What exactly is global warming?

I have heard that we are causing global warming by being careless with planet earth, but I don't know what global warming is doing or what is it going to do to our world.

Answer:
Global warming means increase of atmospheric temperature than normal this is due to following reason:-
In atmosphere concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) is increasing day by day.
In natural cabon cycle atmospheric carbon dioxide is normally removed by two major sinks -green plants and oceans as the plants are reduced due man made activities so level of carbon dioxide in atmosphere is increasing .carbon dioxide acts as glass of green house as carbon dioxide is transparent to shorter wave length radiation of sun but carbon dioxide absorb the longer wave length radiation reflected from earth so atmospheric temperature is inceasing and ice on poles gets melted and it will increase the sea level so many costal cities will submerge as well temperature increase so it will make very dangerous situation on earth.
let's just say that it's really bad for the earth. like really really bad. we're all gonna die sometime soon cus' of us literring, and smog and everything.
since we are using up so much gas and electricty and stuff we are slowly heating up and polluting our planet, and melting the ice caps in the poles
Global warming is a big fat global scam.
I pasted this from one of my other answers:

Some believe that man has put too much CO2 and other Greenhouse gases into the atmosphere causing it to retain more heat over time. Personally, I don't believe this to be the case, but that doesn't stop me from doing my part to help the environment.

Things you can do to help the environment are, not so coincidentally, also the same kinds of things that will allegedly slow down GW:
Conserve energy - changing driving habits, car-pooling, efficient cars, energy-saving home appliances, reassessing your heating and cooling needs, and many more...
Reducing consumption - reassess your true needs - the less you consume, the less energy expended by factories, farms, and transportation; the more resources available to others who may not be fortunate to have plentiful resources; grow your own produce, buy locally, buy in season; buy used, recycle, sell, or give away items you no longer have a need for; again, many more...

Keep in mind that some people will do more than you, some quite a bit less or not at all. Don't let that distract you from doing the best you can. When you can, volunteer your time or resources towards the environment. Many neighborhoods organize in an effort to make your portion of the community as clean and green as possible.

You don't have to wear the environmental equivalent of a "hair shirt" or take some vow of poverty. Maintain the priorities in life that make you feel purposeful, just try to include a concern for the planet we all share.
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation.

Global average air temperature near the Earth's surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.3 ± 0.32 °F) during the past century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes, "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations,"[1] which leads to warming of the surface and lower atmosphere by increasing the greenhouse effect.
It's part of a natural climate change. At times the earth heats up, and at other times, it's cools dramatically.
Look here :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/global_warm...


someone here has copy the definition without show the direct link.You have there all you need to undersantd what's global warming.
http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/gw...

That is an English site so no smell of Republican or Democrat about it.

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