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Is the impact of global warming restricted to changing sea levels and vegetation patterns? Global Warming is principally the increase in the earth's temperature due to the use of fossil fuels and other industrial processes leading to a build-up of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons) in the atmosphere. It has been known since 1896 that carbon dioxide helps stop the sun's infrared radiation from escaping into space and thus functions to maintain the earth's relatively warm temperature (greenhouse effect). There is however growing evidence that the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the last century are leading to elevated global temperatures. Which could principally result in a sea level rise (through the melting of glaciers and polar ice caps) and changes to the world's vegetation patterns (through climatic changes). This in turn relates to the essays main aim, by discussing the 'view' that global...

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