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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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Meetings begin on MD's climate plan
Maryland environmental officials are staging a series of public meetings, beginning today, to get public input on the state's plan to reduce climate-altering pollution. The General Assembly passed in 2009 an O'Malley-sponsored bill committing Maryland to...Tags: Elkton, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Queen Anne's County
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Roland Park Country School highlights its partial conversion to solar energy
In an effort to "shine a light on solar energy," Roland Park Country School staged a "Solarbration" on April 22 to pay tribute to Earth Day and the school's own stewardship of the environment. "We celebrated our partial conversion to solar energy and the...Tags: Alternative Energy, Gardens and Parks, Renewable Energy, Tourism and Leisure, Roland Park
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Plan finds state on track to reduce greenhouse gases
Maryland is largely on track to meet its goal of reducing climate-warming pollution 25 percent by the end of the decade, according to O'Malley administration officials, but still needs legislation being debated in Annapolis to put wind turbines off...Tags: Energy Saving, Lawyers, Towson University, Wind Power, Judges
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Speaking of things I have no control over
My wife loves what the guys on the defunct Don and Mike Show used to refer to as cable radio, that being what everyone else refers to as satellite radio. Cable radio, however, was a slight to the whole satellite radio industry that I found amusing. To...Tags: Conservation, Radio, Global Change, Music, Media Industry
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A better wind bill
For all its risks and potential costs, Gov. Martin O'Malley's unsuccessful 2011 bill to facilitate the construction of offshore wind turbines near Ocean City would have benefited the state — and its electricity customers — through predictable,...
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Wind power: Renewable, job-creating, less polluting
Many recent op-eds in The Sun have discussed Gov.Martin O'Malley's wind bill. To those concerned about the cost of wind energy, I would observe that doing nothing might prove even more expensive in the long run. While installing the wind turbines may...Tags: Energy Saving, Conservation, Global Change, Wind Power, Health Insurance Cost
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Don't export LNG in Maryland
In recent years, the natural gas industry plunged into a reckless gold rush across communities nationwide with dirty, dangerous drilling and "fracking" practices that are exempt from many clean air and water laws. Now the gas profiteers have realized that...Tags: Energy Saving, Natural Gas, Amtrak, Water, Energy Resources
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Warming: Storm damage ahead
Hurricane season may still be months away, but the threat of flooding is already on the rise in Maryland, as documented by the latest reports on climate change released this week. Rising sea levels have raised the risk of coastal flooding, particularly...Tags: Bodies of Water, Fort McHenry, Conservation, Oceans, Insurance
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Can a gas tax increase save the bay?
Has Gov.Martin O'Malley's broad array of tax increase proposals got you bummed out? Cheer up, there's a bright spot.
If Mr. O'Malley succeeds in his plan to impose Maryland's 6 percent sales tax on the purchase of gasoline, he will not only boost...Tags: Parties and Movements, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Public Transportation, Global Change
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Soft sciences push the idea of man-made global warming
Perhaps the environmental movement in America is stalled because the vast majority of scientists who support the idea that global warming is a result of human activity are social scientists ("Green movement's blues," Dec. 29). Hard science points in...Tags: Science, Global Warming, Global Change, Glen Burnie
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Canada wises up, quits Kyoto Protocol
In a victory for common sense, America's top trading partner has become the first country to bail on the Kyoto Protocol before the nearly $7 billion in noncompliance costs comes due next year. Thus ends a pointless and pricey exercise in martyrdom....Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Russia, Stephen Harper, Europe, National Government
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The hottest issue: Climate change dwarfs other problems
An optimist might want to raise a glass as 2011 winds down. U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by New Year's Eve. The global AIDS pandemic is ebbing. And the U.S. unemployment rate dropped by nearly half a percent in November.
But an optimist would have to...Tags: Conservation, International Energy, Iraq, New Year's Day, The Pentagon
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