Global warming facts

The atmosphere traps heat.

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.

The earth's climate has been changing for 5 billion years.

Scientists think that the sea is getting higher because melting glaciers add more water to the sea.

Humans started to add lots of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere in the Industrial Revolution.

Riding in your car sends greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

scientists study sediments, ice, and tree rings to learn more about past climate.

Plants and animals have been able to adapt to climate change in the past because past climate changes have been slow enough for them to adapt.

We can help to slow global warming by saving electricity, planting trees, and recycling.
The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere.

I hope to learn more about Green house gases and global warming.