Global warming refers to climate change that causes an
increase in the average temperature of the lower atmosphere due to human interference, specifically the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor, and fluorinated gases, act like a greenhouse around the earth. This means that they let the heat from the Sun into the atmosphere, but do not allow the heat to escape back into space. The earth could not exist without the presence of greenhouse gases, because no heat would be trapped in atmosphere, so the earth would be extremely cold. Naturally occurring greenhouse gases are good but when people start contributing excessive amounts of them, the earths atmosphere warms to unnatural temperatures which causes, among other things, sea level to rise. Global warming also causes sea surface temperatures to rise, precipitation patterns to change. In order to prevent global warming and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, we should plant more trees, as trees can absorb carbon dioxide and releases oxygen efficiently. We should also buy recycled items and try to donate or sell items we dont need instead of throwing them if they are still usable. And last but not least use recycling bags while shopping instead of plastic bags.