Understanding Global Warming and How to Take Action

🌍 The Earth's climate has fluctuated for millions of years, but in the last century, human activity has caused a rapid rise in temperature known as global warming.

🔥 The burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal releases greenhouse gases, which trap heat near the Earth, leading to the greenhouse effect.

☀️ The sun radiates energy to the Earth, and naturally occurring gases in the atmosphere absorb some of this energy, causing a trapping of heat.

🌍 The greenhouse effect is being intensified by the extra greenhouse gases released by humans, resulting in global warming.

📈 Evidence for global warming includes a recent string of very warm years, with 1998 being the warmest year in history.

❄️ Arctic sea ice has declined about 10 percent in the last 30 years, indicating the impact of global warming.

🌍 Global warming can lead to rising sea levels, changes in weather patterns, severe droughts, and species extinction.

🌡️ Climate models predict varying impacts of rising temperatures, with some suggesting subtle changes and others indicating more severe consequences.

💪 Organizations advocate reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy-saving practices and lifestyle changes to mitigate the impact of global warming.