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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yI s g l o b a l w a r m i n g r e a l ? A l o t o f e x p e r t s b e l i e v e t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s r e a l a n d t h a t t h e E a r t h i s h e a t i n g u p . A c c o r d i n g t o r e p o r t s , t h 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 b e e n g r a d u a l l y i n c r e a s i n g t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u t i o n . E x p e r t s b e l i e v e t h a t t h e c a u s e o f t h e g r a d u a l h e a t i n g o f t h e E a r t h s s u r f a c e i s d u e t o t h e i n c r e a s e o f t h e g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s i n t h e p l a n e t . A l t h o u g h g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s a r e i m p o r t a n t t o k e e p E a r t h w a r m , a c t i v i t i e s o f h u m a n b e i n g s i n c r e a s e d t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s t h u s c a u s i n g a n i m b a l a n c e i n t h e E a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e .
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T h e i n c r e a s e i n t h e g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s i n t h e E a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e c a u s e s e a r t h t o h e a t u p . F o r t h e l a s t 1 4 0 y e a r s , t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e E a r t h i n c r e a s e d b y 1 d e g r e e F a h r e n h e i t . F o r m o s t p e o p l e , t h i s i n c r e a s e d o e s n o t r e a l l y s o u n d m u c h a t a l l a n d t h e y k e e p a s k i n g i s g l o b a l w a r m i n g r e a l o r a r e w e j u s t o v e r r e a c t i n g ? A l o t o f e x p e r t s a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s r e a l a n d t h e e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g c a n a l r e a d y b e f e l t i n t h e m o r e v i o l e n c e w e a t h e r s t h a t w e h a v e l a t e l y .
A c c o r d i n g t o e x p e r t s , t h e e a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e t r a p p e d g a s e s s u c h a s m e t h a n e f r o m p o l l u t i o n , c a r b o n d i o x i d e a n d w a t e r v a p o r . T h e t r a p p e d g a s e s i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e a l l o w s o l a r r a d i a t i o n t o p a s s t h r o u g h i t b u t p r e v e n t t h e s o l a r r a d i a t i o n f r o m e s c a p i n g b a c k i n t o s p a c e . A s a m o r e s o l a r r a d i a t i o n i s t r a p p e d o n E a r t h , h e a t i n g o f t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e E a r t h b e c o m e s i n e v i t a b l e .
I s g l o b a l w a r m i n g r e a l ? Y e s o f c o u r s e i t i s r e a l . T h e r e i s r e a l l y n o q u e s t i o n a s t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e e a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e i s h e a t i n g u p . T h e f a c t t h a t t h e i n c r e a s e i n t h e e a r t h s s u r f a c e i s o n l y 1 d e g r e e F a h r e n h e i t i s s o m e t h i n g t h a t m u s t n e v e r b e i g n o r e d o r t a k e n f o r g r a n t e d . N o t e t h a t t h e s l i g h t e s t i n c r e a s e i n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e i n t h e e a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e a l r e a d y h a s s o m e s e v e r e n e g a t i v e e f f e c t s o n t h e b i o d i v e r s i t y o f t h e p l a n e t .
A c c o r d i n g t o s t u d i e s , g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s o n e o f t h e p r i m a r y r e a s o n s w h y c o r a l s a r e d y i n g i n s o m e a r e a s . T h e d e a t h o f c o r a l s i n s o m e a r e a s o f t h e p l a n e t c a u s e s a n i m b a l a n c e i n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d t r i g g e r s a d o m i n o e f f e c t . N o t e t h a t w h e n c o r a l s d i e , t h e a q u a t i c h a b i t a t i s a f f e c t e d a n d o u r a q u a t i c r e s o u r c e s b e c o m e d e p l e t e d .
A s i d e f r o m k i l l i n g c o r a l s , g l o b a l w a r m i n g c a n c a u s e t h e e x t i n c t i o n o f s o m e f o r m s o f l i f e i n t h e p l a n e t . S t u d i e s s h o w t h a t t h e r e a r e c e r t a i n t y p e s o f p l a n t s a n d o r g a n i s m s t h a t a r e v e r y s e n s i t i v e t o h e a t t h a t t h e s l i g h t e s t c h a n g e i n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e e a r t h c o u l d t h e m t o d i e . I f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s n o t a r r e s t e d , t h e r e i s a b i g p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t l i f e o n e a r t h w o u l d b e a l t e r e d a n d m a n y t y p e s o f s p e c i e s w i l l v a n i s h i n t h e n e x t s e v e r a l y e a r s .
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