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Global warming Defined

An increase in the near surface temperature of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases. Scientists generally agree that the Earth's surface has warmed by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past 140 years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently concluded that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing an increase in the Earth's surface temperature and that increased concentrations of sulfate aerosols have led to relative cooling in some regions, generally over and downwind of heavily industrialized areas. (See

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  • Global Warming: Global warming is happening because people do not care about our planet for what is happening to it. We are idiots and that is the truth. While some
  • Oceans Are Sponges... They Become Saturated: I was watching NOW on PBS tonight and one of their stories was a ?check-up? on global warming. The marine scientist that they interviewed said that scientists have known about global warming for decades. In addition, she explained somewhat how the oceans react to the planet warming up. The ratio of land area to ocean area is 1 to 2.43, respectively. The oceans have a huge impact on our planet?s weather systems. They absorb a lot of the gasses and heat in the atmosphere... More at Link
  • Report Gives Sobering View Of Warming?s Impact on U.S. by Michael D. Lemonick: Yale Environment 360: Witness these trends: In the northeastern U.S., winter temperatures have increased by 4 degrees F since 1970; in the Pacific Northwest, the depth of the Cascade Mountain snowpack on April 1 has declined by 25 percent over the last half century, while spring runoff from the Cascades now occurs nearly a month earlier than 50 years ago; and in Alaska, winter temperatures have increased a stunning 6.3 degrees F in the last 50 years.
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