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The phenomenon of rising average air temperatures close to the surface of the Earth over the previous one to two centuries is known as global warming. Since the middle of the 20th century, climate scientists have accumulated extensive data on a variety of weather events, including temperatures, precipitation, and storms, as well as on factors that have an impact on climate, such as ocean currents and the chemical makeup of the atmosphere. These findings show that Earth's climate has changed on practically every possible period from the beginning of geologic time and that human activities have increasingly affected the rate and scope of current climate change since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Causes of Global Warming -  Green House Effect Several types of solar and terrestrial radiation are kept in balance to keep the Earth's average surface temperature constant. Since the frequencies of the radiation are extremely high and the wavelengths are relatively short—no...

About The following are some of the effects of climate change on oceans: an increase in sea surface temperature as well as ocean temperatures at greater depths, more frequent marine heatwaves, a decrease in pH value, a rise in sea level from ocean warming and ice sheet melting, a decline in Arctic sea ice, increased upper ocean stratification, reductions in oxygen levels, increased salinity contrasts (salty areas becoming saltier and fresher areas becoming less salty) changes to ocean circulation All of these changes have repercussions for marine ecosystems. The fundamental source of these changes is global warming induced by human-generated greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane. Because the ocean absorbs the majority of the increased heat in the climate system, this unavoidably leads to ocean warming. Because the ocean absorbs part of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (through carbon sequestration), the water becomes more acidic. It is estimated that th...