2. The term “global warming” refers to the increase
in the average temperature of global surface air
and oceans since about 1950, and to continuing
increases in those temperatures .
3. Global warming is caused by excessive quantities
of greenhouse gases emitted into Earth’s nearsurface atmosphere.
4. The effects of global warming are both
consequential and widespread, and will continue to
be catastrophic.
5. Solutions to slowing or stopping global warming lie
in mankind’s ability to slow and stop activities that
inject greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere.