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What causes it?
Ever since the Industrial Global warming is causing icebergs
Revolution, human activities have to melt and glaciers to retreat.
added large quantities of greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere. These The emission of greenhouse gases from factories and
gases, such as carbon dioxide, vehicles has changed the climate drastically.
methane, nitrous oxide, along
with water vapour, form a blanket
around the earth, which traps the
sun’s energy, raising the earth’s
temperature. This is called the
greenhouse effect and it causes
global warming. Burning fossil
fuels, deforestation, agriculture, and
industrial processes are releasing
more and more greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere.
Climate change and natural Did you know?
disasters
A one-metre increase in sea level could
Most experts agree that humans displace tens of millions of people in
are responsible for the changes Bangladesh alone.
in climate and the consequent
rise in natural disasters. We I once heard a
are seeing more frequent and story of a man
more severe natural disasters. called Noah.
For instance, a study of the
daily temperatures in Europe
indicates that the duration of
heatwaves and the number of
extremely hot days in a year
have increased manifold. Global
warming is expected to cause a
rise in sea level, glacier retreat,
and extinction of some species
of plants and animals. Changes
in the pattern and amount of
rainfall may result in increased
flooding, on one hand, and
droughts and desertification,
on the other. Warmer seas are
likely to cause more violent
cyclones and storms.
What causes it?
Ever since the Industrial Global warming is causing icebergs
Revolution, human activities have to melt and glaciers to retreat.
added large quantities of greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere. These The emission of greenhouse gases from factories and
gases, such as carbon dioxide, vehicles has changed the climate drastically.
methane, nitrous oxide, along
with water vapour, form a blanket
around the earth, which traps the
sun’s energy, raising the earth’s
temperature. This is called the
greenhouse effect and it causes
global warming. Burning fossil
fuels, deforestation, agriculture, and
industrial processes are releasing
more and more greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere.
Climate change and natural Did you know?
disasters
A one-metre increase in sea level could
Most experts agree that humans displace tens of millions of people in
are responsible for the changes Bangladesh alone.
in climate and the consequent
rise in natural disasters. We I once heard a
are seeing more frequent and story of a man
more severe natural disasters. called Noah.
For instance, a study of the
daily temperatures in Europe
indicates that the duration of
heatwaves and the number of
extremely hot days in a year
have increased manifold. Global
warming is expected to cause a
rise in sea level, glacier retreat,
and extinction of some species
of plants and animals. Changes
in the pattern and amount of
rainfall may result in increased
flooding, on one hand, and
droughts and desertification,
on the other. Warmer seas are
likely to cause more violent
cyclones and storms.
