1. Global Warming
GLOBAL WARMING Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to nuclear war. ... Earth has a natural greenhouse effect due to the presence of CO2 and water vapor. ... Climatic zones shift by about 100 miles for each 1 C of global warming. ... The warming would be two or three times the global mean in high latitudes and less than the global mean near the equator. ... Global heating also alters other climate parameters. ...
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