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GLOBAL WARMING. The atmosphere has a natural supply of "greenhouse gases“. They capture heat and keep Earth warm enough for us to live on. Without the. greenhouse effect. the planet would be an. uninhabitable ,. frozen. wasteland.
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They capture heat and keep Earth warm enough for us to live on.
Without the greenhouse effect
the planet would be an uninhabitable, frozen wasteland.
Over the past 300 years, people started emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases
More and more More and more fossil fuels were burned fossil fuels are being burned
trucks Trucks
Planes Planes
And F A C T O R I E S
Adding to our naturalsupply of greenhouse gases.
The gases can stay in the atmosphere for at least 50 years and up to centuries.
the globe has heated up by about one degree Fahrenheit over the past century.
One degree not a big deal? Consider this…
the difference in global average temperatures between modern times
was only about 9 degrees Fahrenheit.
China America is the #1global warming polluter in the world.
DisappearIng Arctic ice is rapidly
Polar bears and indigenous cultures are already suffering from the sea-ice loss.
Glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting Glaciers on mountains are slowly melting.
Coral reefs which are highly sensitive to small changes in water temperature
Suffered the worst bleaching-or die-off inresponse to stress- ever recorded in 1998
And we are And we are all affected all being affected.
So do your part A B O U T What are YOU doing It?