and using public transportation when possible.
Those are just a few simple ways that you can help change the planet, and I know what you're thinking " Can one person really make a difference?" The answer is, Yes! If everyone asked their self that question and said yes! Then we would change the world! We would be saving forests, animals, and putting ourselves and generations to come in better health! So don't think you aren't making a difference because you are! Every person counts! We have to stand hand in hand and fight global warming and make the world a safer place for wildlife and mankind!
'Til Next Time Fellow Tree Huggers. :)
Tori Taylar
If you'd like more information about Global Warming and how to help I highly recommend checking out some of these websites:
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/
www.edf.org ( Environmental Defense Fund )
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