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The Dynamic Earth. The Global Warming. I think that everyone of you have heard about the global warming, but if not, I'll tell you. Well, the Earth as an ecosystem is changing, attributable in great part to the effects of globalization and man. More carbon dioxide is now in the atmosphere than has been in the past 650,000 years. This carbon stays in the atmosphere, acts like a warm blanket, and holds in the heat - hence the name 'global warming.' The reason we exist on this planet is because the Earth naturally traps just enough heat in the atmosphere to keep the temperature within a very narrow range - this creates the conditions that give us breathable air, clean water, the weather we depend on to survive and this is called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse gases trap that heat in the atmosphere. But human beings have begun to tip...

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