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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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Bill would limit public information requests of professors
In Virginia, the attorney general, skeptical of global warming, tried to use his subpoena powers to build a fraud case against a climatology professor. In Wisconsin, Republican Party officials sought the emails of a history professor, trying to...Tags: University of Baltimore, The Pennsylvania State University, Colleges and Universities, Montgomery County (Maryland), Teachers
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Thumbs down on Keystone
President Barack Obama's State Department is not going to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline in its current form, and for this, even the project's most ardent supporters should be grateful. That includesTransCanada Corp. which was reportedly...Tags: Natural Resources, Conservation, Parties and Movements, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, TransCanada Corporation
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MD "on track" to reduce greenhouse gases
Maryland is on track to reduce climate-altering greenhouse gases 25 percent by the end of the decade, according to a state environmental official.
In a preview of the state's overdue plan to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and methane, George S. "Tad"...Tags: Energy Saving, Conservation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Environmental Pollution, Ecosystems
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Letter: Challenge is using recycled items, not collecting them
Challenge is using recycled items, not collecting them What is lost in the praises of "single-stream" is that collection is not necessarily recycling ("Single-stream recycling shows growth," Catonsville-Arbutus Times, Feb. 1). Recycling takes place when...Tags: Catonsville, Global Warming, YouTube
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It's a big load of garbage to me
A friend of mine, who knows more about these things than I do, corrects me when the subject of global warming enters the conversation. The correct term, she reminds me, "is climate change." The bottom line is scientists who study the weather are pretty...Tags: Conservation, Global Change, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Air Pollution, Conservation
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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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What's Obama's No. 1 priority? Not jobs.
"In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce."
That was the response from some bureaucrat when Leslie Groves, the man who oversaw the Manhattan Project, sought thousands of tons of silver to be turned into electrical...Tags: Oil Spills, Water Pollution, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Manhattan (New York City), China
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Maryland misses deadline for climate action plan
State officials have missed their first major deadline for complying with a three-year-old law calling for Maryland to curb its emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases.
Under the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, the Department of the Environment...Tags: Environmental Politics, Lawyers, Executive Branch, Judges, Labor Legislation
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Start to A Brighter New Year?
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelSitting at dinner over the holidays, I listened to a couple who feared for the worst, and was describing how they had put away food and supplies for the future armegeddon. I asked them what was it that frightened them so. Terrorism, possible viral... -
Can a better cook stove make a better world?
There's an extraordinary environmental business experiment going on in the East African nation of Rwanda that involves cooking stoves, banana leaves, fuel pellets and a 22-year-old Connecticut man who wants to help change the world.
The project Eric...Tags: Energy Saving, Natural Resources, Energy Saving, Global Change, Companies and Corporations
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Weis Markets Save Energy, Money
A supermarket chain in our area is doing its part to save energy, fuel and money and pass those savings along to customers.
Weis Markets goes by the motto "The power to save you more." Officials with the supermarket chain said that phrase is especially...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Saving, Global Warming
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The top 5 greenhouse gas emitters in Hampton Roads, according to EPA
Three of the five biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Hampton Roads will soon be closed, according toU.S. Environmental Protection Agency data. Released earlier this month on a searchable computerized map, the data identifies large, stationary...Tags: Environmental Politics, Isle of Wight County, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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