What are Some Strategies for Slowing Global Warming?
Since the 1960s, scientists have observed a gradual increase in the global temperature. This is believed to be caused by the mass release of a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, produced by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas). If strategies for slowing global warming are not found, some scientists believe that it could accelerate at a runaway pace, melting the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, causing the world’s sea levels to rise 18 to 59 cm (7.08 to 23.22 in) by 2100. Other negative effects, including more intense hurricanes, is thought to be resulting from human-caused global warming. Numerous strategies have been offered for slowing global warming. These include quotas on fossil fuel production, energy efficiency and conservation, alternative energy sources, using fossil fuels that produce the least greenhouse gases (natural gas), carbon capture-and-storage (from the exhaust pipes of power plants), carbon sequestration (from the atmosphere itself), solar shades, socie
