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Global Warming Deforestation

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Forest loss and damage is the cause of around 10 of global warming. Wildfires and slash and burn agriculture release carbon dioxide that would otherwise be stored in the forest biomass into the atmosphere. Global Warming From Deforestation Google Search Global Warming Deforestation Cattle Ranching Deforestation puts human health and the health of our planet at risk. Global warming deforestation . Protecting forests helps to fight global warming protect biodiversity and promote sustainable development. Deforestation and Its Extreme Effect on Global Warming. Eighty percent of Earths land animals and plants live in forests and deforestation threatens species including the orangutan Sumatran tiger and many species of. When trees are burned this carbon returns to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Deforestation and climate change Burning fossil fuels in combination with destruction of carbon sinks due to deforestation and other activities has contributed to more and more carbon

Global Warming Ice Melting

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When they melt sea level isnt directly affected because this ice is already in the ocean. Weve all seen the pictures. Polar Ice Is Disappearing Setting Off Climate Alarms Inside Climate News It extends to almost 14 million square kilometers about the size of the USA and Mexico combined. Global warming ice melting . Sources of melting ice The main sources of melting ice are. An iceberg floats in Disko Bay near Ilulissat Greenland on July 24 2015. Since 1961 the world has lost 106 trillion tons of ice and snow. The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches worst-case climate warming. The ice covering is around 7000 feet thick. The Arctic used to be white but now its turning blue and absorbing more heat in a feedback loop. The massive Greenland ice sheet is shedding about 300 gigatons of ice a year into the. This is an area where the warm ocean waters that melt the ice have been out of contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years explains Paul

Global Warming Current Events

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By Stephanie Pappas February 20 2020 Global warming is the gradual heating of Earths surface oceans and atmosphere. Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975 at a rate of roughly 015-020C per decade. Nasa Climate Change And Global Warming Geologists discover massive extinction event 55 million years ago associated with tremendous warming caused by increase in greenhouse gases. Global warming current events . This current global warming trend is directly related to human emissions of greenhouse gases. Global warming is the long-term warming of the planets overall temperature. Scientists identify these extreme weather events based on the historical record of weather in a particular region. The science is clear. Loss of sea ice. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have reached 414. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA. The oceans great continent-wrapping currents each one moving as much water as all the worlds rivers comb