Global warming is

the thinning of the ozone layer over the polesCorrect answerYour answera fall in the level of the sea around the worldCorrect answerYour answera slow rise in the earth's average temperatureCorrect answerYour answerthe cooling of the earth's oceansCorrect answerYour answer

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Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane trap heat, so the lower atmosphere warms.

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The thinning of the ozone layer is ozone depletion, a different problem.

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Global warming is

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