... of climate across the surface of the planet. An increase in average global temperature of 0.7 C has already been measured, and present rates of emission of greenhouse gases are committing the Earth to an additional warming of 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 ... are rising into the air over the forest. The desire of developed countries for inexpensive meat and forest products is another major contributor to deforestation. The s...

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... forced shoreline residents to move. "A study published in the March 7 issue of the journal Science provided evidence that the disintegration of polar ice shelves led to the rapid advance of polar glaciers. The study examined the 1995 breakup of the Larsen A Antarctic ice shelf, after which five of the six glaciers behind it accelerated toward the sea. The flow of glacial ice into the oceans could cause sea levels to rise by several ... California's wind power plants offset more than 2.5 billion pounds of carbon dioxide in 1990, which would have taken a forest 90 million to 175 million tr...

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