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Global Warming
Global warming is when there is a rise in the average temperature of where you live.
Global warming could mean the end of the existence of Earth because of its devastating effects. Global warming is clearly impacting rising sea levels, the melting of icecaps, and significant worldwide climatic changes. Global warming is caused by more energy arriving to the Earth than leaving. Earth gets hot on the outside if the sun is shining brightly, the reason for this is it is absorbing some of that solar energy.
However, not all of the energy is absorbed. Some energy is reflected back into space in the form of light. This reflection allows the earth to be seen as a star from other parts of our solar system, just like we can see the moon and other planets. Energy also leaves the earth in other forms like heat, for example, which is called infrared light. In order for our earth to stay the same temperature from year to year, the energy arriving at the earth (solar radiation) must be the same as the energy leaving the earth (infrared radiation)...