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Climate Questions: Who are the big emitters?
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,10/26/22-7:04AM , 131 Reads
Who made the global warming mess the world is now in? More than half of the world’s heat-trapping gases comes from three places: The United States, China and Europe.

And it piles up quickly at more than 2.5 million pounds (1.1 million kilograms) per second.
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The sun sets behind a coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Oct. 22, 2022. A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,10/25/22-5:38PM , 104 Reads
Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by 68% in vulnerable populations worldwide as the world’s “fossil fuel addiction” degrades public health each year, doctors reported in a new study.
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How do we know humans triggered warming? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

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Climate Questions: How do we know humans triggered warming?
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Mon,10/24/22-7:11AM , 93 Reads
Call it Law and Order: Climate Change. Scientists used detective work to pinpoint the prime suspect in Earth’s warming: us.

They proved it couldn’t be anything but carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels.

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How does carbon dioxide trap heat? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

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Climate Questions: How does carbon dioxide trap heat?
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Fri,10/21/22-6:59AM , 110 Reads
That carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases trap heat is something scientists have known about for more than a 150 years. The underlying concept behind climate change is simple enough that school children can replicate the chemistry and physics and so can you.
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