This document discusses global warming, including its reasons, effects, and what can be done to address it. It notes that carbon emissions and atmospheric CO2 levels have risen sharply since 1955. Global warming affects agriculture, forestry, water resources and health. To combat it, the document recommends reducing fossil fuel consumption, increasing afforestation, greening transportation, boosting renewables, and developing new low-carbon technologies. The overall message is that individuals must take steps to protect the climate.
In examining global warming, we will be looking at questions such as ?
Is the world getting warmer? ?
If so, are the actions of mankind to blame for earth’s temperature increases? ?
What can or should be done about global warming? ?
Are the potential resolutions to global warming worth the cost to implement them? ?
Despite this rapid increase in ? carbon emissions, only about ? half the carbon can be detected in the atmosphere. The remainder of the carbon dioxide is being dissolved in the oceans or incorporated into trees. ?