... about 0.3 C per decade. We are also adding small particles and droplets called aerosols that reflect light back into space and tend to cause some areas to cool. It is because they trap heat like glass in a greenhouse that these gases received their name -- the greenhouse gases. They are vitally important for life. Earth has a natural greenhouse effect due to ... year to the atmosphere. In addition, the clearing and burning of forests causes the pool of carbon which has been tied up in trees to be released. Deforestation is in part the result of population expansion in the tropics and the...

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... the quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Extreme weather in general is also thought to be a product of the increased human interference on the biogeochemical cycles. The biogeochemical cycles include the Carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle and Oxygen cycle. Humans are affecting all the cycles in different ways, which in turn affect something bigger which has an impact on the weather systems worldwide. In my report I am going to focusing on ... and while some enjoyed the hot weather, others suffered from it. Temperatures recorded in this time were an average of 10% higher than usual ...

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