ECOLOGY
HUMANS AND THE BIOSPHERE
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global warming
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climate changing
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temperature burning
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greenhouse gasses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Global warming describes the current rise in the average temperature of Earth’s air and oceans.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Global warming” refers to the rise in global temperatures due mainly to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. “Climate change” refers to the increasing changes in the measures of climate over a long period of time – including precipitation, temperature, and wind patterns.
Detailed explanation-3: -2) Earth’s average global temperatures have increased by 0.8°Celsius (1.4°Fahrenheit) since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975, at a rate of roughly 0.15-0.20°C per decade.
Detailed explanation-4: -Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.14° Fahrenheit (0.08° Celsius) per decade since 1880, or about 2° F in total. The rate of warming since 1981 is more than twice as fast: 0.32° F (0.18° C) per decade.
Detailed explanation-5: -Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people burn fossil fuels.