| The term global warming means what it says. | | | | melting polar caps as well as the many species |
| Global warming is where the overall temperature | | | | being pushed onto the endangered list as a result |
| of the entire planet, or globe, rises. This rising | | | | of losing food and recognizable habitat. |
| temperature, even it if is only about one or two | | | | Fact two: in order to slow down global warming, |
| degrees, can cause dramatic changes in the | | | | countries from all over the world need to reduce |
| planet's climate. This major climate changes can | | | | the carbon they put into the air, or find |
| be so severe that entire species can become | | | | alternatives that don't release carbon into the air. |
| extinct due to their inability to cope with the | | | | Planting trees and finding natural alternatives to |
| changes to their climates. Why does this concern | | | | creating the energy they need is probably the |
| people? It should concern people because it is | | | | best way to start helping fight global warming. |
| human activity that is causing the rapid rise in the | | | | Fact three: The global warming Earth is |
| overall average temperature of the planet. What | | | | experiencing right now is not normal. It is an |
| makes the situation worse is that many people | | | | accelerated global warming that is being caused |
| laugh it all and say it is a myth. Here are four | | | | by humans burning fossil fuels and pumping carbon |
| facts about global warming that might help to | | | | into the air. The abnormally high levels of carbon in |
| wake up some of those individuals. | | | | the atmosphere are trapping in the heat, causing |
| Fact one: The world's leading scientists have said | | | | the average temperature of the Earth to rise. |
| that global warming is real and have proof backing | | | | Scientists have ruled out other possible |
| up their belief that human activity is causing the | | | | contributors to the greenhouse gases, but have |
| average temperature to rise. Specifically, the | | | | found that humans are, in fact, the major |
| human activity that is causing this rise are the | | | | contributor. |
| methods of transportation the majority of | | | | Fact four: Global warming is a completely different |
| humans use, as well as the factories and | | | | problem that the hole in the ozone layer. The hole |
| industries that pump toxins into the air. The main | | | | in the ozone layer is what has been caused by |
| culprit is carbon, and this is caused by the burning | | | | synthetic chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons |
| of fossil fuels by vehicles, factories, and the use | | | | (CFCs). Global warming is caused by the buildup of |
| of energy that is used for electricity and heat. | | | | carbon in the atmosphere. |
| The proof is in the world around us, such as the | | | | |