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Global Warming Is It Trur Or Is It A Myth

Introduction
For many decades, scientists, meteorologists and climate experts have been advising the public of global warming and the effects it would bring to the planet. Recently, these concepts of the Earth’s temperature increasing and its effects have been considered to be contrary to what has been happening in the world today. So much so that many are now questioning whether global warming is as much as a concern as what scientists have stated, and even wonder if the concept of global warming is just a myth. In this paper, a brief summary of the global warming issue will be presented. It will then provide evidence supporting that global warming is present in the world today and how human activities plays a major role on this issue, as well as why certain predictions made by experts in reference to the effects of global warming have been subdued.
The Global Warming Issue
In order to determine the validity of whether global warming is a myth or otherwise, the issue of global warming as how it was initially presented must be explained.
The Earth’s atmosphere is composed of a number of gases, including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. These gases trap energy coming from the sun. This is termed as the “Greenhouse Effect.” It is this greenhouse effect that made life possible on planet Earth (Buchdahl, Twigg & Cresswell, 2002).
The problem of global warming began during the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel in the form of coal and petroleum were being burned to provide electricity and energy, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This caused the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to increase. Because of this, more solar energy is trapped by the Earth’s atmosphere. This brought the rise of the global warming issue (Ramanathan, 2006, Wang & Oppenheimer, 2005).
Experts have alerted the public of this concern by addressing the possible changes to the climate and how it will affect the ecology of the planet. Among these...