In a nutshell, global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s air and oceans and its projected continuation. The reasoning behind the increase in temperature is likely caused by greenhouse gases and human activity like fossil fuel burning and deforestation. It is predicted that the increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the patterns of precipitation. Other effects include the retreat of glaciers in the Arctic, intensity of extreme weather, species extinction and changes in agriculture.
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies show that 2005 was the warmest year, exceeding the previous record set in 1998 by a few hundredths of a degree. Temperatures in 1998 were unusually warm because the strongest El Nino in the past century happened that year.
So here is the proposed question, is global warming an actual occurance that is continuing to get worse due to human activity or is global warming a natual occurance that the Earth cycles through every few decades?
The next few weeks will be dedicated to digging deeper toward the issue to finding a true solution.
