Category Archives: Global Warming

Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

You wake up abruptly as police sirens begin blaring outside of your home. As you stumble to turn on the light, you hear something being said on a bullhorn about evacuation. A minute later, air raid sirens join in the … Continue reading →

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Safe Water in Peril

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

More than one billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than two billion people live without improved sanitation. While these dire conditions already pose the greatest threat to environmental health around the world, global warming is set … Continue reading →

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Global Warming: Is it Happening?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Is It Happening? Yes. Earth is already showing many signs of worldwide climate change. • Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius) around the world since 1880, much of this in recent decades, according to NASA’s Goddard … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Basics

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

What causes global warming? Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun’s heat and causing the planet to warm up. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of … Continue reading →

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