A lot of people wonder what global warming is, and how it is causing climate change. We've all wondered about global warming, and why it's happening. We pose this investigative question as our first blog on the topic, because to fix the problem we have to first know what is causing it. We all wonder what global warming is going to mean for future generations, and how it's going to affect the rest of our lives. Global Warming is of specific interest to us, because we care about our environment, and the world we live in.
We researched that one of the major causes of global warming is the high concentration of greenhouse gases. One greenhouse gas in particular that is a major contribution to global warming is carbon dioxide. As a result of the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere heat energy is bouncing back onto the earth due to the reflective nature of the earth’s atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. Unfortunately over the past 50 years the emission of carbon dioxide has amplified. http://timeforchange.org/cause-and-effect-for-global-warming
The past 50 years there has been a very significant increase in our total carbon emissions. We knew that the greenhouse gas did play a large role in the changes in our environment, but we were shocked to see this data in the above graph. The biggest increase would be the emission of petroleum, and of course the total amount of emissions. This makes us realize how important it is to reduce the amount of carbon emissions, and how we will be affected in the next 50 years.
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