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The role of water in the Global CLimate Change process is very complex. Water vapour is a greenhouse gas, so it is part of the greenhouse gas content of the atmosphere.

Water has several impacts on the climate:

* As vapour it causes heat absorption, when it condenses into clouds it reflects sunlight back into space (increases the Earth's albedo) * As snow or ice, water reflects more sunlight than open water cooling the Earth. As open water it both absorbs heat and warms the oceans affecting the flow of Earths ocean currents, which in turn affect continental climates. * The warmer it gets, the more water there is in the atmosphere. This causes the snowfall and precipitation to increase.

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Is global warming different from pollution?

Yes, pollution is the cause, and global warming is the result. Carbon dioxide pollution from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), as well as methane from bad agricultural practices, are the two main greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. They capture the heat rising from the surface of the earth. This causes global warming.


How does global warming affect water pollution or aid it?

Water pollution is bad and comes from the dumping into our waters debris that causes poisons to be added. This is a man created event that kills everything that connects with this water. If global warming were occurring, the theory would follow that this water would be diluted with melting ice. The issues with the theory is hat we can't say that it happens as ice is building in the South and has started again in the arctic. We would need to test the theory with actual warming... which, of course, we can not without that warming.


How thermal pollution causes global warming?

The smoke released from factories often creates heat which in a way causes global warming. It is important to notice that if hot water from factories are released into water bodies, the kill and affect the marine life.


What illness does global warming cause?

absolutely nothing.... except if you're in the sun a lot... global warming just melts the ice caps and increase the water level by 40%


What are the two main causes that have caused planet Earth to be sick?

Air pollution and Water pollution Global warming is one of the main causes to make the Earth sick too.

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It can cause marine dumping. It can cause global warming. It can cause sewage and wastewater. It can cause oil pollution.


How can water pollution interact with global warming?

Water pollution could be said to add to global warming by the means it takes to clean the water. This then causes the emissions of greenhouse gases that increase global warming.


What are some of the environmental issues of Germany?

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What do fossil fuels do to earth?

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Is global warming the same as pollution?

No. Pollution is the main cause of global warming. Pollutants such as greenhouse gases are often trapped in the atmosphere. As a result, heat is retained inside. This heat is what causes temperatures around the globe to rise thus causing global warming. As with any issue, there are many investigations and experiments that argument in favor and against this global warming theory. However, most of them show it is a real situation and a real threat in the near future.


How may the increase of air pollution in the Earth's atmosphere cause global warming?

Air pollution would not cause global warming. Pollution of our air is rarely done with colorless gases. Sulfur Dioxide, for example has some color. These gases would cause an effect called global dimming. This increases the albedo effect and would cool the planet. Water vapor and CO2 cause the warming our planet. Most of this is very natural (over 99%). The addition of CO2 to our atmosphere is believed to cause some level of warming.


How does global warming cause water pollution?

Water pollution is believed by some scientists to contribute to global warming due to the release of greenhouse gases, particularly CO2. Ecosystems get weakened indirectly from our water cycle and directly from combustion.


Is global warming different from pollution?

Yes, pollution is the cause, and global warming is the result. Carbon dioxide pollution from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), as well as methane from bad agricultural practices, are the two main greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. They capture the heat rising from the surface of the earth. This causes global warming.


What is the cause of water pollution?

Sewage and Waste Water, Marine Dumping, Industrial Waste, Radioactive Waste, Oil Pollution, Underground Storage Leakage, Atmospheric Deposition, Global Warming and Euthrophication.


Does the earths water percent affect global warming?

yes, because water gets polluted. and pollution same as polluted is like global warming. so yes it will affect global warming. even though any percent unless the percent is very little.


How does global warming affect water pollution or aid it?

Water pollution is bad and comes from the dumping into our waters debris that causes poisons to be added. This is a man created event that kills everything that connects with this water. If global warming were occurring, the theory would follow that this water would be diluted with melting ice. The issues with the theory is hat we can't say that it happens as ice is building in the South and has started again in the arctic. We would need to test the theory with actual warming... which, of course, we can not without that warming.