Global Warming Effects

The effects of global warming in the 21st century and beyond is expected to be devastating, according to the summary of a scientific report published on April 6, 2007 the main group of scientists global climate change. And many of these changes have already begun. Global warming affects all people on Earth Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability [pdf] the report of Working Group II of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Pan...

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...