1. The Enviroment and Global Climate Change
From the list given, many of these are a reaction to the warming of the planet which is because of the increased level of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. ... When the sun emits its light energy, the earth absorbs it and warms the earth, this heat is supposed to be reradiated back into space but because of these green houses gases, the heat is trapped on earth, which in turn drastically changes the climate. The gases that trap the heat from leaving earth are: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and Chlorofluorocarbons. ... In the current day, which can probably be seen by most of...
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