Background on global greenhouse effects/restraints
"greenhouse effect n. The phenomenon whereby the earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation, caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane that allow incoming sunlight to pass through but absorb heat radiated back from the earth's surface." (www.thefreedictionary.com)
Over the course of about thirty years the Earth's average temperature has increased by about one degree Fahrenheit, according to NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies. One century with current gas emissions could cause the Earth's average temperature to increase another four degrees Fahrenheit, which could mean disaster for everybody around the world.
Some potential effects of this increase in temperature include, but is not limited to, widespread coral bleaching which would cause considerable damage to sea life, melting of the polar ice caps causing a dramatic sea level increase, and a collapse of......
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