Global Warning ad Climate Change

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Global Warming

  • Term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temparature of the earth’s atmosphere

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Greenhouse Effect

  • Is the process wherein radiation from the earth’s atmosphere warms

  • its surface to a temperature above what it would be in the absence of its atmosphere

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Burning of Fossil Fuels

  • When oil, gas or coal burns, carbon contained within it combines with oxygen in the air to deforestation

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Farming

  • Animals produces large amounts of methane.

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Improper Waste Disposal

  • Carbon Dioxide and methane are released during the decay of food.

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  • Burning Fossil Fuel

  • Animals

  • Improper Waste Disposal

Factors Which Contributes The Increase of Greenhouse Gases

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Effects of Global Warming

  • Rise of Sea Level

  • Loss of Habitats

  • Extreme Weather

  • Ocean Acidification

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  • Rise of Sea Level

  • Since the earth is heating up, ice caps and glaziers starts to melt

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Loss of Habitats

  • Since ice gabs and glaziers starts to melt

  • Species that live in that habitat start to migrate.

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Extreme Weather

  • Since the level of the sea rises, high levels of precipitation would occur.

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Ocean Acidification

  • Reduce the heat radiation in the environment

  • Help lessen the amount of CO2

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  • Recycle

  • Using Less Air Conditioning

  • Drive Less’

  • Use the OFF Switch

  • Plant Tree

Steps to Prevent and Ease The Problem of Global Warming

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Transnational Migration

  • It is a global phenomenon that is mounting in scope

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Migration

  • both a cause and effect of broader development processes

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  • Poverty

  • Overpopulation

2 Reasons Why People Migrate

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Poverty

  • Immigrants go to other countries

  • These people thrive to make money

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Overpopulation

  • These people migrate to other countries because they feel that there are no more space for them to live