i need an overview of global warming?
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Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The term is also used for the scientific theory of anthropogenic global warming, which attributes much of the recently observed and projected global warming to a human-induced intensification of the greenhouse effect. In this theory, the increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released mainly by the burning of fossil fuels, and, to a lesser extent, land clearing and agriculture, are the primary sources of warming. The natural greenhouse effect keeps the Earth about 33 °C warmer than it otherwise would be; adding carbon dioxide to an atmosphere, with no other changes, will make a planet's surface warmer. Current research is attempting to further illuminate and quantify the processes and factors that can affect temperature change, especially positive and negative feedback mechanisms.
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"Are we destroying the earth with technology or is the earth doing business as usual"\nI suggest you track the changes scientists have found in the entire history of the earth, warming, freezing, wet and even effects of smoke from Krakatoa. Then compare what is happening now with pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer and ask the readers to make their own conclusion.
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Global Warming is a myth
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how about you go to yahoo, click on the news articles, go under the science and technology section, find an article, read it, and summarize it.\n\nI'll even make it easier, here's the link\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/i/1894;_ylt=AoPi1X_WmSzEuk4RZQjQO8Ss0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-
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1) What do you mean by "a climate graph"? Rainfall, temperature, air pressure, evaporative demand, humidity, cloud cover, incident radiation and a million other variables all combine to make up climate. You can't have graph that shows them all.\n\n2) Have you tried simply putting [canungra climate] or [ Lamington National Park climate] into Google? That seems to provide a hell of a lot of information without expecting to be spoon fed.
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http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/india/eco.htm\n\nThere is quite a bit of information here.
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http://www.ieer.org/ensec/no-5/globwarm.html\n\nhttp://www.tierramerica.net/2001/0311/conect.shtml\n\nhttp://www.epa.gov/climatechange/glossary.html\n\nGlobal Warming\nGlobal warming is an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface and in the troposphere, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. Global warming can occur from a variety of causes, both natural and human induced. In common usage, "global warming" often refers to the warming that can occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. See climate change, greenhouse effect, enhanced greenhouse effect, radiative forcing, troposphere.\n\n\nSource: 2006 U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: Fast Facts (PDF, 2 pp., 220 KB, About PDF)\nGlobal Warming Potential (GWP)\nGlobal Warming Potential (GWP) is defined as the cumulative radiative forcing effects of a gas over a specified time horizon resulting from the emission of a unit mass of gas relative to a reference gas. The GWP-weighted emissions of direct greenhouse gases in the U.S. Inventory are presented in terms of equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), using units of teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalents (Tg CO2 Eq.).\n\nConversion: Tg = 109 kg = 106 metric tons = 1 million metric tons\n\nThe molecular weight of carbon is 12, and the molecular weight of oxygen is 16; therefore, the molecular weight of CO2 is 44 (i.e., 12+[16 x 2]), as compared to 12 for carbon alone. Thus, carbon comprises 12/44ths of carbon dioxide by weight.\n\nSee radiative forcing, carbon dioxide equivalent.\n\nGreenhouse Effect\nTrapping and build-up of heat in the atmosphere (troposphere) near the Earth’s surface. Some of the heat flowing back toward space from the Earth's surface is absorbed by water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases in the atmosphere and then reradiated back toward the Earth’s surface. If the atmospheric concentrations of these greenhouse gases rise, the average temperature of the lower atmosphere will gradually increase. See greenhouse gas, anthropogenic, climate, global warming.7\n\nGreenhouse Gas (GHG)\nAny gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases include, but are not limited to, water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), ozone (O3 ), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). See carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride.7\n\n\n\n\ngreenhouse effect  a warming process that balances Earth's cooling processes and helps maintain an average global temperature of approximately 60 degrees Fahrenheit. During this process, sunlight enters Earths atmosphere as short wave radiation. The radiation is absorbed by Earth's surface. The planet becomes heated and emits long wave radiation toward the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, some of the long wave radiation is absorbed by certain gases called greenhouse gases.  Each molecule of greenhouse gas becomes energized and emits heat energy in all directions.  By radiating heat energy toward Earth , greenhouse gases increase Earth's temperature. Note that the warming mechanism for the "greenhouse effect" is NOT exactly the same as the warming mechanism of greenhouse walls. While greenhouse gases absorb long wave radiation then emit heat energy it in all directions, greenhouse walls physically trap heat inside of greenhouses and prevent it from escaping to the atmosphere.\n\ngreenhouse gases  certain gases in the Earth's atmosphere that absorb some of the outgoing long wave radiation, or heat energy (see greenhouse effect). These gases include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O).
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GLOBAL WARMING!!! this is a big issue. you could research a lot on that. or you could do the war in Iraq.
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Ok, I don't know why everyone has to be so rude. I wrote a paper on global warming and it was a real bear, so I feel your pain. It's not the easy issue you'd think, especially if you're trying to examine both sides of the issue. The media treats global warming like it's just a fact, while in reality global warming is a theory, one with many facets and holes. I'm not saying that it's not correct, but there are many unanswered questions. \n\nHere's some real help for you:\nhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html\nhttp://www.globalwarming.org/\nhttp://www.climatehotmap.org/\nhttp://weather.about.com/cs/globalwarming/index.htm\n\nPapers worthy of reading:\n\nBliese, John R. E., (2001) Facts and Myths about Global Warming: A Conservative Perspective. The Green Elephant Magazine, Summer Edition, 2001\n\nHoughton, Sir John (1997). Global Warming: The Complete Briefing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA.\n\nIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), (2001). Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, Technical Summary.\n\nSinger, Fred (2003). Global Warming: Fact or Myth. Environmental Defense, CapMAG, Washington, D.C.\n\n\nWhen you get around to finishing your paper, check out www.wordtechs.com for help proofing and polishing it to an "A."\n\nBest wishes,\n~Tia~\nYahoo Brainiac\nhttp://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate_rainforest
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It really sucks.  I just watched a report on 60 Minutes about this subject and we are in deep trouble.  They showed a picture of the arctic in 1979 and one just taken six months ago.  It is unbelievable how much ice has melted in just 26 years.  The most noted authority on this catastrophe said that even if we were to stop putting greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, it wouldn't change the fact that our global temperature will still rise.  It probably wouldn't rise quite as fast, but it will still happen because of all the gases we have already emitted.  We can only sove this problem collectively as a human race and not separately as nations.
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Mission Impossible:  HONESTY AND TRUE REPRESENTATION PLEASE.  As far as issues goes, lets see if the pres. can have the balls to say YES there really is GLOBAL WARMING!!  Not necessarily do anything about it but at least acknowledge it does exist would be nice.
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global warming per second celcius?
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Poverty, global warming, nuclear power, overpopulation, AIDS, terrorism, depletion of natural resources, American Imperialism
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According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during the past two decades.  As the earth grows warmer and more greenhouse gases are trapped in the atmosphere we will see changes in weather patterns and average seasonal temperatures.  Coastal flooding and severe storms will happen more often.\n\nThese sites should help you.
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Start with Al Gore's Inconvieniant Truth to get the big picture. Then if you can consider other people elsewhere besides where you live you would know they are being effected right now. The world is warming up and ice is melting everywhere. We should all be very concerned......
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How about the Immigration issue or global warming?\nBoth are highly controversial issues.