Enjoy learning about an important issue
that concerns people all around the world with this global warming
basics video from National Geographic.
Learn about climate change issues, fossil fuels, carbon dioxide, the greenhouse effect and more.
Over the past 2.5 million years the Earth’s climate
has constantly changed, shifting between ice ages and warmer periods,
but over the last century temperatures have risen unusually fast. Many
scientists think that human activity is the main cause behind these
temperature increases, a process known as global warming.
The burning of fossil fuels such as
oil and coal is known to release large amounts of carbon dioxide and
other gases into the atmosphere which then trap heat due to the
greenhouse effect. Many believe this will and possibly already is
having an affect on global weather patterns. As well as possibly having
a huge affect on humans, global warming could put many animal species
under the threat of extinction. Check out the video for more.
