Global Warming Effects

If you decide to plant trees on Earth Day, it may be more efficient if you reside in Buenos Aires than if you live in New York. New study finds that tropical trees perform better when fighting against global warming than trees which grow in higher latitudes. "Our study shows that only tropical rainforests are beneficial, which helps slow down global warming," said team leader Govindasamy Bala of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Califo...

The average temperature on Earth is mesaured through a balance of the different forms of solar and terrestrial radiation. Solar radiation is often called "short" radiation, because the frequency of the radiation is relatively high, and the relatively short wavelength in the vicinity of the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Radiation from the earth, on the other hand, is often referred to as "long" radiation, because the frequencies ar...

Global warming is a major problem due to industrialization and development of mankind, in recent years. Hue and mourn have on global warming since the idea was first proposed. There are a lot of articles on global warming on the Internet and print media to provide more information on the causes of global warming. Here are some additional details about global warming. Global warming has been caused and is due to a number of different factors. G...

Global Warming is caused by many things. The causes are split up into two groups, man-made or anthropogenic causes, and natural causes. Man-made Causes Pollution is one of the biggest man-made problems. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution. Fossil fuels are fuels made of organic matter such as coal, or oil. When fossil fuels are burned they give off a green house gas called CO2. Also mining coal and oil allows methane to esca...

Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. The global average air temperature near the Earth's surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the last 100 years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes, "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very...