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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yT h e t e r m g l o b a l w a r m i n g r e f e r 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 o f t h e s u r f a c e a i r t h a t s u r r o u n d s t h e e a r t h . W h e n d i d g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a r t ? S o m e s a y r e c o r d s d a t e b a c k a s f a r a s 1 8 5 0 . R e s e a r c h h a s s h o w n t h a t b o t h t h e a i r t e m p e r a t u r e a n d t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e s e a h a v e r i s e n s i n c e t h a t t i m e . R e s e a r c h a l s o s h o w s t h a t h u m a n s a r e t h e c a u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
T h e a t m o s p h e r e o f t h e e a r t h g o e s t h r o u g h n a t u r a l c y c l e s o f h e a t i n g a n d c o o l i n g o v e r t h e c o u r s e o f t i m e . T h i s h a s b e e n t h e c a s e s i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t i m e . I n t h e y e a r s s i n c e t h e a u t o m o b i l e w a s i n v e n t e d t h e r a t e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g h a s i n c r e a s e d a n d m a n y b e l i e v e i t i s d u e t o t h e g a s o l i n e e m i s s i o n s w h i c h a r e p r o d u c e d b y t h e g a s o l i n e e n g i n e . I n d e t e r m i n i n g w h e n g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a r t e d , m a n y b e l i e v e t h e g a s o l i n e e n g i n e w a s t h e b e g i n n i n g .
W h e n a s k i n g t h e q u e s t i o n w h e n d i d g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a r t t h e p e o p l e i n E u r o p e o f f e r a m o r e p o s i t i v e a t t i t u d e t h a n t h e p e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . T h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t e n d t o t u r n a d e a f e a r t o a l l o f t h e w a r n i n g s a n d t h e w a r n i n g s i g n s . E u r o p e a n c o u n t r i e s a r e m u c h q u i c k e r t o a c c e p t t h e f a c t t h a t w e a r e d e s t r o y i n g t h e e a r t h s o z o n e l a y e r w i t h a l l o f o u r p o l l u t e d e m i s s i o n s .
T h e p e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f t e n v i e w g l o b a l w a r m i n g a s a p o l i t i c a l d e b a t e b e t w e e n t h e t w o p a r t i e s . R e p u b l i c a n s t e n d t o l o o k t h e o t h e r w a y w h i l e D e m o c r a t s b e l i e v e s o m e t h i n g s h o u l d b e d o n e t o p r e v e n t f u r t h e r d a m a g e .
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T h e r e a r e m a n y s c i e n t i s t s t h a t w o u l d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n w h e n d i d g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a r t b y s a y i n g i t w a s a r o u n d 8 0 0 0 y e a r s a g o w h e n p e o p l e s t a r t e d c l e a r i n g t h e l a n d o f t r e e s . T h e c o n s t a n t c l e a r i n g o f t h e f o r e s t s i s o f g r e a t c o n c e r n t o e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s . M a n b e g a n c l e a r i n g t h e l a n d f o r a g r i c u l t u r e a n d t o b u i l d s u i t a b l e h o u s i n g . A s t h e n u m b e r o f m a n h a s g r o w n , m o r e a n d m o r e f o r e s t s h a v e b e e n c l e a r e d l e a v i n g a d a n g e r o u s l y s m a l l n u m b e r o f t r e e s .
I n s t e a d o f a s k i n g w h e n d i d g l o b a l w a r m i n g s t a r t , w e s h o u l d b e a s k i n g w h a t w e c a n d o t o e n d i t . M a n y p e o p l e w h o o n c e w e r e s k e p t i c s a r e n o w a c k n o w l e d g i n g t h e f a c t t h a t s o m e t h i n g h a s t o b e d o n e . B y d o i n g n o t h i n g w e a r e a l l o w i n g s o m e s p e c i e s o f a n i m a l s a n d p l a n t l i f e t o b e c o m e e x t i n c t . W e a r e a l s o a l l o w i n g m o r e a n d m o r e h a r m f u l r a y s o f t h e s u n t o r e a c h t h e e a r t h . T h i s c o u l d e x p l a i n t h e r i s e i n s k i n c a n c e r i n t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s . I f w e c o n t i n u e t o a l l o w t h e d e p l e t i o n o f t h e e a r t h s o z o n e l a y e r , t h e d a y m a y v e r y w e l l c o m e w h e n h u m a n l i f e w i l l a l s o b e i n d a n g e r o f e x t i n c t i o n .
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