What is Global Warming?

We have read a lot of articles and papers about global warming. It is really happening and whether we like it or not we are part of this environmental issue. We might be just an ordinary citizen, but we can do something about it. But really, what is global warming? It is basically the increase in temperature of earth’s atmosphere, land masses and oceans. Global warming is caused by greenhouse gases mainly carbon dioxide which produced or emitted through various human activities. As a result, there are many environmental issues attributed to global warming like climate change. In recent decades there are increase in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. For this reason Southeast Asia which is known to be vulnerable to climate change has experienced massive flooding, landslides and droughts in various areas.

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