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The recent warming earth of the earth is known as the enhanced greenhouse effect and is the result of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, chiefly carbon dioxide and, to a lesser extent, methane gas.

The reason for the increased concentrations of these gases is debated, but the overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that they are due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), deforestation and cement manufacture.

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There is a theory that solar flares have been heating the earth.

A:Global warming is defined as the general increase in the temperature as a result of high concentration of the CO2 in the atmosphere. There have been a lot of activities going on world wide that have resulted this phenomenon.

Usage of fossil fuel such as petrol,diesel, and kerosine which release CO2 into the atmosphere. This gas concentrates in the atmosphere preventing the escape of heat from the ground.

Also cutting down of trees is a major factor responsible for global warming in the earth. Most of the developing countries depend on timber for export and farming method is also very poor.

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We are warming the earth by using fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. This burning makes greenhouse gases form on the earth. Cows also have a MAJOR part in this part by producing methane when they belch. Heat does not escape from from the atmosphere and so the Earth gets warm. That's how it's happening.

A:The earth is warming due to natural processes, as it has been for thousands of years and is supported by numerous scientific studies in the highest respected peer reviewed journals. The earth is warming due to many factors such as increased solar activity and complex interactions between the positions of the earth and sun. CO2 levels have increased, however they lag behind changes in global temperature by 1000 years or more. The most abundant greenhouse gas, water vapor, has similarly increased due to higher temperatures.
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How is it that global warming is heating up the earth and melting the ice caps but the earth is also cooling down over time?

Global warming is causing the Earth's average temperature to rise due to an increase in greenhouse gases trapping heat in the atmosphere. While there are natural cycles of cooling and warming over millions of years, the current rate of global warming is much faster due to human activity. The melting of ice caps is a direct consequence of this rapid warming, not a reflection of a long-term cooling trend.


Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that causes what?

Greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere and absorb heat so it can not escape making earth warmer. It is called Global Warming.


Is greenhouse effect is the other name of global warming?

Strictly speaking there is no other name for global warming."The whole earth heating up" might be another name.Global warming is causing climate change, so many people think they are both the same, so they say:"Climate change is another name for global warming", but they are not really the same.


Can global warming make the earth colder?

It's possible that some parts of the earth will become colder in the early stages of global warming. Changing wind streams can bring cold weather unexpectedly down from the Arctic, or up from the Antarctic. The failure of the Gulf Stream would certainly make Britain colder. However, if global warming continues, then everywhere will eventually become warmer.


How can pollution cause the earth's daily temperature to change?

global warming of course sillyWhat is global warming?Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth's atmosphere, which increases the temperature.thanks from raccebe and cydissa

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The earth is warming up very fast threatning both plant and animal lifewhat is this warming up called?

global warming


Does Earth warm up?

scientests have been finding out that the earth is warming up by methane


Is the warming of the sea caused by global warming?

The warming of the sea is part of global warming. If the earth warms up, then the oceans warm up too (but a little more slowly).


Why is the earth now stating to heat up too much?

There are many reasons why the earth is now starting to heat up too much. This is mainly due to pollution of the environment which has in turn affected the ozone layer. This is causing global warming.


How do you help global warming?

You can help Global Warming by recycling and picking up rubbish and not littering. Also by not cutting down trees so much and using so much diesel and driving the car that much. When producing electricity do it by hydroelectricity and by solar power.


Why the temperature is high during the summer season?

the earth spins up & down,so some times the bottom half of the earth is closer to the sun and vice versa.when your closer to the sun the hotter it gets.only man has messed up the earth so much that global-warming has made it so much hotter.where i live it usually snows a lot some times even during july,but this year we only got a little bit of snow.


What does globe warming mean?

Global warming is the effect of increasing Carbo Dioxide (CO2) levels in the earth's atmosphere which trap the heat thus causing the earth to gradually warm up.


How is it that global warming is heating up the earth and melting the ice caps but the earth is also cooling down over time?

Global warming is causing the Earth's average temperature to rise due to an increase in greenhouse gases trapping heat in the atmosphere. While there are natural cycles of cooling and warming over millions of years, the current rate of global warming is much faster due to human activity. The melting of ice caps is a direct consequence of this rapid warming, not a reflection of a long-term cooling trend.


What could be an introduction for my speech on global warming?

A:Global warming is a very big issue in the world today. Global warming is when the earth's temperature rises. The cause of global warming is when greenhouse gases trap heat and light from the sun [in the atmosphere of the earth] causing the earth to heat up. Global warming affects animals and our environment, such as rise in sea levels which will cause extinction for more than a thousand species.


Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that causes what?

Greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere and absorb heat so it can not escape making earth warmer. It is called Global Warming.


Is Global Warming a cycle?

No, it is not a cycle. Natural warmings and coolings happen over thousands of years. The earth has never warmed up so quickly before.


What is the easiest way to speed up the destruction of Earth?

Global Warming or a World War 3