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Yes. Since 1750 when we started building factories and steam engines we have been burning more and more fossil fuel(coal, oil and natural gas). This releases all the carbon that had been stored underground for millions of years. This extra carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas that is contributing to the runaway greenhouse effect, which is causing global warming.

Humans have also cut down the vast forests that used to cover our planet. Plants and trees absorb and store carbon dioxide. These huge carbon sinks are still being destroyed in many parts of the world.

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There are many good people and science experts that are looking into this situation and wonder that very same question. There certainly are theories out there that say man is, at least, contributing to the known natural warming that we have experienced over the last several thousands of years. Man produces very little of the total greenhouse gas emissions, far less then 1%. The science is still very new and accurate data has been collected for only a very short time. Time will tell if we are contributing to the warming, or not. As of today, no one knows with any honest certainty. What is even more interesting is the fact that the current data shows that we are 0.09 degrees below the 1981 temperature levels currently (in the lower troposphere) according to NOAA. It is possible that we are over the several thousand year long warming trend we have been in.

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