Climate change causing global warming

Where we live, we grow, and we are well, is all influenced by climate. Within a specific climatic niche, each species of plant and animal has adapted to live. Global warming has led to an average earth surface temperature increase of about 0.7 0C in the 20th century, according to the 2007 IPCC report. In Finland the annual mean temperature is predicted to increase by 2-6 degrees by the end 2100; increase in winter months of 3-9 degrees and summer months 1-5 degrees. Because of human activities changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere the climate on the earth is changing, such that it translates into changes in the climate.

Author(s): Edward Jeffry

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