in the atmosphere, trap heat. They include carbon dioxide, which is emitted when fossil fuels are burned, and other gases produced by human activityEWatson 2). These gases besides trapping heat, created a hole in our ozone layer which will continue to increase in size if the level of gases remain too high. A hole in the ozone layer means that there is no ozone to protect us within that given size of the hole. Whether the hole is big or small it does have an effect on earth which we call global warming, which in turn can have several effects on the planet. One possible effect that can be attributed to global warming is the melting of large glaciers. This is serious because “The Earth’s ice cover acts as a protective mirror, reflecting a large share of the sun’s heat back into space and keeping the planet coolEMastny 1). The most dramatic reports of this come from the polar regions where the Arctic sea ice has dropped 40% in thickness from 3.1m to 1.8m in less than 30 years(1). The massive Antarctic ice cover which contains 91% of Earth’s ice is also melting, with glaciers as large as Delaware breaking off of it, it has already lost ice that is larger than Rhode Island since 1998 alone. With the ice melted, it would spark regional flooding and raise sea levels. Michael D. Lemonick writes “There is a chance that global warming could plunge us into, of all things, an ice ageELemonick 1). Currently the Gulf stream brings warm surface water in and h

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