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Global warming is caused by the build up of gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide and methane, which form a sort of blanket over the Earth, trapping in heat that would normally escape the atmosphere. The leading greenhouse gas... [more]

Global warming is caused by the build up of gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide and methane, which form a sort of blanket over the Earth, trapping in heat that would normally escape the atmosphere. The leading greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide, a pollutant emitted from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural has. While it is true that there has always been some natural climate variability, the changes that are currently underway are unlike anything that has been seen before. Record levels of carbon dioxide are having a far reaching change over our weather, sea levels, and climate.

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... of much marine life and a source of household materials in Europe and Africa, face a mounting threat from global warming, a report said on Friday. ...  
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We blame global warming for a lot of things, but making our planet cuter is not one of them. That could change with the recent news from the Environmental ...  
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Senate Republicans blocked a new effort to obtain Bush administration documents on global warming -- and did so today by doing nothing. ...  
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ASHEVILLE – Little of the pollution from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal-fired power plants makes its way into North Carolina, a witness for the ...  
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The witness panel for this field hearing on "the economics of global warming" is full of Connecticut people, including officials with United Technologies ...  
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The latest California regulation defines the pollution standards as a fuel requirement, a strategy state regulators say does not require them to get federal ...  
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These were some of the results that Beijing citizens reported at the start of a plan imposed by the government to help reduce the heavy air pollution that ...  
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More dialogue is key to understanding global warming and developing the best means of dealing with the important questions surrounding the phenomenon. ...  
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... and industry professionals will learn state-of-the-art techniques to prevent and mitigate stormwater pollution at the seventh annual StormCon, ...  
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