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Things that can cause a warmer earth:

  • An increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (from factories and people) and methane (from swamps and livestock), which trap solar energy (heat) in the Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is an extra gas, over and above the normal carbon cycle.
  • Deforestation. Trees/Plants absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. The oxygen is released and the carbon is stored. Forests also reflect more sunlight back into space then plowed fields or buildings.
  • An increased use of materials with a high thermal mass, such as asphalt and concrete, which absorb heat from the Sun.
  • An increase in the intensity of the Sun (solar flaresare a short term example).
  • Changes in the orbit of the Earth around the Sun periodically bring the Earth closer to the Sun.
  • Decreases in particulate pollution from anthropogenic (man-made, factories and vehicles) and natural sources (volcanoes) which allow more sunlight to reach the Earth's atmosphere.
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