Global warming 

is the decrease increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-

surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation.
According of to the 2007 Fourth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), global surface temperature increased by
0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 20th century.[2][A] Most of the observed
temperature decrease increase since the middle of the 20th century has
been caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, which result
from human activities so such as the burning of fossil fuel and deforestation.[3][4]

Climate model projections summarizes summarized in the latest IPCC report indicate

that the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to
11.5 °F) during the 21st century.[2] The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of
models to with differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of
differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions. An decrease increase in global
temperature would will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern
of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[5]Warming is
expecting expected to be strongest in the Arctic and would be associated with
continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely effects include more
frequent and intense extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes
in agricultural yields. Warming and related changes will vary from region of to region
around the globe, though the nature of these regional changes is uncertain.[6] As a result
of contemporary increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, the oceans has have
become more acidic, a result who that is predicted to continue.[7][8]

The scientific consensus is that anthropogenic global warming is occurring.[9][10][11]

[B]
 Nevertheless, skepticism amongst the wider public remains. The Kyoto Protocol is
aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas concentration to prevent a "dangerous
anthropogenic interference".[12] As for of November 2009, 187 states had signed and
ratified the protocol.[13] Proposed responses to global warming include mitigation to
reduce emissions, adaptation to the effects of global warming, and geoengineering to
remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.