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You all know that there are many problems in the world. The biggest problem is global warming. The problem is Global warming. We are responsible for making the planets global temperature to rise and that is affecting a lot of other things. Global warming is going to keep getting worse and effecting many generations in the future, unless we do something to stop. The big part of global warming is being affected by green house gases. This is otherwise known as The Greenhouse Effect. This is when fossil fuels are being trapped on earth and warming up the earth. So the greenhouse gases rise to the atmosphere to only get stopped by the sun. The sun reflects them back down and they get stuck on earth. Some of the green house gases do escape from the atmosphere, but economy is bad, and many other things. But there is one subject that is causing earth to the majority stays on the earth. The four major greenhouse gases are made up of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), and other fluorinated gases. Carbon dioxide comes from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal. It also comes from burning wood and solid waste. Methane is produced and let out to the air when you produce and transport coal. Those are just some of the ways you can produce some fossil fuels. This is what we need to get rid of so the world temperature will stop rising. This is Global warmer on the big picture. Gases are getting stuck on Earth and rising earth’s temperature. People are responsible for this and we are the people that have to stop it. Even though we need these greenhouse gases, we don’t need an excess amount of them. There are many contributing factors to global warming. One is green house gases. They burn and go into the air and make the earth warm in temperature. Another, one is factories and industrial waste. The factories are burning fuel and stuff and putting all the left over stuff in the air. Driving cars is also a contributing factor. The fuel burns into the air. Global warming is affecting the whole world, but it is also affecting the area that we live in. New England is right on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Here are the projections that will happen if global warming gets worse; northward shifts of plants and animals because of warmer temperatures, Coastal erosion, loss of wetland habitat, increased risk from storm surges from sea level rise, decreased water quality, Increase vulnerability of infrastructure from extreme events such as coastal flooding, and lastly, increased incidence of disease and pathogens. One thing that we need to do is stop using so much of these fossil fuels like oil, and natural gas. The main leader of using gas and oil is driving in cars. We need to find alternative ways to use fuel to fuel a car. They have already created a hybrid, but that uses only half gas. I think we need to stop using unnecessary amounts of gas. We also need to stop driving so much. We need to find ways to walk around Reading. Like kids should walk to school or from school. There is so much traffic that is in the school areas, and all that gas is hurting the environment. If everybody walks to or from school or both, that would really limit the use of car use and the use of gas would decrease a little. Also, if you have to go to the store to get something, walk. Walking could also save money, but more importantly it will save the environment. What is also think we should do is carpool. If you live too far away to walk to school is think you should carpool. Because that means there is one lees cars on the road. Also, if the whole town did this that would cut the numbers of cars driving to school in half and that would help a lot. That could also decrease the number of fossil fuels we use. Instead of using heat to heat or house, we should start using blankets of real fire instead of heat. Using less oil will help global warming by not putting a lot of fossil fuels into the atmosphere. In my research I talked about Global warming. I told you what is causing global warming and I told you the affects of global warming. I also, told you how global warming is affecting the world as a whole and how it is affecting New England. I also told you how we have to stop using fossil fuels so much because the fossil fuels are making earth warmer. I also told you that we have to find alternative ways to make our cars run.

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