... is warming and what exactly is causing it. Greenhouse gasses are what is causing the earth to retain more heat. Greenhouse gasses "that have increased over the industrial period are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N20), and chlorofluorocarbons CFC-11." (2-453) The increase in these gases has caused global warming and it continues to rise today. Factory smoke stacks, ... gasses (6-1). This was all caused by the growing industrial age that we live in today. Why do greenhouse gases produce global warming? "Infrared active gases (IR), principally water vapor (H2O), carb...

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... a serious problem as the earth's surface continues to rise. 1. Atmospheric greenhouse gases that trap the outgoing energy created on earth (for ex. Water, carbon dioxide, methane) are becoming greater. a. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased by 30%, methane has almost doubled, and nitris oxide has risen 15%. 2 2. A warming trend of about 1 degree Fahrenheit has been recorded ... ...

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... last July. It takes the form of a question. "Why," the Journal asks, "Why require the nations of this planet to spend the hundreds of billions of dollars necessary to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions when we don't even know if the earth's climate is getting permanently hotter or if that temperature change is caused by human activity or if that change ... ...

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