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(ALL in CAPS Title reminder) GLOBAL
WARMING


How to prevent GLOBAL WARMING from happening!!
Recycle and planting trees are an example of preventing global. Restoring forests already chopped down in Brazil for example, could draw about 1.5 billion metric tons of CO2 out of the Earth!!!

We have the technology today to rapidly move to a clean energy system," write the authors of Designing Climate Solutions. And the price of that future, without counting environmental benefits, is about the same as that of a carbon-intensive future.

What causes climate change (also known as global warming)? And what are the effects of climate change? Learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment, and our lives.

5 ways to help stop GLOBAL WARMING in your house

1 Turn off the lights.
2 Close doors immediately so heat does not escape.
3 Take short showers.
4 Walk or bike if you can (instead of having your parents drive you).
5 Turn off your computer when not in use.


Human causes of global warming.

The main driver of today's warming is the combustion of fossil fuels.
Global warming is caused by the greenhouse effect. A greenhouse (or glasshouse) is good for growing things because it traps heat inside and stays hotter than the atmosphere around it.
Earth's atmosphere behaves like a gigantic greenhouse, though it traps heat a different way. Gases high in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and methane, behave like a giant piece of curved glass wrapped right round the planet. The Sun's rays (mostly visible light and short-wavelength, high-energy ultraviolet radiation) pass straight through this greenhouse gas and warm up Earth.

How GLOBAL WARMING is getting worse.

the reason why the problem is getting worse all the time is because currently, 80 percent of our energy comes from fossil fuels. And the amount of energy people use is increasing too, not least because developing countries such as China and India are becoming more affluent. According to the US Energy Information Administration's 2017 forecast, world energy consumption will increase by 28 percent between 2015 and 2040 and over 75 percent of that energy will still be coming from fossil fuels. In summary, if things continue as they are, we'll soon be using nearly twice as much energy and still getting almost as much of it from fossil fuels. Without drastic action, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will continue to increase—and Earth will continue to heat up. In other words, global warming will get worse.