The main cause is a phenomenon know as

the greenhouse effect. 01

Gases in the atmosphere, such as wáter

vapor, carbón dioxide, metane, nitrogen
oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons let the
sun’s light in, but keep some of the heat
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Causes
from escaping like the glass walls of a
CAUSES AND greenhouse.

EFFECTS OF
Human activities, like the burning of fossil
CLIMATE CHANGE flues have increased the amount of CO2
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in the atmosphere by more tan a third
Effects
since the Industrial Revolution.

The more greenhouse gases in the

atmophere, the more heat gets trapped,
strengthening the greenhouse effect and 04
increasing the earth’s temperture.

The rapid increase in the greenhouse

gases in the atmosphere has warmed the 05
planet at an alarming rate.