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Causes and Effects of Global Warming in Earth

Highly increase in the averageand Kansas, and floods caused hundreds
temperature of the Earth's near-surfaceof millions of dollars in damage in
air and oceans in recent decades and itsTexas, Montana and North Dakota. Since
projected continuation is called Globalthe early 1950s, snow accumulation has
Warming.declined 60 percent and winter seasons
Global warming is a phenomenon that hashave shortened in some areas of the
been discussed widely nowadays andCascade Range in Oregon and Washington.
global warming causes are one of theOf course, the impacts of global warming
most studied subjects presently in theare not limited to the United States. In
world. Through out the world many2003, extreme heat waves caused more
governments, institutes and universitiesthan 20,000 deaths in Europe and more
are trying to find out what are thethan 1,500 deaths in India. And in what
causes for global warming. As thescientists regard as an alarming sign of
effects of global warming is becomingevents to come, the area of the Arctic's
more and more evident, many of us haveperennial polar ice cap is declining at
started to realize that steps have to bethe rate of 9 percent per decade.
taken to control Global warming at theIs global warming making hurricanes
earliest and various countries andworse?
people have started working towards it.Global warming doesn't create
For this we know exactly what is globalhurricanes, but it does make them
warming, causes of global warming andstronger and more dangerous. Because the
effects of global warming.ocean is getting warmer, tropical storms
What causes global warming?can pick up more energy and become more
Carbon dioxide and other air pollutionpowerful. So global warming could turn,
that is collecting in the atmospheresay, a category 3 storm into a much more
like a thickening blanket, trapping thedangerous category 4 storm. In fact,
sun's heat and causing the planet toscientists have found that the
warm up. Coal-burning power plants aredestructive potential of hurricanes has
the largest U.S. source of carbongreatly increased along with ocean
dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5temperature over the past 35 years.
billion tons every year. Automobiles,What can I do to help fight global
the second largest source, create nearlywarming?
1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.There are many simple steps you can take
Here's the good news: technologies existright now to cut global warming
today to make cars that run cleaner andpollution. Make conserving energy a part
burn less gas, modernize power plantsof your daily routine. Each time you
and generate electricity fromchoose a compact fluorescent light bulb
nonpolluting sources, and cut ourover an incandescent bulb, for example,
electricity use through energyyou'll lower your energy bill and keep
efficiency. The challenge is to be surenearly 700 pounds of carbon dioxide out
these solutions are put to use.of the air over the bulb's lifetime. By
Are warmer temperatures causing badopting for a refrigerator with the
things to happen?Energy Star label -- indicating it uses
Global warming is already causing damageat least 15 percent less energy than the
in many parts of the United States. Infederal requirement -- over a less
2002, Colorado, Arizona and Oregonenergy-efficient model, you can reduce
endured their worst wildfire seasonscarbon dioxide pollution by nearly a ton
ever. The same year, drought createdin total. Join NRDC in our campaign
severe dust storms in Montana, Coloradoagainst global warming.



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