Sea levels have already risen by 8 inches (200 mm) over the last 100 years. That might not sound like much, but as the oceans warm and glaciers melt, levels will continue to rise faster and faster. Before too long, many low-lying villages, towns, cities, and islands will be threatened by flooding. The Sun heats […]

More means that more fossil fuels are burned. This has led to a massive rise in the  levels of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere. China More than 100,000 babies are born in Beijing, China, every year. The population of China is about 1.3 billion people, more than four times greater than the United States. Russia […]

Greenhouse gases absorb heat from the Sun help warm the planet, which makes it possible for plants and animals to live. Most greenhouse gases are a natural of life. For example, humans out small amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. But human activities have caused some gases to build up too much. Many scientists […]

Millions of years ago, when plants and animals died, some were buried, crushed, and fossilized under the ground. Oil, coal, and natural gas are formed from these fossilized remains —this is why they are- called fossil fuels. When we burn fossil fuels we release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere as part of the […]

Earth was formed about 4,6 billion years ago its temperature has changed through history. it has warmer in the than it is today sometimes much colder. But it is the at which Earth is now up that is alarming. For the first time in history, humans, not nature, are the main  of Earth’s changing climate […]