Global Warming Facts


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GLOBAL WARMING
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The atmosphere has a natural supply of
greenhouse gases
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They capture heat and keep Earth warm enough for
us to live on.
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Without the
greenhouse effect
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the planet would be an
frozen
uninhabitable
wasteland.
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Over the past 300 years people started emitting
large amounts of greenhouse gases
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More and more
More and more fossil fuels were burned
fossil fuels are being burned
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to run our cars
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trucks
Trucks
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Planes
Planes
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Adding to our naturalsupply of
greenhouse gases.
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The gases can stay in the atmosphere for at least
50 years and up to centuries.
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The result?
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the globe
has heated up by about one degree Fahrenheit over
the past century.
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One degree not a big deal?
Consider this
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the difference
in global average
temperatures between modern times
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and the last ice age
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was only about
9 degrees Fahrenheit.
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China
America is the 1 global warmingpolluter in the
world.

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DisappearIng

• Arctic ice
• is
• rapidly

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Polar bears and indigenous cultures are already
suffering from the sea-ice loss.
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Glaciers and mountains are

• Glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting

slowly melting.
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• Coral reefs

which are highly sensitive to small changes in
water temperature
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Suffered the worst bleaching-or die-off in
response to stress- ever recorded in 1998
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We only have one beautiful planet
Earth.
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And we are all affected
And we are
all being affected.
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So do your part
A B O U T
What are YOU doing
It?
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