global warming

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1 ) What is global warming

Global Warming is an issue that concerns almost everybody worldwide : it is the primary cause for the erratic and sometimes devastating weather that is experienced around the world . Global warming is causing the rise in sea level which in turn causes the flooding of coastal areas and areas with low elevation . Is global warming really happening today Scientists with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP ) believe it is so ( HYPERLINK "http /www .questia .com /SM .qst ?act adv contributors Bradford

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It is indisputable that there has been a rise in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG ) in the atmosphere during the last century , which scientists think may be one of the causes of global warming . The climate change however is not a direct result of the rise in greenhouse gases

2 . How is it affecting our planet

Will global warming spell doom for our world ? Scientists believe this to be so . Much depends on what actions we take now and in the coming years ' Meteorologist Jagadish Shukla of the University of Maryland found out that deforestation would cause rainfall in the Amazon River to decline by more than 26 percent from the current 2 .5 m . to about 1 .8 m a year (Bellamy Gifford , 2000

At the same time , the burning of fossil fuels , particularly coal and oil , produces sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides which are hazardous to the atmosphere . Findings show that...