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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yG l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e s a r e w i d e l y d i s c u s s e d a r o u n d t h e w o r l d b e c a u s e t h e s e i s s u e s a f f e c t u s a l l . S c i e n t i s t s g e n e r a l l y a g r e e o n m o s t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e s , b u t m a y c i t e d i f f e r e n t c a u s e s f o r t h e c h a n g e s t o o u r p l a n e t .
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G l o b a l w a r m i n g b e c o m e s a n i s s u e w h e n g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s c o v e r t h e e a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e t r a p p i n g t h e s u n s h e a t . G r e e n h o u s e g a s e s i n c l u d e c a r b o n d i o x i d e , m e t h a n e a n d n i t r o u s o x i d e . 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 o u r a t m o s p h e r e a r e a t t h e h i g h e s t l e v e l s 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 .
T h e e a r t h r e a c t s w i t h m o r e f r e q u e n t e x t r e m e w e a t h e r a s w e l l a s m e l t i n g g l a c i e r s a n d s e a i c e c a u s i n g s e a l e v e l s t o r i s e . O t h e r i s s u e s c a u s e d b y g l o b a l w a r m i n g i n c l u d e c o a s t a l f l o o d i n g , m o r e i n t e n s e h u r r i c a n e s , w a t e r s h o r t a g e s a n d d r o u g h t s , w a r m i n g o c e a n s l e a d i n g t o c o r a l b l e a c h i n g , i n c r e a s e i n t h e s p r e a d o f t r o p i c a l d i s e a s e s a n d e v e n i n c r e a s e s i n a l l e r g e n s .
T h e D e b a t e : M a n M a d e
S o m e s c i e n t i s t s b e l i e v e t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e s a r e c a u s e d b y c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n s f r o m o u r c a r s a n d e l e c t r i c p o w e r p l a n t s . C a r b o n d i o x i d e i s a d i r e c t r e s u l t o f b u r n i n g f o s s i l f u e l s . T h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i s t h e w o r l d s l a r g e s t c o n s u m e r o f o i l a n d t w e n t y p e r c e n t o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e 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 .
A n o t h e r c a u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i n c l u d e s t h e l o s s o f f o r e s t s a n d t r e e s t h a t h e l p c l e a n t h e a i r o f p o l l u t a n t s . O v e r h a r v e s t i n g o f f o r e s t s h a v e d e p l e t e d t h e n a t u r a l c l e a n s i n g e f f e c t s t o t h e a t m o s p h e r e .
T h e D e b a t e : N a t u r a l C a u s e s
O t h e r s c i e n t i s t s b e l i e v e t h a t t h e s e g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e s a r e a n a t u r a l e v o l u t i o n o f t h e e a r t h . T h e y b e l i e v e t h e s e c h a n g e s w o u l d o c c u r n o m a t t e r w h a t w e d o . T h i s s i d e o f t h e d e b a t e i s g e t t i n g s m a l l e r e v e r y d a y a s t h e e v i d e n c e b e c o m e s m o r e a n d m o r e a p p a r e n t .
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E v e r y o n e c a n a g r e e t h a t r e d u c i n g t h e c a u s e s o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e m i s s i o n s c a n m a k e t h e e a r t h a c l e a n e r , h e a l t h i e r p l a c e . C o n s e r v a t i o n o f o u r n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s a n d c h a n g i n g t o c l e a n e r f o r m s o f e n e r g y , s u c h a s w i n d o r s o l a r , w o u l d a f f e c t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e s i n a p o s i t i v e w a y a l s o .
W e s h o u l d a l l d o o u r p a r t t o h e l p r e s o l v e t h e s e g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s u e s b y c h a n g i n g t h e w a y w e l i v e o u r e v e r y d a y l i v e s . C a r p o o l i n g , t a k i n g p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d s w i t c h i n g t o c a r s t h a t m o r e f u e l e f f i c i e n t o r u s e a l t e r n a t e f u e l s c a n b e v e r y e f f e c t i v e i n r e d u c i n g g r e e n h o u s e e m i s s i o n s . F r o m c h a n g i n g o u r l i g h t b u l b s t o c o m p a c t f l u o r e s c e n t b u l b s t o c o n s e r v i n g p a p e r p r o d u c t s t o u s i n g c l o t h g r o c e r y b a g s , w e c a n a l l m a k e a n i m p a c t . B y u t i l i z i n g r e n e w a b l e e n e r g y s o u r c e s w e c a n s t o p t h e d a m a g e c o n v e n t i o n a l e n e r g y e m i s s i o n s c a u s e t o o u r e n v i r o n m e n t .
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