Global warming is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities like burning fossil fuels. The effects of global warming include rising sea levels that threaten coastal areas like Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland, as well as more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Solutions to address global warming involve transitioning to renewable energy sources like geothermal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through individual and policy actions.

1. Global Warming: 101 Carlos Rymer Coalition for Global Warming Solutions

2. What Causes Global Warming?

19. The Effects of Global Warming

24. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland

28. Global Warming Solutions

30. Geothermal Energy

32. www.ase.org www.energyfuturecoalition.org www.realclimate.org www.njcleanenergy.com www.smartgrowth.org www.climategroup.org

33. “ Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something.” -- Joe Lieberman “ Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a consensus that we will face a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming.” – Al Gore “ All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.” – Barack Obama “ The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.” – Al Gore “ The good news is we know what to do. The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need, more are being developed, and as they become available and become more affordable when produced in scale, they will make it easier to respond. But we should not wait, we cannot wait, we must not wait.” – Al Gore

34. We Can Stop Global Warming if WE Act to do so. Join the Coalition for Global Warming Solutions! Contact us at [email_address] edu or 551-556-0189 Join the March to Stop Global Warming at www.stopglobalwarming.org