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GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
· The greenhouse effect is when the earth traps gasses like water vapor,   carbon dioxide  ,   nitrous oxide   , and   methane   from the sun. Once global warming does its damage it can not be fixed. It is predicted that it will melt the polar caps and make the sea levels higher. This will cause people to move because major cities will be flooded. Also warm water will make different environments. Some places will turn into total deserts. Some places tempters’ will rise dramatically.

- The industrial revolution is part to blame for global warming. Factories and products like cars built in factories send fossil fuels into the atmosphere. Some farming practices and land use change increase the levels of methane and nitrous oxide. Deforestation also contributes to global warming. Trees use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen in its place. As more forests are logged for timber or cut down to make way for farming. Population growth is another factor in global warming because as more people use fossil fuels for heat, transportation and manufacturing the level of greenhouse gases continues to increase. As more farming occurs to feed millions of new people, more greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere. We will receive more hurricanes in the north because the water will be warmer and hurricanes form more often in warm water.
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There will be many effects of global warming on the local community. Massachusetts could be affected in many ways. Massachusetts is at a moderately high altitude. So the sea levels will not affect it that much however hurricanes will affect Massachusetts much worse. Some places in New England will be affected with milder winter and hotter summers. Lower parts of New England could be flooded by riseing sea levels,
 * GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS **



WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: One specific area of focus - My audience is people from reading but is also throughout the entire world. We can do many things to slow down global warming. One thing is we could drive our less to cause us to have less admission of fossil fuels into the atmosphere. We could use energy affiant light bulbs to help the environment and not se as much energy. The main think I think we should all focus on is getting solar panels. In my opinion they can help us the most and protect our environment. Using solar panel doesn’t only not emit fossil gasses into the air the create free energy for your home. The heat you are using for your home is usually bad for the environment. For example if you buy oil that is a fossil fuel. That eventually is burned used for heat but then goes into the atmosphere. Another example of an energy source that you may use in your home is wood. This burns and goes out you chimney witch is bad for the environment. If you get solar panels they will be cheaper over time then a normal home powered by oil. Oil right now is about $200 dollars a month. It is projected that oil will rise to about $500 a month very soon due to the shortage of the gas. To run all of this gas you need energy. For a average house solar panels would only cost $56,000 to $72,000. This would be an average of 18,000 dollars a year.

- Overall we have to stop global warming. If we do not we will have serious consequences. There are ways to stop global warming and all we have to do is act. My main suggestion is solar panels .Finally global warming is majorly important.
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