Global Warming: An Introduction

The phrase Global Warming has been in common usage for some time and usually refers to recent warming of Earth’s atmosphere,which also implies a manmade or human influence.

Earth’s atmosphere comprises many gases: oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide (hereafter abbreviated to CO2) and water vapour, to name a few. These gases are collectively called greenhouse gases

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Global Warming Brings Busy Year for Un Disaster Teams

The United Nations office that sends expert teams around the world to help governments deal with natural disasters was busier than ever in Latin America this year, a fact it at least partially blames on climate change.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said in a statement that a record nine missions were

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Global Warming Study Warns of Vanishing Climates

Scientists warn of disaster in biodiversity hotspots – Species ‘must evolve or migrate’ to survive

By the end of the century up to two fifths of the land surface of the Earth will have a hotter climate unlike anything that currently exists, according to a study that predicts the effects of global warming on local and regional climates. And in the

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Surge in Fatal Shark Attacks Blamed on Global Warming

Increase in human hours in sea water also responsible for shark attacks, researchers say

Three decades have passed since the movie Jaws sent terrified bathers scrambling out of the ocean. But as any beach lifeguard knows, there’s still nothing like a gory shark attack to stoke public hysteria and paranoia.

Two deaths in the waters off California

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Simple Ways To Prevent Global Warming

Global warming is the increase in average temperature of the earth atmosphere and ocean in the recent decades and it is projected continuation due to the buildup of green house gases causing green house effect. The earth’s average temperature is about 33 C warmer that it should be without the green house effect. Trouble is human activities are causing

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Global Warming Photos | Global Warming Pictures – Yahoo! News UK

FILE- This June 5, 2005, file photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows an adult male ribbon seal resting on pack ice in Russia's Gulf of Ozernoy on. The Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, sued the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in federal court

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Palin, McCain differ on global warming – Yahoo! News

Count Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin among the skeptical: John McCain's running mate isn't sure human behavior is responsible for global warming.

In an interview earlier this month with the conservative website Newsmax, she said of climate change, “I'm not one … who would attribute it to being man-made.”

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