globalwarming

=What is Global Warming?=

-The burning of fossil fuels has caused the emission of carbon dioxide -These emissions have caused a global rise in temperature -Hypothesis was first brought up by a Swedish chemist named Svante Arrhenius in 1896 -Abundant greenhouse gases in atmosphere (CO2, methane, nitrous oxide)àrise in global temperatures -1 degree fahrenheit in the last century
 * __What is Global Warming?__**
 * Basic Facts- Definition**
 * -**Gasses, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, have been being emitted into the atmosphere in large quantities for the past hundreds of years

-Link: [|Global Warming]

-Compared to visible light shining through the atmosphere, turning into energy and heat -Heat is not able to escape back out of the atmosphere -Most greenhouse gas emmissions caused by the burning of coal and natural gases for energy in buildings, as well as emmisions from cars and other vehicles
 * Causes of Global Warming?**
 * -G**ases create “a blanket over the earth, trapping heat in”

Link: [|Sierra Club]


 * More Resources:**
 * Watch an animated explanation of global warming on the BBC site [|here].