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Essay / Persuasive Essay on Global Warming - 1090
This is a reasonable point of view. Especially since the National Weather Service only began reading and relaying weather reports in 1849. In the grand scheme of how long we think the Earth has existed, this is not a period huge to know the weather conditions. Despite this, since we first recorded the weather, the drastic changes linked to many human activities are undeniable. Even though sea levels have risen over the past century, the rate at which they have risen has doubled over the past decade, according to NASA. We know this is due to two factors: the melting of glaciers and the expansion of seawater as it warms. The temperature has also seen an abnormal increase, becoming more significant over the past 12 years; do you already see a pattern? Some have suggested that this increase in temperature could be caused by the sun. This theory has been thoroughly researched and disproven. As previously noted, the hottest temperatures have occurred in the last 12 years. Over the past twelve years, solar production has declined, reaching its lowest level between 2007 and 2009. During this period of low production, Earth's surface temperatures increased further. An interesting fact is that only the first meters of the ocean