The Effects Of Global Warming

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Over the past 100 years, global warming has become known as one of the biggest problems facing the world. Global warming is caused by what is known as the greenhouse effect. To start, what is the greenhouse effect? Well it’s defined as the process when radiation from a planet’s atmosphere warms the planet’s surface to temperatures higher than what it would be without the atmosphere. The sun’s rays are sent down towards the earth and they heat the surface and then the rays bounce back towards space. This isn’t a problem without an atmosphere, but earth’s is so thick it causes the rays to then bounce back off of the atmosphere and then hit the earth again. This happens over and over and drastically heats the earth us. This has caused earth’s average global temperature to increase by 1.4 degrees since 1880. Also of the 10 warmest years ever recorded, 9 other have occurred in the 2000’s.
The reason that our atmosphere is so thick and due to the immense use of what are known as greenhouse gases. There are many
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The Earth being a couple degrees warmer doesn’t seem that bad, right? Well when it comes to weather, a couple degrees can make all the difference. A climate being warmer however can cause the atmosphere to collect, store and dump more water, this can cause weather patterns to change in a way where dry areas become drier and wet areas become wetter. In extremes however this can cause natural disasters such as tornados or cyclones. Natural disasters causes billions of dollars in damages every year and we can’t afford to keep cleaning up after them. Rising temperatures can also cause many health concerns and even death. With temperatures being hotter than ever, many places aren’t prepared for such heats. One or two days in the heat might not be that bad but when its weeks at a time, it can lead to severe health consequences such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion and cardiovascular or kidney

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