What is Global Warming?

by Ng Jue Lyn

I’m certain you have heard of this term “global warming”.

What’s the fuss around it? What’s the hype behind it? Why is everyone talking about it? Are we getting paranoid? This is getting overrated!

Well, before we jump into any conclusions on whether it’s really overrated or not, this blog will attempt to explain to you – what global warming is all about, why it happens, how it affects the Earth (and that includes you and me), and if necessary, what can be done to stop it.

After that, I suppose it would be fair enough for you to make your own conclusions.

So, what is global warming, you ask? In the most commonly used sense, the term global warming refers to the gradual warming of temperatures across the world, due to the increasing concentrations of man-made atmospheric greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, or you may know it as CO2 (Weather Questions, 2010). What I can tell you is this, global warming is not something that is waiting to happen or appear at your front door, greeting you with a lovely smile. Global warming has already come.

Statistics are showing that the earth is indeed becoming hotter by the day. Global warming may not just be some fact that lies unproven. Our environment is witnessing these things happening.

As you continue to read through the other parts concerning the topic of global warming written by my friends, I hope that you would soon come to understanding on the big picture that global warming truly represents and is.

That way, you will understand what global warming really is.

References:

Weather Questions. (2010, November 26). What is Global Warming. Retrieved June 16, 2011, from Weather Questions: http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_global_warming.htm