Wednesday, May 16, 2007

What is global warming?

What is Global Warming?

Global Warming is an increase in the near surface temperature of the Earth. It is a term most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases. It is different from the term climate change in that climate change is more broad and refers in the wider sense to also include natural changes in climate. Climate change and global warming have occurred on Earth as the result of natural influences and in cycles throughout the history of the Earth; however, the current warming we are experiencing and that is expected to continue is the result of human-caused increases in greenhouse gases, specifically carbon dioxide. There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now than there has been in the past 650,000 years. The carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere and acts like a warm blanket that holds in the heat. This phenomenon is called the greenhouse effect.



2 comments:

CompuGuru said...

Great blog. I can see its very rich of convincing info on global warming. Hope it makes a change in this world.
Oh and gl in ur project, ;)

Saoud said...

Right on bro.. thanks for passing by..

ohh and good luck on ur project too...