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Article: Global warming; the controversy heats up. (includes teacher's guide)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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What's going on here? If you think that the facts about global warming might suggest that reality is somewhere in between these two extreme views, you and a majority of scientists are in agreement.
Heating the Greenhouse
Global warming is the predicted result of the "greenhouse effect," created by a buildup of so-called greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide ([CO.sub.2]) and methane, in thee atmosphere. The increase in these gases in thought to be caused by industrialization, especially the use of fossil fuels such as oil and coal. These gases are said to act much like the glass in a greenhouse: They let sunlight in and keep the heat from ...