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Global warming is climate change that causes the average temperature of the Earth's lower atmosphere to increase. Global warming can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated with human interference, specifically the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. With this gas buildup, the Earth's atmosphere warms to unnatural temperatures, which causes, among other things, sea levels to rise. This warming trend is sometimes called the greenhouse effect because gases, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, act like a greenhouse around the earth.
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is...
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is...
Global warming is climate change that causes the average temperature of the Earth's lower atmosphere to increase. Global warming can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated with human interference, specifically the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. With this gas buildup, the Earth's atmosphere warms to unnatural temperatures, which causes, among other things, sea levels to rise. This warming trend is sometimes called the greenhouse effect because gases, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, act like a greenhouse around the earth.
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is expected to increase the intensity of forces of nature, such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Other effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, melting of glaciers and the extinction of certain species. Climate change also contributes to the reduction of the ozone layer. Trapping heat in the lower part of the atmosphere (global warming) leads to cooling in the upper part of the atmosphere (loss of ozone), which causes other climate changes that affect weather patterns. Ways to slow down global climate change include conservation of water, driving less, recycling and even planting a tree. Critics of global warming claim that nature, not humans, is responsible for the climate change and widespread temperature changes have been happening for years.
This means heat from the sun enters the atmosphere, but the heat is not allowed back into space. Global warming is expected to increase the intensity of forces of nature, such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Other effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, melting of glaciers and the extinction of certain species. Climate change also contributes to the reduction of the ozone layer. Trapping heat in the lower part of the atmosphere (global warming) leads to cooling in the upper part of the atmosphere (loss of ozone), which causes other climate changes that affect weather patterns. Ways to slow down global climate change include conservation of water, driving less, recycling and even planting a tree. Critics of global warming claim that nature, not humans, is responsible for the climate change and widespread temperature changes have been happening for years.
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Goodbye to the open road?
Today's question: What's the future of the personal automobile? Previously, White and Taylor discussed calls to build more nuclear power plants, T. Boone Pickens' alternative-energy plan and offshore drilling. More electric, less driving Point: V. John...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Car Engine Repair, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid and Green Vehicles, Cato Corporation
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Ford Reports Its Fleet of Fuel Cell Test Vehicles Has Exceeded Expectations
Edmunds.comFord Motor Co. announced today that its 30 fuel-cell test vehicles have exceeded the expectations of the company's hydrogen research engineers by accumulating more than 865,000 real world miles without significant maintenance issues since the fleet's... -
Nukes to the rescue?
Today's question: Is John McCain right about the need to build more nuclear power plants in the United States? Previously, Taylor and White discussed T. Boone Pickens' alternative energy plan and offshore drilling.
Too subsidized to be sustainable Point:...Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Resources, Emergency Incidents, Nuclear Power, Jerry Taylor
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Group says climate resolutions increase
AP Business WriterSupport for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies. Shareholder resolutions related to climate change more than doubled over the past five years, according to statistics gathered by a coalition of public interest...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Allegheny Energy Incorporated, Shareholders, Conservation, Metal and Mineral
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Feds, Automakers Renew Vow To Make Hydrogen the Fuel of the Future
Edmunds.comIn case you've been wondering, major automakers and the lame-duck Bush Administration have reaffirmed their joint commitment to hydrogen fuel and to getting fuel-cell electric and other hydrogen-using vehicles into the retail market by 2018. The happy... -
Ocean cycle may explain cool Alaskan summer
Maryland WeatherI know, this isn't about Maryland weather, but it was prompted by a query from a Maryland reader of the Sun's weather page about the weather in Alaska.He asked me for some numbers on what he perceived to be a cool......Tags: Tropical Weather, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Forests, NASA
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How the wind blows
No matter one's position on wind power, it's difficult not to get blown away by the audacity of 1st District congressional candidate Andy Harris' latest TV ad promoting his national energy plan. His newfound affection for conservation and alternative...Tags: Alternative Energy, Queen Anne's County, Martin O'Malley, Renewable Energy
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Environmentalism sprouts up on corporate boards
The Wall Street JournalMore U.S. corporate boards are going green. Amid rising investor worries over global warming and shrinking natural resources, directors are keeping a closer watch on environmental issues. Boards at Integrys Energy Group Inc., Quicksilver Resources Inc.,...Tags: Energy Resources, PG&E Corporation, Electricity Production and Distribution, Water Pollution, Corporations
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Schwarzenegger, Ritter promote fuel savings
Associated Press WriterCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter joined with the auto industry Monday to promote simple steps that motorists can take to cut fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The steps include maintaining proper tire...Tags: Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Ford, Hybrid and Green Vehicles
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Va. project aims to store greenhouse gases
Associated Press WriterA project aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from smokestacks is key to coal's future, a southwest Virginia congressman said Monday. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., spoke at a gathering in Cedar Bluff to launch a test to determine whether captured...Tags: Rick Boucher, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Coal
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Energy efficient FIU design part of Future House display in China
South Florida Sun-SentinelImagine paying almost nothing for electricity and water and controlling your lights by remote control. Energy-efficient houses of the future could let South Florida residents do that, and much more. Ten Future House prototypes, commissioned by the...Tags: Homes, Florida International University, Miramar, Energy Saving, Conservation
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A strange switch in a 'green' world
It's billed as a clean, "green" source of energy, and most of the citizens who spoke at a recent public hearing voiced their enthusiastic support for it. Earlier this year, another clean, "green" source of energy similarly was debated at a public...Tags: Alternative Energy, Mad Men, Superman, Jerry Seinfeld, Nuclear Power
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