| Hello friends and thanks for reading. | | | | into the atmosphere. |
| My article today is concerning the definition of | | | | The increase in global temperature could cause |
| global warming. Since it is such a hot topic in | | | | many side effects including sea level rise and |
| today's media, it's important to know the facts | | | | drastic changes to the pattern of precipitation |
| behind this idea that the earth is constantly | | | | resulting in floods and drought. As the Earth's |
| getting warmer. Global warming is not a 20th | | | | average temperature rises, effects in its |
| century phenomenon. It has, in fact, occurred in | | | | landmasses and sea water level become apparent. |
| the past more than once, along with periods of | | | | Polar ice caps melt along with glaciers, contributing |
| extreme cold known as the ice ages. With so | | | | to higher and warmer sea levels. By the end of |
| much written and reported about global warming, | | | | the century, it is estimated that sea levels can |
| sometimes it's difficult to detect which is fact and | | | | increase from 4 inches to a high of about 40 |
| which is just part of scientific scare tactics. | | | | inches if global warming continues unabated. |
| Global warming is basically the increase of the | | | | Currently, there in an ongoing political debate on |
| earth's average temperature and its projected | | | | what action, if any, should be taken to help lower |
| continuation in the coming years. The | | | | the chance of global warming. How these |
| unprecedented super-accelerated rate of global | | | | measures will fare and contribute to the long-term |
| warming happening today is supposedly due to | | | | maintenance of our planet, though, remains to be |
| the amount of greenhouse gases being spewed | | | | seen. |