The changes to
our planet as a result of global warming are apparent for all to see: the receding glaciers in temperate climates, the reduction in rainfall and advancing deserts in Africa and the lakes in the Mideast and Asia that are virtually disappearing.
Not exact matches
These models currently predict that
as a
result of today's
global climate change, Antarctica will
warm twice
as much
as the rest
of the
planet, though it won't reach its peak for a couple
of hundred years.
There is some debate about when the «Little Ice Age» — the last time when
global average temperatures were falling — ended, but it is well documented that glaciers started receding around that time
as a
result of the relative
warming of the
planet.
The /
planets species by 2050
as a
result of global warming.
Global warming refers to an increase in the average temperature
of the Earth
as a
result of the greenhouse effect, in which gases in the upper atmosphere trap solar radiation close to the
planet's surface instead
of allowing it to dissipate into space.
BUT the record shows us that extreme weather events have NOT become more frequent or intense
as our
planet has
warmed, so there is pretty good evidence that these events do not become more frequent or intense
as a
result of global warming.