What is Global Warning??? Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth%26#039;s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation.

What is Global Warning???
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The Planet Is Heating Up—and Fast

Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are drying, and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It%26#039;s becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century%26#039;s warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years.

Is Global Warming Real?
The warming of Earth%26#039;s surface and oceans over the past century is very well documented, and climate research shows that most of the warming in the past half century results from manmade greenhouse gases.

50 by 2050
Richest Nations Pledge to Halve Greenhouse Gas

RUSUTSU, Japan — President Bush and leaders of the world’s richest nations pledged Tuesda 0% 0 Votes

Please read the most articles in most journals, everyday; of environment ! 0% 0 Votes

Global warning is the result of Global warming. Immediate steps are required to stem it. 8% 1 Vote

A gigantic myth 15% 2 Votes

Global Warming is WARMING OF THE GLOBE!!! 0% 0 Votes

Question please.? 8% 1 Vote

Global Whining is more like it.
It%26#039;s fake. 0% 0 Votes

...do u drink kool aid?...im sorry but it just pisses me of that al gore could lie about global warming and have followers that dont know what they are getting theyreselves into...these %26quot;records%26quot; try to scare us cause we are only recording irrefutible bits and pieces of our nature...yes our ice caps could be melting...but overall antartica is actually getting colder...it is only ourselves that we should be worried about...we should be keeping track of ourselves...the only reaason we came into this panic is because FEAR SELLS...yeah think of a comercial...almost every commercial sells by fear...go check it and if ur older than 14...shame shame cause i am 14 15% 2 Votes

Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth%26#039;s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation.

The average global air temperature near the Earth%26#039;s surface increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the hundred years ending in 2005.[1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes %26quot;most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas concentrations%26quot;[1] via an enhanced greenhouse effect. Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950 and a small cooling effect from 1950 onward.[2][3]

These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at least thirty scientific societies and academies of science,[4] including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.[5][6][7] While individual scientists have voiced disagreement with some findings of the IPCC,[8] the overwhelming majority of scientists working on climate change agree with the IPCC%26#039;s main conclusions.[9][10]

Climate model projections summarized by the IPCC indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century.[1] This range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as models with differing climate sensitivity. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming and sea level rise are expected to continue for more than a thousand years even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilized. The delay in reaching equilibrium is a result of the large heat capacity of the oceans.[1]

Increasing global temperature is expected to cause sea level to rise, an increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, and significant changes to the amount and pattern of precipitation. Other expected effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

Remaining scientific uncertainties include the amount of warming expected in the future, and how warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but there is ongoing political and public debate worldwide regarding what, if any, action should be taken to reduce or reverse future warming or to adapt to its expected consequences. 0% 0 Votes