The Facts About Climate Change
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Climate change is defined by NASA as a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional, and and global climates. Scientist name the greenhouse effect as the cause, and human activity helped to increase this process. The greenhouse effect is when gases in the atmosphere trap heat. These gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons. Human activities that have contributed to climate change include burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil and clearing land. A panel on climate change concluded a 95% probability that human-produced greenhouse gases have greatly contributed to the past 50 years of Earth's increasing temperatures. The effects of climate change continue to be seen. The global temperature is rising. The average surface temperature of Earth has increased 2.12° Fahrenheit since the late 19th century. Along with the global temperature, the oceans are warming. The top 100 mete...