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    Global Warming Position Paper

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    Although some believe that Global Warming has been created due to manmade pollutants, I believe that Global Warming is a natural process that has been accelerated due to the excess emissions of pollutants from nature and manmade devices into the atmosphere. The world has been said to be on a cycle of global warming and cooling, this process can neither be stopped nor prevented, but it can be accelerated with the addition of non-natural emissions from automobiles and factories; because this is a natural

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    Global Issue Profile Saudi Arabia and Global Warming “The Gulf Stream flow could be halted, freezing Britain and Northern Europe. Droughts could wipe out the agriculture of Africa and Australia, as well as Asia...If the ice caps melt completely over the next centuries, seas could rise by 7 meters, devastating all coastal cities” (“Global Warming”). These are potential consequences of global warming predicted for the future. The topic of global warming, which leads to climate change, specifically

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    half of Earth 's terrestrial surface has been altered due to human activity, resulting in drastic deforestation, erosion and loss of topsoil, biodiversity loss, and extinction (Marine Bio, 2016). Global warming is the biggest problem that Earth is facing at this moment. Some causes and effects of global warming are deforestation, ocean acidification, burning of fossil fuels, and greenhouse gas emissions. Through the burning of fossil fuels, we are reversing geological history. During the Gulf oil spill

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    Causes of Global Warming and Its Effects on the Environment Global warming has been a hot topic for many years and the climatological phenomenon was the subject of 2006's An Inconvenient Truth. The documentary focuses on Al Gore's campaign to bring attention to the problem of global warming through a slide presentation that he has developed and lectured on around the world. This documentary brought to light global warming and the effects that it is having on the environment. Global warming is caused

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    In 1987, the average global surface temperature was 0.33 degrees Celsius. In 2016, the average global surface temperature was 0.99 degrees Celsius. NASA states that “sixteen of the seventeen warmest years in the 136-year record all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998.” NASA also states that 2016 is the warmest year on record. Global warming is becoming a bigger issue as time progresses. Global warming has to potential to cause devastating effects on Earth. Many people, though, don’t

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    Global Warming

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    GLOBAL WARMING Attention Catcher: Where do you see the future of the United States in a hundred years for our grandchildren? Do you see them at war? Do you see them being a wealthy and successful Country? Or do you see the world’s temperature rising causing flooding, wildfires, and distinction of plants and animals. Speaker Credibility: What does it take for us to see the signs of global warming and act upon what Mother Nature is trying to tell us? Listeners Relevance: In the past fifty

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    Global Warming in Cuba The discovery of fossil fuels led to times of intense economic and social globalization, as well as several advances in scientific knowledge. With these advanced technologies humans could create and do more than at any other point in history. Because of these fossil fuels, the world is how it is today. But these technologies have a setback. In recent decades, human activities have released ever-greater volumes of greenhouse gases into earth’s atmosphere, enough to affect global

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    Within the past decade, global warming has become an increasingly debated topic. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the global average temperature has risen by one degree Fahrenheit in the last century. Almost all scientists attribute this to human activities such as burning fossil fuels which releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Even though one degree may seem like an insignificant change, it has already been linked to shrinking ice caps, increased sea levels

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    Pamela Young Professor Ms. Panto English 105 12 December 2016 Believe it or Not, Global Warming Many people believe that global warming is a hoax, whereas others claim global warming is a real phenomenon. Global warming is an increase in temperature on our planet Earth, in the water and on land. We are experiencing an increase of temperature as a result of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere because of human activities. Scientific research is proving that since the Industrial Revolution began, human

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    new normal. Global warming and climate change has the potential to be a serious issue in the world today. Global warming is a global temperature rise. With the ice caps melting many animals are going extinct or having to adapt to different places of the world. Leaders of the world are also starting to realize that global warming is starting to lead to climate change. Climate change is classified when average temperatures raise 2 degrees. Climate change is an effect of global warming. Greenhouse gasses

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