Global Warming is caused

Greenhouse Effect: Widely associated with global warming

Greenhouse Effect: Widely associated with global warming

I don't think the green house effect is a good idea. If our temperatures are rising we need to do something about it fast. We need to make a change in this world.

Global warming is caused by the many gases we put into our air.

What to do

People would want to change their ways for when their children come into the world. I think that is a big reason why people want to change the environment.

I think it is because people our so different that is why there is opposition.

Barry's Response - It's been said before and I'll say it again. Our legacy is the most important thing we leave behind. Let's make it a good one.

When we explore "Global Warming is Caused," they're looking for answers, not lectures. We know gases like CO2 - carbon dioxide, CH4 - methane, and N2O - nitrous oxide trap heat.

Have fun with it


Let's start a shared dialogue. It identifies emissions, implies human responsibility, and emotionally connects future generations to the need for change.

Dialog could pivot from fear to curiosity to keep people engaged. Think of climate systems as improvisational dances between the sun, oceans, forests, volcanoes, and cities. Some steps are mysterious, and dancers influence tempo.

It's still physics.

As shortwave sunlight enters the atmosphere, it's absorbed, warmed, and radiated outward as infrared (longwave). Some of that infrared gets reflected back by greenhouse gases.

There's no such thing as a closed lab in nature. There's waxing and waning in the sun. The oceans slosh heat across continents (thanks, El Niño). Volcano aerosols make a temporary sunscreen. Land use changes make the Earth reflect less sunlight.

Uncertainty is part of science. It admits what it can't predict yet.

Here's where the storytelling revolution needs to happen. Participate instead of conforming. Here's a...

Challenge for young readers:

- What's the best climate model?
- Does nature clean the air better than taxes?
- Is it possible to balance freedom and stewardship?

For a Short Visual Experience Concept, create an interactive "Choose Your Own Climate Adventure" simulation:
- Players pick variables (CO₂ levels, solar intensity, volcanic eruptions).
- They run simulations, watch temperature graphs dance, ecosystems thrive or falter.
- No "correct" answer — only complex outcomes, just like real science.

Let's think like gardeners instead of judges. We don't slam a gavel down in science - we plant seeds, observe, learn, and keep adjusting when storms hit. 🌎 It's not just science - it's art, curiosity, stubbornness, and sometimes even humor.

Throw your own ideas into the discussion, like those below. Or, Search this site for more information now.

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by: Rake

Well, we have been discussing about this very topic for the past 10 or 11 years and still we aren’t able to bring down that rate of green house effect. Everyone is putting forward ideas which are now being tougher to implement practically.

From Barry - - I first heard about it in 1987, in an undergrad environmental physics course.

Rake - You're right, though: we've been debating greenhouse gases for decades. It is like planning a diet while building a dessert factory.

What's the real problem? Inertia meets implementation. Until the ice starts cracking, humanity moves like a glacier. Slow processes, like oceanic carbon uptake or forest regrowth, eventually lead to big changes. Don't lose hope - small, practical actions work better than big, grand declarations.
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by: vidhansiva

the picture is good illustration.this article gives the problems that world has facing and also it makes the each citizen work to avoid global warming.

From Barry - vidhansiva - Yeah, the illustration works. How come? We can react emotionally to shapes and colors when we use visual tools. As you rightly point out, good images make invisible things like radiation bouncing between CO2 molecules tangible, which motivates action.
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by: Sankar

a) I liked the imagery

b) The Climate change webpage was more educative with images and diagrams. The content was also long enough to admire the readers.

c) About Light Pollution and its effects on global warming

d)Steps taken in different countries by their respective governments to stop global warming

From Barry - Sankar - You're a champion of deeper exploration.
- I'm glad you liked the imagery.
- Yes, long-form content with diagrams feeds curious minds. We need stories and evidence in science.
- It's rare that light pollution is linked to global warming, but it can affect local ecosystems and even cause urban heat islands!
- Are there any international actions? There's a fascinating patchwork: Iceland taps geothermal, France leans nuclear, India goes solar, Canada mixes carbon tax and political grumbling. Different paths, same goals.
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by: AMMU

The picture is very nice. we are all have the responsibility for save our earth from Global Warming. this article gives usefull information about this topic. Thank you.

From Barry - AMMU - Your heart shines. Change is driven by responsibility, not guilt. Meteorology teaches us that local conditions affect global patterns. Earth's complex air-water-energy system gets closer to balance with each stream cleaned up, every acre replanted.
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by: antony john

this is very informative and easy to understand.it is interesting because, this article and picture helps us to take necessary action to avoid global warming.it is the needed to explore many websites like this to aware peoples. remedies for global warming

From Barry - Antony John - Informative and easy-to-understand wins. If ordinary people don't act, big theories collapse. Yes, simple explanations, repeated across communities, trigger collective action.

Wanna take a fun test? Watch stormwater run into the drain next time it rains. Just imagine where it goes. One act connects air, water, and soil health - and it's global warming.
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by: mcmario

I like the post details and the page is good too , i would be searching more more information on global warming , this is a real good subject and we got to get to know more about it . Thanks for this post

From Barry - Thanks, Mcmario, 'n don't stop digging! Science behaves like a river - it twists, carves, shapes landscapes. We move forward with every article, every question, every skeptical or hopeful reader.

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