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But climate scientists looking at the data and facts agree the planet is warming. May 29, 2017 global warming is a phenomenon wherein there occurs a rise in the average temperature of the earths atmosphere and water bodies since the late 19th century and is still an ongoing process. Climate has changed when the planet received more or less sunlight due to subtle shifts in its orbit, as the atmosphere or surface changed, or when the suns energy varied. As i set to work researching and writing the global warming desk reference and not, of course, because i had any role in determining the weather, i was met with a november notable for springlike warmth. If youve been waiting for a book that gives actual facts in an easily checked form, youve found it. The inconvenient facts about global warming that al gore does not want us to know. Global warming is a rise in the surface temperature of the earth that has changed various life forms on the earth. Website of a german ocean physicist, stefan rahmstorf of potsdam institute for climate impact research, presenting a climate change fact sheet featuring. Throughout its long history, earth has warmed and cooled time and again. Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses. For example, kuhn, happer, feynman, et al, are quoted, discussed, and referenced.
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References a students guide to global climate change. This is a photo of earth taken by the epic imager on the dscovr satellite on march 29, 2017. It is a major aspect of climate change which, in addition to rising global surface temperatures, also includes its effects, such as changes in precipitation. Modern technologies has begun to curb the effects of global warming. Ancient evidence can also be found in tree rings, ocean sediments, coral reefs, and layers of sedimentary rocks. The facts and evidence of global warming are out there and it is not hard to find. These are all possible results from the increased accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, commonly called global warming, or global climate change.
Best book on global warming hoax and mythology i have read thus far. Apr 21, 2019 wrightstones book has two basic messages. A general overview of global warming and the science behind its understanding. On november 8, 1999, the high temperature reached 82 degrees f. Normally the earths temperature changes on its own, but due to industrialization of the last hundred or so years, human activity has sped up this process, and the results could be catastrophic. The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it 19 likes because, underneath all of this is the real truth we have been avoiding. This a book that deserves to be read and digested as good arguments are made and if nothing else, the book can serve as an effective devils advocate for those who may think greenhouse warming is. This is due to the larger heat capacity of oceans and because oceans lose more heat by evaporation.
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