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c Definition of global warming

c Causes of global warming
c Feedback process of global warming
c Effects of global warming
c Solutions
c Conclusion
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c lobal Warming is the increase of average world
temperature as a result of what is known as the
greenhouse effect. Certain gases in the atmosphere act
like glass in a greenhouse, allowing sunlight through to
heat the earthǯs surface but trapping the heat as it
radiates back into space. As the greenhouse gases
build up in the atmosphere the Earth gets hotter.
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c Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
îthe increasing of CO2 in the air can be caused by
forest clearance and wood burning.
c other greenhouse gases
=> CO2 contributes about 50% to the greenhouse effect.
The other greenhouse gases are methane,
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide (N2O)
‘ ¦ethane
îis released during coal-mining
activities, oil exploration and when
vegetation is burnt during land
clearance, and agricultural activities.
‘ Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
=>comes from both natural and man-
made processes. For example, fossil
fuel combustion, burning rain forests,
human and animal waste, and the use
of nitrogenous and fertilizers.
cChlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
=> Found in fridges, air
conditioners, aerosols, etcetera. A
CFC molecule is 10,000 times more
effective in trapping heat than CO2
molecule, methane is about 30
times more effective. ¦ethane
molecules survive for 10 years in the
atmosphere and CFCs for 110 years.
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c CO2 Ȃ About half the CO2 released by

burning fossil fuels is absorbed by the
oceans.
c ¦ethane Ȃ As global temperatures become
greater, so large quantities of methane
stored in the frozen tundra of the north
may be released. Also, methane trapped in
the sea bed may be freed by temperature
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