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Scientists agree the earths climate is being directly affected by human activity and for many people around the world, these changes are having negative effects. |
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Records show that 11 of the last 12 years were among the 12 warmest on record worldwide. |
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We've seen in the last decade about 7 of the warmest years on record have been recorded; and that's not just in Britain.It certainly suggests we are seeing an increase in the Global temperature. 
RICHARD BLACK - BBC Environment Correspondent
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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.
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Scientists just now are claiming it's due to all the carbon emissions we all produce with cars and factories; the carbon dioxide gas traps the sun rays and causes it to heat the earth. |
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Global warming is really dangerous and a serious thing that people are doing to the earth. We make it happen by travelling on a plane, car, train, bus and other transport. |
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 Should we think before we drive? |
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Coal burning power plants are the largest US source of carbon dioxide pollution; they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.
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Many people don't even think about global warming when they fly on a plane or go to work by car. But we do cause global warming by doing things we are used to. |
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