The Affect Humans Have On Climate Change

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Affect Humans Have on Climate Change Did you know humans are changing our climate? Humans are polluting all the time, everywhere, which is causing our climate to change. The three articles titled, “Fires”, “Massive Meltdown”, and “On Thin Ice” are all articles containing the information you are about to read.
Global warming causes both wildfires and the melting of glaciers. For example, in the article “Fires”, “This warming trend called climate change, also creates the hot, dry conditions that are ideal for fires” (16). The author also says, “Research suggests that climate change has contributed to longer and more severe fire seasons(16).”
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