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The average global temperature has risen between 0.4 and 0.8℃ since the late 19th century; scientists expect that temperatures may increase from 1.4 to 5.8℃ between 1990 and 2100.
This may not sound like much, but it could change the earth’s climate as never before.
At the peak of the last ice age, 18,000 years ago, ice covered much of North America.
But the temperature was only 3.9℃ colder than it is today!
Past climate change must have occurred slowly. If so, this allowed plants and animals to adapt to their new conditions or move somewhere else.
However, if future climate change occur as quickly as some scientists predict, plants and animals may not be able to react quickly enough to survive.
In 2001, a report on various projections of the sea level change was made.
It estimated that by the year 2100, the sea will rise at least 9cm and perhaps as much as 88cm.
The main cause of global warming is an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air.
This has an effect on the sea level, agriculture, the weather, and even the spread of disease.
In trying to slow global warming, there are long-term measures that have already been taken.
For example, 1n 1997, a conference was held in Kyoto and attended by many world leaders.
The result was the Kyoto Protocol, an important emission-related document.
In the Protocol, the leaders set clear goals for cutting emissions.
Countries with heavy industry and high demand for energy production still have a long way to go, however.
In 2003, America produced 23.9% of the world’s CO2; that’s 20 tons a year per American citizen.
China produced 14.5% of all CO2, but at a rate of only 2.7 tons per capita. Japan produced 9.4 tons per citizen, but only 4.9% of the world’s CO2. India produced almost as much CO2-4.4%, but at just 1 ton per citizen.
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