| Global Warming is said to be the rise in the average | | | | than due to the effect of the natural changes in the |
| temperature of the Earth's atmosphere due to the | | | | atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution, there has |
| green house gases like Carbon-di- oxide, Methane, | | | | been lot of burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and |
| Nitrous oxide and Ozone in the atmosphere. The | | | | natural gas which results in letting out a lot of |
| "Greenhouse effect" caused by these gases warms | | | | greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, mainly |
| the atmosphere naturally as this effect traps the | | | | Carbon- di- oxide or CO2 into the atmosphere. There |
| sun's radiation and act as a thermal blanket by | | | | have been billions of tons of CO2 that are burned |
| maintain the Earth's temperature within a livable limit | | | | into the atmosphere every year and the amount is |
| of about 59 degree Fahrenheit. If the Earth did not | | | | increasing by about 3% every year. |
| have this thermal blanket, then the planet in which | | | | The Amazon forest is also turning out to be a major |
| we all live in would probably be about 80 degree | | | | carbon sink. It is reported that there is a net loss of |
| cooler than it is at present, making it very cold and | | | | rain forest along with the increase of carbon into the |
| difficult for us to survive and live in the planet. Global | | | | atmosphere. Deforestation is the main cause for the |
| Warming is responsible for maintaining the | | | | trees in the Amazon rain forests to not completely |
| temperature of the atmosphere. | | | | soak up the carbon let out into the atmosphere and |
| The above factors that have been discussed are all | | | | this may also lead to varying climatic changes due to |
| related to the natural greenhouse effect and the | | | | the presence of global warming. The effects of the |
| natural global warming that will result in the normal | | | | carbon gases in the atmosphere has not spared the |
| climatic changes. But, nowadays, people relate the | | | | oceans as well as they also act as a carbon sink. The |
| global warming topic to the adverse climatic changes | | | | effect of increased carbon in the atmosphere has |
| that they are experiencing, which means that there is | | | | made the oceans more acidic, causing damage to the |
| an increase over and above the permissible level of | | | | sea creatures, bleaching corals and also further |
| the temperature in the Earth's atmosphere which is | | | | causing damage to the general health of the oceans |
| influencing the varying climatic patterns. Nature seems | | | | of the world. This has led to increase in the sea |
| to be always warning us of the influence of global | | | | levels and the warmer water due to the effect of |
| warming in this modern world and the few signs that | | | | the warmer atmosphere also has led to more intense |
| have been brought to our notice includes the melting | | | | and unusual weather and climatic changes. |
| of the glaciers, increase in the sea levels, the recent | | | | The various climatic changes that may occur due to |
| Tsunami that caused huge damage to life and | | | | the increased global warming effect are melting of |
| property, more than normal heat waves experienced | | | | the glaciers, rise in the temperatures of the regions |
| in many countries etc. | | | | on the Northern Hemisphere, melting of snows in the |
| The climate of the Earth is always changing. Earlier, | | | | temperate regions earlier than before, frequent |
| the changes in the climate were all natural and were | | | | storms and floods, dry land will go more drier, rise in |
| considered seasonal. But the frequent changes in the | | | | winter and night temperature and a more humid |
| Earth's climate, since the early 1900, have been | | | | atmosphere. |
| identified to be caused by human behavior rather | | | | |