Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist that was the first to say, in 1896, that the burning of fossil fuels may eventually result in global warming. He set up a relation between atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and temperature. He found that the average surface temperature of the earth is about 15 degrees C because of the infrared absorption capacity of water vapor and carbon dioxide which is called the natural greenhouse effect. Global warming has become a very complicated issue in the world. Scientists are warning more and more people everyday about the dangers from the accumulation of human-related greenhouse gases produced mostly by the burning of fossil fuels and forests. Many people believe that global warming is going to get serious and all the ice is going to melt. Others just think that the world will have a slight temperature change and everything will be the same. Global warming wasn't that big of an issue about 4 years ago, and throughout the years the topic has gained a lot more interest. My opinion on global warming is that it is a topic that should be taken seriously because you never know what could actually happen.
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http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html
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