Welcome to Planet Earth!

"Things that normally happen in geological time are happening during the span of a human lifetime." National Geographic

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. The warming of Earth's surface and oceans over the past century is very well documented, and climate research shows that most of the warming in the past half century results from manmade greenhouse gases. In recent years, global warming has been the subject of a great deal of political controversy. As scientific knowledge has grown, this debate is moving away from whether humans are causing warming and toward questions of how best to respond. This website is deigned to find out some answers to questions about the causes, effect and solutions for global warming.