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By Martin Price, Saira Aslam, and Nour-El-Din Hesham
==Global warming is one of the main global conflicts. Governments and scientists around the world are racing to discover if this potentially deadly heat increase can be stopped and fast. World leaders like President Obama have already passed laws and regulations to help fight global warming. But there is much to be done and everyone who leaves behind a "carbon footprint" needs to decrease their use of energy consuming products and fast. ==

===There are many things that cause global warming. One of the biggest causes is due to the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is when vehicles, power plants, and factories release greenhouse gases into the air. Those gases then get trapped in our atmosphere and cause global warming. Even though the temperature of Earth naturally goes up and down, people cause climate changes to go to extremes. Since 1950, man-made greenhouse gases have caused most of the global warming on our planet. ===


 * Effects of Global Warming **

===Global warming is also leading to things like disease. Shorter and warmer winters mean more disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks. Mosquitoes carrying Malaria in Africa will start heading north towards Europe. The increase of temperature caused by global warming increases the population on plague by 50%. The rising heat will also have effects on certain plant growths. Poisonous plants such as ragweed and mold thrive in hot and wet conditions. Without the cold, long winters to help kill them off or to stop their advancement north. ===


 * Dangers **

===The change in our environment will also have large affects on us. As the Earth gets hotter, the plants we farm for food will grow faster and loose their nutrients value. As this occurs, humans will have to eat more media type="youtube" key="Jxi-OlkmxZ4?fs=1" height="335" width="415" align="left"of the grown foods in order to reach the same nutritional value. Animals like insects and herbivores will also need to eat more which in some cases, will affect how much food we have to harvest for us. We can't use pesticides to slow down the insects because those chemicals cause more harm than good. ===


 * Who Does This Effect?**

===Almost every species can and will be affected by global warming in the future, including humanity. Our actions have been unnaturally heating the earth for decades, and yet our species is extremely threatened by it. Humanity is all over the globe, coast to coast on almost every land mass and continents. Since we consume the most resources out of any other animal on this planet, and are the least dependent without technology, we are possibly the most at risk. When we run out of oil or coal, we will have no auto-transportation, or heat for our houses in the winter. ===


 * How It Can Be Stopped **

===The effects of global warming can be scary, but there are ways we can stop or slow down global warming. Decreasing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions is a big step towards stopping global warming. Studies show that yearly, American factories, cars, power plants, and agriculture emit seven billion tons of greenhousemedia type="youtube" key="imTgqbQjT-c?fs=1" height="224" width="305" align="right"gases. These are mainly oil, natural gas, and and coal. Driving hybrid cars instead of conventional vehicles can make a difference. Hybrid cars are more energy efficient than conventional cars because they use less fuel. They also do not use as much of the earths natural resources such as oil. ===

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