Global warming is the gradual warming up of the Earth’s surface and an environmental problem that people are rapidly trying to fix. See our worksheets and facts for kids.
Earth is getting slightly warmer year by year. It's not really warming up noticeably—at least not in the short term. In fact, since 1900, the whole planet has warmed up only by around 1.1 degrees Celsius.[1]By the end of the 21st century, however, global warming is likely to...
global warminggreenhouse effectCO 2-emissionsglobal temperaturesclimate modelsfossil energyGlobal primary energy consumption amounts to 8.38 billion tonnes oil equivalent (OE) (1996) and is projected to increase by 1.3% per year for the industrialized countries and by up to 9.2% per year for the ...
The oceans absorb much of the excess heat that the greenhouse gas emissions trap in the atmosphere. This way, they reduce some of the effects of global warming at the expense of rising ocean temperatures—something that is highly detrimental to marine ecosystems. While the ocean absorbs around o...
Global warming, the phenomenon of rising average air temperatures near Earth’s surface over the past 100 to 200 years. Although Earth’s climate has been evolving since the dawn of geologic time, human activities since the Industrial Revolution have a g
Global warming, the phenomenon of rising average air temperatures near Earth’s surface over the past 100 to 200 years. Although Earth’s climate has been evolving since the dawn of geologic time, human activities since the Industrial Revolution have a g
Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are warming too' are examined to see what the science really
With disastrous global warming already part of the climate system, today’s children face a future entirely unlike that of their parents. Unsurprisingly, children can have many feelings about climate change, such as being anxious, frightened, sad and angry. In a recent survey of American teenagers...
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Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. There is great debat...