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Is the climate changing as a result of human activities?

The more time passes, the more we become convinced of this. Over the past 100 years, warming has averaged 1 °C, which is 60% of warming over the entire period of active human activity.

The gases formed during the combustion of fossil fuels, mainly carbon dioxide (carbon dioxide), contribute to the development of the greenhouse effect: the Earth's surface gives off an insufficient amount of heat into space and overheats. Of course, this is also facilitated by volcanic activity (6%), fluctuations in solar activity (4%) and a number of other factors (30%) that do not directly depend on humans.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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