What is global warming? What are the likely harmful effects of global warming?
ScienceClass 8ICSEAnswered 28 Mar 2026
Answer
The trapping of radiation by the earth's atmosphere is known as the Greenhouse effect. Life would not have been possible without this process. Carbon dioxide and methane are greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide produces the maximum greenhouse effect. Due to an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere is gradually increasing. This is called global warming.
- It causes sea level to rise dramatically
- It could result in wide-ranging effects on rainfall patterns, agriculture, forests, plants and
- It has caused an increase in the melting of polar ice caps which has resulted in the rise of sea level
more quickly over the last century.
- If the temperature rises by more than 2 degrees it will be very
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