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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yE v e r y r e s p o n s i b l e p e r s o n l i v i n g o n t h i s p l a n e t s h o u l d k n o w w h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s i f h e o r s h e w a n t s t o d o s o m e t h i n g w o r t h w h i l e t o s a v e t h e p l a n e t f r o m d o o m . Y e s , t h i n g s a r e i n d e e d v e r y s e r i o u s , a n d i f w e d o n t h e e d t h e w a r n i n g s i g n a l s , i t m a y g e t t o o l a t e t o d o s o m e t h i n g t o s t o p t h e d i r e c o n s e q u e n c e s t h a t w e w i l l h a v e t o f a c e o t h e r w i s e . T h e r e i s n o d o u b t t h a t t o d a y , t h a n k s t o g l o b a l w a r m i n g , o u r g l a c i e r s a r e m e l t i n g a w a y a n d t h e l e v e l s o f o u r s e a s a r e r i s i n g , w h i l e c l o u d f o r e s t s a r e g o i n g d r y a n d m o r e w o r s e n e w s i s i n t h e o f f i n g .
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T h e r e i s n o d o u b t i n g t h a t h u m a n b e i n g s h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d i n n o s m a l l m e a s u r e t o t h e m e s s t h a t h a s s e e n g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s r i s i n g i n t o t h e s k i e s a n d r a i s e d t h e t e m p e r a t u r e s a b o v e t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e e a r t h a s a r e s u l t o f o u r m o d e r n l i v e s . T h i s i s w h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s , a n d i t i s m a k i n g t h i n g s c h a n g e o n t h e E a r t h i n c l u d i n g i t s c l i m a t i c c o n d i t i o n s c a u s i n g e a c h d a y n e w h e a t s w i r l s a n d t a k i n g u p t h e m o i s t u r e f r o m t h e o c e a n s , a n d g e n e r a l l y c h a n g i n g t h e e n t i r e r h y t h m o f o u r c l i m a t e , w h i c h i s w h a t w e h u m a n s d e p e n d o n f o r o u r l i v e s .
A n y s t u d y o f w h a t i s g l o b a l w a r m i n g w i l l n o d o u b t t o u c h o n t h e s u b j e c t o f t h e g r e e n h o u s e e f f e c t , w h i c h i s t h e w a r m i n g t h a t o c c u r s w h e n g a s e s o f a c e r t a i n k i n d t r a p t h e h e a t i n t h e E a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e . T h i s h e a t c a n n o t e s c a p e f r o m t h e s e g a s e s m u c h l i k e t h e g l a s s w e f i n d i n a g r e e n h o u s e t h a t t r a p s t h e h e a t w i t h i n . T h e m o r e g r e e n h o u s e s g a s e s t h e r e a r e i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e , t h e g r e a t e r w i l l b e t h e h e a t t r a p p e d t h e r e i n , w h i c h w i l l c o n s e q u e n t l y c h a n g e o u r w e a t h e r p a t t e r n s f o r t h e w o r s e .
Y o u m a y a l s o f i n d i n y o u p u r s u i t t o k n o w w h a t i s g l o b a l w a r m i n g t h a t y o u c o m e a c r o s s a n o t h e r t e r m t h a t i s c a l l e d c l i m a t e c h a n g e . S o m e s c i e n t i s t s p r e f e r t h i s t e r m t o d e s c r i b e w h a t r e a l l y i s n o t h i n g b u t g l o b a l w a r m i n g , a n d t h e r e a s o n b e h i n d t h i s s e m a n t i c d i f f e r e n c e i s t h a t s o m e p a r t s o f t h e E a r t h a r e c o o l e d w h i l e o t h e r s h e a t u p t h a n k s t o w i n d a n d o c e a n c u r r e n t s t h a t g i v e s r i s e t o t h e t h i n k i n g t h a t i t i s r e a l l y a c h a n g e i n c l i m a t e a n d n o t g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
H o w e v e r , g r e e n h o u s e s g a s e s a r e c e r t a i n l y a c a u s e f o r w o r r y a n d y o u m u s t k n o w m o r e a b o u t w h a t i s g l o b a l w a r m i n g t o b e a b l e t o e f f e c t i v e l y m e e t t h i s n e w c h a l l e n g e , w h i c h i s a m a j o r p r o b l e m t h a t i s c h a n g i n g o u r c l i m a t e f a s t e r t h a n h u m a n b e i n g s c a n c o p e w i t h .
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