Climate Change Paper University of Phoenix ENV August 1, 2016 Megan Lade

INTRODUCTION

All over the world we continue to see gradual climate changes potentially due to the activities humans carry out during our daily lives. Global warming is defined as the observed rise in the average temperate on Earth and its related effects. One of the major proponents of global warming is the increase of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Although without greenhouse gases (natural or man-made) our atmosphere would not be able to sustain livable temperatures. It is noted that greenhouse gases permit surface temperatures to be around thirty degrees higher than they would without the gases.

CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING

Our society has seen increases in global warming...