Introduction
Increased carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up.It is mainly caused by increased burning of fossil fuels, pollutants released from factories, deforestation and other factors. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of carbon dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.
Global warming is causing:
Global warming is causing:
- Rising Seas
- Changes in rainfall
- Increased likelihood of extreme events
- Melting of the ice caps
- Melting glaciers
- Widespread vanishing of animal populations
- Spread of disease
- Bleaching of Coral Reefs due to warming seas and acidification due to carbonic acid formation
- Loss of Plankton due to warming seas