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= THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT  =

The Greenhouse Effect is what keeps the earth warm at night when the sun isn’t out. Light comes from the sun and passes through greenhouse gases like water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and carbon dioxide. These gases can come from deforestation, CFCs, oil and petrol engines, and cows. At night, the gases trap the sun light so it keeps earth warm at night.

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
== Global Warming is when the sun heats up the earth because the ozone layer is damaged because of other gases. The heat is absorbed by earth’s atmosphere and is trapped in at night by greenhouse gases. As the earth becomes more polluted, more heat gets in and is trapped by the greenhouse gases and it causes climate change on earth. The graph shows the temperature changes from 1880 to 2009. ==

** GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS [[image:2.jpg width="199" height="281"]] **
== Some contributing factors to global warming are deforestation, which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, gases from cars, pollution from humans, and increased cattle production, which leads to deforestation to give them a home, methane production from their burps, and use of fossil fuels to get power for the farms.  ==

==** GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS ** Since New England is on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean coastline, it would be affected a lot. First, the sea level would rise and flood cities right on the coast of the Atlantic. Next, the climate would rise a lot both during the day and at night if greenhouse gas production keeps rising. ==

** [[image:3.jpg width="170" height="183"]] WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: One specific area of focus **
= ** Cars are one of the most greenhouse gas producers. They use gas and release polluted air. This air goes into the atmosphere and breaks down the ozone layer. This lets in more sunlight and warms the earth. One possible thing people can do to prevent global warming is buy a hybrid for their next car. It decreases the pollution of a normal car that runs **** on gas or diesel. The car below is an electric car plugged into a charger. ** Hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius produce 90% less pollutants than normal cars. With this improvement, less harmful chemicals are released into the environment and could possibly stop global warming. Also, the prices of hybrid cars may be higher in some cases, but it is worth it because the gas prices are high and with the normal cars, they use a lot less gas. = =   =

My research has showed how different the world can be if everyone bought a hybrid or electric car the next time they buy one. They may cost more, but they use a lot less gas. They also have little gas emissions and are a lot better for the environment. Hybrid cars also have the same speed and don’t have any major disadvantages to gas powered cars.
 * A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESEARCH **

"Global Warming."__English Across the Curriculum.__ 2008. June 1, 2009< []>
 * BIBLIOGRAPHY **

“geology.com” __Global Warming Graph and Map Information__.2007. 6-2-2009 < [] > == The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia “Fact Monster” __global warming.__ 2007. June 2, 2009 [] > == == Doug Powell “BarfBlog” __Do happy cows make happy milk?__ 2009. June 3, 2009< [] > == == Josh Calkins “Green Car Planet” __ Volvo Announces Plug-In Hybrids For 2012 __ 2009. June 3, 2009<[] > == == Jason Damas and Ross Schendel “Labelscar” __New England Map__ 2006-2009. June 4, 2009< [] > == ==Hybrid car organization “Hybrid car facts” __Hybrid car information and resources__ 2004. June 4, 2009 <[]> ==