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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yT h e r e i s e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r o u n d t h e w o r l d , a n d t h i s e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g m a k e s m a n y p e o p l e w o r r y a b o u t t h e f u t u r e . T h i s i m p o r t a n t s u b j e c t i s d e b a t e d a n d d i s c u s s e d m o r e a n d m o r e b y e v e r y o n e . S o m e o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n o n t h e e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g t a k e s p l a c e i n c a s u a l c o n v e r s a t i o n a r o u n d d i n n e r t a b l e s , w h i l e o t h e r d i s c u s s i o n s a b o u t t h e e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g t a k e p l a c e i n f o r m a l c o n f e r e n c e s w i t h d e l e g a t e s f r o m m a n y d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d o r o n r a d i o a n d t e l e v i s i o n p r o g r a m s .
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E v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g c o m e s f r o m h i s t o r i c a l r e c o r d s o f w e a t h e r p a t t e r n s f r o m a r o u n d t h e w o r l d . T h e r e i s s o m e e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e c u r r e n t t e m p e r a t u r e s a r e t h e h i g h e s t i n f o u r h u n d r e d y e a r s . T h e e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a s i n d i c a t e d b y t h e r i s e i n t e m p e r a t u r e s h a s i n c r e a s e d t h e i n t e r e s t i n g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d t h e s t e p s n e c e s s a r y t o r e v e r s e t h e b a d e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
S o m e o f t h e e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s t a r t l i n g . M o s t p e o p l e h a v e s e e n t h e d r a m a t i c p i c t u r e s o f t h e g l a c i e r s i n A l a s k a . A n d t h e m e l t i n g o f g l a c i e r s a n d s e a i c e i s i n c r e a s i n g e v e r y d a y . A s t h e m e l t i n g i n c r e a s e s , t h e w a r m i n g o f t h e o c e a n s i s c a u s i n g c o r a l b l e a c h i n g a n d d e t e r i o r a t i o n . T r o p i c a l d i s e a s e s a r e s p r e a d i n g a t i n c r e a s e d r a t e s a l s o .
S c i e n t i s t s c o n t i n u e t o l o o k a t t h e e v i d e n c e t h a t i s a v a i l a b l e a b o u t g l o b a l w a r m i n g . T h e s e k n o w l e d g e a b l e p e o p l e h a v e l o o k e d a t t h e c o r e a t m o s p h e r i c c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e . T h e d a t a t h a t t h e s c i e n t i s t s h a v e c o l l e c t e d s h o w s t h e h i g h e s t l e v e l s o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e a n d m e t h a n e i n s i x h u n d r e d f i f t y t h o u s a n d y e a r s
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I t i s a f a c t t h a t t h e U n i t e d S a t e s i s t h e l a r g e s t c o n s u m e r o f o i l i n t h e w o r l d . T w e n t y p e r c e n t o f U n i t e d S t a t e s e m i s s i o n s c o m e f r o m a u t o m o b i l e s . N i n e t y t h r e e p e r c e n t o f p o w e r p l a n t s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b u r n c o a l t o p r o d u c e e l e c t r i c i t y .
E v e r y o n e c a n m a k e c h a n g e s i n t h e i r l i v e s e a c h d a y t o d e c r e a s e t h e i r u s a g e o f d i r t y e n e r g y . C a r p o o l i n g , t a k i n g t h e b u s , w o r k i n g f r o m h o m e a n d d r i v i n g f u e l - e f f i c i e n t c a r s i s w a y s t o c u t c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n s . U s i n g c o m p a c t f l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t b u l b s , h o m e i n s u l a t i o n a n d u s i n g a l t e r n a t i v e e n e r g y s o u r c e s , s u c h a s w i n d o r s u n , c a n r e d u c e t h e n e e d t o p r o d u c e e l e c t r i c i t y u t i l i z i n g c o a l b u r n i n g p o w e r p l a n t s .
J u s t a s i m p o r t a n t l y , w e n e e d t o e l e c t g o v e r n m e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t h a t w i l l w o r k t o l e a d t h e w a y i n g r e e n h o u s e g a s e m i s s i o n r e d u c t i o n a n d e v e n t u a l e l i m i n a t i o n . T h e e v i d e n c e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s o v e r w h e l m i n g a n d w e c a n o n l y h o p e w e s t i l l h a v e e n o u g h t i m e t o s a v e o u r p l a n e t .
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