WELCOME TO MY PROJECT Ce Reng er Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects. Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s ore unprecedented in the instrumental temperature record which extends back to the mid-19th century, and in paleoclimate proxy records covering thousands of years. ferret tTHow global warming is caused? ‘+ Global warming oceurs when carbon dioside and greenhouse gasses collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation, Normally, this ‘radiation would escape ito space—but these pollutants, which cam last for years fo centuries in the atmosphere, rap the heat and eause the planet to get hotter, ‘+ The burning of fossil fuels to make electricity isthe largest source of heat-trapping pollution, producing about two billion tons of CO2 every year. C burning power plans are by far the biggest polluters.ers ROAT2ERMA/Dektop/ 3nd