Clock Ticking Indonesian Rainforest

The Indonesian island of Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world and once boasted some of the most extensive and richest areas of tropical rainforest anywhere on the planet – but no longer.
It is estimated 60% of the total forest cover has been destroyed over the past 100 years, with the rate of [...]

The Cause of Global Warming

Causes

Components of the current radiative forcing as estimated by the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

Main articles: Attribution of recent climate change and Scientific opinion on climate change

The Earth’s climate changes in response to external forcing, including variations in its orbit around the Sun (orbital forcing),[14][15][16], changes in solar luminosity, volcanic eruptions,[17] and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. [...]

What is Global Warming ?

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation.
The average global air temperature near the Earth’s surface increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the hundred years ending in 2005.[1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes “most [...]