Global Warming What is Global Warming? Global Warming is described as the progressive gradual rise of the earth's surface temperature thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect and responsible for changes in global climate patterns. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth's surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to become warmer. The greenhouse effect is what is causing the temperature on the …showed first 75 words of 1374 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1374 total…unchecked global warming could also cause the air to be hotter and filled with disease. If people try to help out, the ozone layer will stay healthy longer. Unless we act now, our children will inherit a hotter world, dirtier air and water, more severe floods and droughts, and more wildfires turn up the heat. We have the knowledge to deter global warming, but we must act now in order for it to be effective.