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global warming - Essay and Term Paper
Dear Grandfather,
The effect known as global warming occurs due to the phenomena known as the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, allowing sun to enter, but keeps the heat trapped. This can better be explained with an example-cars left in the sun accumulate heat on the inside, because the windows allows the sun to heat the interior, but prevents the heat from escaping. Human's contribution to the global warming effect includes carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles. Global warming itself is defined to be the gradual increase of average temperature globally across a given time period. The steady increase in global temperatures is anticipated to result in additional climate variations including but not limited to raises in sea level and changes in the amount and patter of precipitation. This directly affects the occurrence and the strength of severe weather events such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, and he......
Total Word Count: 765
Page Count: 3 (250 words a page / double spaced)
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