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THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Energy from the sun hits the earth then reflects off the ocean and continents and is then absorbed by gases in the atmosphere such as water vapor, CO2, and methane. The green house effect is necessary for our survival. This is because if we did not have the green house effect we would be extremely hot during the day and extremely cold at night. We would burn or freeze to death.

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
Scientists discovered that temperatures are slowly rising because of gases in the air and this is called global warming. The gasses that are responsible for global warming are methane and Co2.This could make glaciers melt and water levels would rise. It is concerning that temperatures are rising at a faster rate. This could eventually kill all living things on this planet. Since the temperature is rising at a steeper rate it will not belong before we are in serious danger. Cities could be underwater and animals could die because of the change in temperatures. Temperatures would eventually get high enough that we would burn to death. Some of the contributing factors of global warming are caused by humans. When people drive cars they are causing gasses to go into the air. Or when humans just do household chores that use electricity. Animals cause global warming to like how cows release methane gas into the air. CO2 and methane gas are very bad for the atmosphere. When humans breathe we release CO2 and that helps cause global warming. If we could cut down on methane gas by burning manure it would help the environment drastically. Burn fossil fuels cause CO2. Landfills cause methane gas. Cities like New York would be under water and vegetables would not grow because of floods and droughts. There would be more fires too. Less land to live on we would need to build more schools and it would cast a lot of money. There would be more extreme weather like hurricanes. Different animals would die off and these are the effects of global warming. Temperatures are rising in local communities which are bad for wildlife. It would be much hotter out.
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 * GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS **

** WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: Bus to school ** Schools could bus more kids to schools so instead of 200 cars you use 3 buses. We could also make the buses more energy efficient. Energy efficient bus might cost more but it would be better for the environment severely. When we drive cars it causes CO2 to go into the air and we should try to cut down on that and if all the schools do this it will be a much healthier environment. The average number of pounds of CO2 released from a car per year is 19.564. That is really bad because if you multiply that by 200 it becomes 3912.8 pounds this needs to be cut down. Plus it will save you money in the end because you will not have to pay for gas.

Schools should save money and the environment by buying hybrid buses. Methane gas and CO2 are destroying our environment and our environment will eventually destroy us. Remember that one car driving to school adds up so that is why kids should bus to school. However, buses are not very environmentally safe which is why electric buses would be better. I hope schools some day decide to save money and the environment and choose hybrid buses. == "  Climate Change Animation and Graph ” geology.com February 12, 2007 May 29 2009   == [] Monday October 23rd, 2006 Monday June 1st, 2009 EPA.com [] busworld 5/29/09 [] **Calculator Methodology** ** June 2nd 2009 ** []
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Earth day June 8, 2009
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