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__ GO GREEN! __ = = = = = = =__THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT__ = = = =The greenhouse effect  is the rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the  atmosphere  trap energy from the sun. How this all works is that the sun’s energy or heat, hits the earth, but not all of the energy stays in the earth and is bounced back up to the atmosphere. Some of the energy travels back up to space, while the other energy gets caught in the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing the earth to heat up. =  __THE **BIG** PICTURE__  So you would think this greenhouse thing is good because if it wasn’t for this process we would all be freezing right? Well that statement is true, the greenhouse effect is good for us, however times this process by ten and we got a very hot earth, and that is exactly what is going on, this effect is beginning to get too strong and our world is progressing to heat up more and more. An example of a cause of the effect being too strong is that in Antarctica the huge ice masses are being to melt causing the sea level to raise. This is a big problem because many major cities near the ocean, New York for an example, will be almost completely submerged in water if the seal level continues to rise.  There are many contributing factors to Global Warming, one of them is cars. Cars run on gas however when your tank hits empty all that liquid had to go somewhere in order to be empty. Where it went is in that “smoke like” substance coming out of your exhaust pipe, which is now carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps our heat. However since cars are creating this gas were getting a surplus amount of it and it is trapping to much heat causing the earth to heat up. So those big vehicles like buses, trucks and so on use 5 times more as a small cars, therefore there is a lot more carbon dioxide being produced than needed. Other things, like cars, that contribute to global warming are: 
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 * Factories
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Power plants
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Farms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Industrial Sites

<span style="display: block; font-size: 15pt; color: rgb(0,255,255); text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 15pt; color: rgb(0,255,255); text-align: left;">__LOCAL EFFECTS__ ** Global warming also is affecting our local area containing New England and our little town of Reading. How this will affect New England is that New England is completely surround by water, therefore many weather related storms are created on the ocean, such as hurricanes. The cause of Hurricanes is when the water is warm enough to put enough heat and moisture into the atmosphere above which is the fuel to start a hurricane. How does this relate to New England? The answer to that question is very simple; the rise in temperature is causing the huge ice masses to melt, therefore is causing the sea level to rise and increase in temperature; this is good to creat hurricanes, which we don’t want. Having all things considered the rise in temperature is creating a better probability for Hurricanes to be more up north, where we are located. Another big effect it has on us is that our city, Boston, will completely submerged under water by 2116 and New England and Reading aren’t that far away. If Boston can be that flooded, then what will happen to the rest of New England?
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 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; color: rgb(217,217,38);">__What can you do to help the environment?__ **
 * One small thing you can do to help the environment, which will make a //BIG// difference, is simply changing an ordinary light bulb to a ** compact fluorescent light (CFL). First of all, the reason why you should replace your incandescent light bulbs with the conserving less energy light bulbs, the CFL’s, is because it eliminates the build up of carbon dioxide, which is a green house gas. Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas that contains all the heat to keep the earth warm at night when the suns not in the sky. Therefore more carbon dioxide means more warmth, causing the ice masses to melt and so on. How electricity is linked to all of this is that they burn coal to create energy, and burning coal gives off carbon dioxide. As a result, using more energy means burning more coal, therefore meaning more carbon dioxide build up and a hotter planet. So, just replacing one 60 watt incandescent light bulb with a CFL will save you $30 over the life of the bulb. I mean how great is that, saving more money //and// helping the environment. Plus, CFL’s use over 2/3’s less energy, last 10 times longer than an incandescent light bulb, and gives off 70% less heat, which is good for those hot summer nights. Also, if every U.S. family replaced one regular light bulb with a CFL, it would eliminate 90 billion pounds of greenhouse gases, the same as taking 7.5 million cars off the road, how //cool// is that!

<span style="font-size: 15pt; color: rgb(255,0,0);">__Summary__ This website is all obout Global Warming. It's about how can you contribute to the community and worldwide to help our planet. Also it explain what the greenhouse effect is and how it is good, but when it is too strong it can be deadly. Also this website goes over the " Big Picture" which is how does this effect contribute to our community and what we are doing as people to destroy it. All in all this website is mostly explaining the concept of global warming.

June 1, 2009. http://www.climatechangeconnection.org/Science/Greenhouseeffect_diagram.htm
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“About.com”.__Environmental Issues.__ June 4, 2009. http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/tp/globalwarmtips.htm