What Is Global Warming

The world is heating up. The average temperature of the Earth's surface increased by an estimated 0.6°C in the 20th century and, according to the most recent projections of the Intergovernmental Panel  on Climate  Change, could rise 1.4 to 5.8°C above the 1990 average by 2100. Much of this predicted increase is attributed by scientists to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere.

The effects of such a temperature increase might include:

• more frequent extreme high maximum temperatures and less frequent extreme low minimum temperatures;
• a decrease in snow cover: satellite observations suggest that the area of the planet covered by snow has already declined by 10 per cent since the 1960s;
• an increase in the variability of climate, with changes in both the frequency and severity of extreme weather events;
• alterations to the distribution of certain infectious diseases; and
• rising sea levels.

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