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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 r e f e r s t o t h e p h e n o m e n a o f a n o b s e r v e d r i s e i n t h e a v e r a g e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e a i r t h a t i s c l o s e t o t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e E a r t h a n d i t s o c e a n s t h a t h a s b e e n o b s e r v e d i n r e c e n t t i m e s a n d w h i c h w i l l c o n t i n u e i n t h i s m a n n e r i n t h e f o r e s e e a b l e f u t u r e . T h e r e i s e n o u g h e v i d e n c e t h a t p o i n t s t o a n i n c r e a s e i n t e m p e r a t u r e s o f t h e E a r t h a n d i t s n e a r - s u r f a c e a i r t h a t h a s o c c u r r e d i n p r e s e n t t i m e s . T h i s h a s a l s o c a u s e d t h e s n o w c o v e r t o c o m e d o w n a s w e l l a s i c e c o v e r s m e l t i n g a l o n g w i t h a r i s e i n s e a l e v e l s .
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G l o b a l w a r m i n g h a s a l s o c a u s e d t h e r e t o b e e x t r e m e s o f t e m p e r a t u r e i n p l a c e s t h a t a r e n o t k n o w n t o h a v e e x t r e m e t e m p e r a t u r e s , a n d t h e r e a h s b e e n p r e c i p i t a t i o n a n d t h e c l o u d c o v e r h a s a l s o b e e n a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t e d . S o m e o f t h e r e a s o n s w h y t h e E a r t h i s e x p e r i e n c i n g g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e n a t u r a l s u c h a s t h e l e v e l s o f C O 2 , w h i c h b e c a u s e o f h u m a n a c t i v i t i e s o v e r t h e p a s t f i v e d e c a d e s , h a s s e e n a s i g n i f i c a n t r i s e a l o n g w i t h o t h e r h o u s e h o l d g a s e s .
T h e a m o u n t o f C O 2 i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e a l o n g w i t h g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s i s m a k i n g t h e E a r t h s s u r f a c e h e a t u p , w h i c h i s n o t g o o d f o r m a n k i n d . I n f a c t , t h e a v e r a g e s u r f a c e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e E a r t h h a s r i s e n b y a b o u t o n e d e g r e e F a h r e n h e i t o v e r t h e p a s t t e n d e c a d e s . T h i s h a s l e d t o a d e c r e a s e i n s n o w c o v e r a s w e l l a s i c e e x t e n t a n d t h e r e h a s a l s o b e e n a t e n t o t w e n t y c e n t i m e t e r r i s e i n s e a l e v e l s i n t h e s a m e p e r i o d .
T h e r e a r e a l s o a r e a s o f c o n c e r n w h e r e g l o b a l w a r m i n g h a s f a i l e d t o a f f e c t t h e c l i m a t e o n t h e E a r t h s u c h a s t h e o c e a n s o f t h e S o u t h e r n H e m i s p h e r e a s w e l l a s s o m e p a r t s o f t h e A n t a r c t i c a , w h i c h h a v e n o t r e a l l y w a r m e d u p i n r e c e n t t i m e s . T h e r e h a v e a l s o n o t b e e n a n y r e a l t r e n d s i n t h e A n t a r c t i c s e a - i c e t r e n d s , a n d n o r h a v e w e w i t n e s s e d a n y r e a l t r e n d s o f g l o b a l c h a n g e i n t h e t r o p i c a l a s w e l l a s e x t r a - t r o p i c a l r e g i o n s a s f a r a s i n t e n s i t y o f s t o r m s a n d t h e i r f r e q u e n c y i s c o n c e r n e d . A l s o , o n e h a s n o t n o t i c e d a n y s y s t e m a t i c c h a n g e i n t o r n a d o f r e q u e n c i e s , t h u n d e r d a y s a s w e l l a s h a i l e v e n t s .
I n s p i t e o f t h e s e o t h e r f a c t o r s , g l o b a l w a r m i n g p o s e s a v e r y r e a l d a n g e r t o m a n k i n d a n d i s n o t s o m e t h i n g t h a t c a n b e d i s m i s s e d a s a s c a r e t a c t i c b y c e r t a i n p e o p l e . O n c e o n e l e a r n s a b o u t g l o b a l w a r m i n g , i t s h o u l d h e l p u s l e a r n w h a t i t i s a n d w h a t c a n b e d o n e t o h e l p p r e v e n t a n d r e d u c e i t s d a m n i n g e f f e c t s f o r t h e b e t t e r o f a l l w h o i n h a b i t t h e e a r t h a s w e l l a s f o r f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s .
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