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Earth and Human Activity: Human Impact
Impact of Continued Global Warming
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Impact of Continued Global Warming
Global warming is the long-term increase in Earth’s average temperature, mostly caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels and cutting down forests. These actions release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, which trap heat in Earth’s ...
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Global warming is the long-term rise in Earth’s average temperature caused by greenhouse gases. This change is already causing significant effects worldwide.
If greenhouse gas emissions continue, temperatures could increase by 5°C by the year 2100.
That’s more than the temperature increase that ended the last Ice Age, which was only ...
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