Summary
Global warming is climate change that causes the average temperature of the Earth's lower atmosphere to increase. Global warming can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated with human interference, specifically the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. With this gas buildup, the Earth's atmosphere warms to unnatural temperatures, which causes, among other things, sea levels to rise. This warming trend is sometimes called the greenhouse effect because gases, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, act like a greenhouse around the earth.
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is expected to inc...
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is expected to inc...
Global warming is climate change that causes the average temperature of the Earth's lower atmosphere to increase. Global warming can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated with human interference, specifically the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. With this gas buildup, the Earth's atmosphere warms to unnatural temperatures, which causes, among other things, sea levels to rise. This warming trend is sometimes called the greenhouse effect because gases, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, act like a greenhouse around the earth.
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is expected to increase the intensity of forces of nature, such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Other effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, melting of glaciers and the extinction of certain species. Climate change also contributes to the reduction of the ozone layer. Trapping heat in the lower part of the atmosphere (global warming) leads to cooling in the upper part of the atmosphere (loss of ozone), which causes other climate changes that affect weather patterns. Ways to slow down global climate change include conservation of water, driving less, recycling and even planting a tree. Critics of global warming claim that nature, not humans, is responsible for the climate change and widespread temperature changes have been happening for years.
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is expected to increase the intensity of forces of nature, such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Other effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, melting of glaciers and the extinction of certain species. Climate change also contributes to the reduction of the ozone layer. Trapping heat in the lower part of the atmosphere (global warming) leads to cooling in the upper part of the atmosphere (loss of ozone), which causes other climate changes that affect weather patterns. Ways to slow down global climate change include conservation of water, driving less, recycling and even planting a tree. Critics of global warming claim that nature, not humans, is responsible for the climate change and widespread temperature changes have been happening for years.
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Panel Adopts Rell Rebate Plan
Courant Staff WriterA legislative panel Tuesday overrode the advice of its own attorneys and adopted a set of rules governing power plant emissions that includes potential rebates for consumers. The move is a victory for Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who had pushed for the rebates...Tags: Prices, National Government, Lawyers, Paul Doyle, Alternative Energy
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Vote buoys U.S.-India nuke pact
Chicago Tribune NewspapersNEW DELHI — India's ruling coalition survived a confidence vote by a slim margin Tuesday, keeping alive the possibility that a controversial nuclear cooperation deal with the U.S. would go ahead. After two days of debate, lawmakers voted 275 to...Tags: National Government, Metal and Mineral, Government, Parliament, Manmohan Singh
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A new approach on Africa
The next U.S. president needs to urgently rethink America's relationship to Africa. In the past, America has often treated Africa as a backward "Dark Continent," a place bedeviled with poverty, tribalism, AIDS and post-colonial conflicts. Africa is and...Tags: National Government, Diplomacy, Executive Branch, Government, AIDS
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Lawmakers debating gas, energy prices again
Associated Press WriterState politicians agreed Tuesday that they need to do more to help Connecticut residents struggling with high energy costs. But they have yet to decide how best to do it. Republican lawmakers said they're collecting signatures to hold a special...Tags: National Government, Prices, Alternative Energy, American Petroleum, Petroleum Industry
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GM, utilities join to study electric car impact
The Associated PressGeneral Motors Corp. has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to help work out electricity issues that will crop up when it rolls out new electric vehicles in a little more than two years. The Detroit automaker said the partnership,...Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Duke Energy Corporation, Vehicles, Southern California Edison Company, General Motors Corp.
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League of Conservation Voters endorses Obama
The League of Conservation Voters on Monday became the latest green group to back Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. During an event in Bloomfield Hills, LCV board member Lana Pollack said Obama "has been a committed leader and has...Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Montana, Elections, Government
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Seeking To Protect Consumers And Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Courant's July 18 editorial ["Rebate Rightly Rejected"] concerning my effort to provide some relief to the hard-pressed energy consumers of Connecticut demonstrates a remarkably shortsighted understanding of the current situation — and the risks...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Connecticut, Jodi Rell, Consumers
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Ontario to join N. American climate plan
TORONTO — Ontario will join a regional carbon credit trading pact developed by U.S. governors that would give companies financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The province's premier, Dalton McGuinty, said Friday that Ontario...Tags: Executive Branch, Government
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No more roads
Many have advocated new roads. Each new road built destroys green areas and contributes to global warming as well as encouraging more cars and driving, which contributes to global warming, pollution, increased oil demand, higher prices and a weak dollar,...Tags: Global Change, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Petroleum Industry
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Coal carves a place in the future of global energy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIts gray and black walls stretching to infinity, Latin America's largest coal mine resembles a miniature Grand Canyon. The big difference is that the timeless hand of nature has not carved out El Cerrejon mine. Booming global demand has. A fleet of...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Natural Resource Industry, Nuclear Power, Global Change, Coal
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