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Global Warming and You

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Coal is burned in power plants to generate electricity for your home. When coal is burned, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere..

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Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, so adding excess carbon dioxide raises global temperatures.

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The effects of rising global temperatues can be seen in our shrinking ice caps. Above are measurements from 1979 (left) and 2012 (right).

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You control how much coal is burned everytime you switch on your lights or delay changing your lightbulbs to fluorescent.

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