Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average

temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be
permanently changing the Earth's climate.
Global Warming Causes
Global warming is primarily a problem of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the
atmospherewhich acts as a blanket, trapping heat and warming the planet. As we
burn fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas for energy or cut down and burn forests to
create pastures and plantations, carbon accumulates and overloads our atmosphere.
Certain waste management and agricultural practices aggravate the problem by
releasing other potent global warming gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide. See
the pie chart for a breakdown of heat-trapping global warming emissions by economic
sector.

Greenhouse effect is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere

warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be in the absence of
its atmosphere. If a planet's atmosphere contains radiatively active gases
(i.e., greenhouse gases) the atmosphere radiates energy in all directions. Part of this
radiation is directed towards the surface, warming it.
On Earth, solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the
atmosphere to warm the planetary surface. The surface itself emits energy at the lower
frequencies of infrared thermal radiation. Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere. These gases also radiate energy, some of which is directed to
the surface and lower atmosphere. The mechanism is named after the effect of solar
radiation passing through glass and warming a greenhouse, but the way it retains heat
is fundamentally different as a greenhouse works by reducing airflow, isolating the warm
air inside the structure so that heat is not lost by convection.
If an ideal thermally conductive blackbody were the same distance from the Sun as the
Earth is, it would have a temperature of about 5.3 C. However, since the Earth reflects
about 30% of the incoming sunlight, this idealized planet's effective temperature (the
temperature of a blackbody that would emit the same amount of radiation) would be
about 18 C. The surface temperature of this hypothetical planet is 33 C below Earth's
actual surface temperature of approximately 14 C.[9] The mechanism that produces this
difference between the actual surface temperature and the effective temperature is due
to the atmosphere and is known as the greenhouse effect. [10]
Earths natural greenhouse effect is critical to supporting life. Human activities, primarily
the burning of fossil fuels and clearing of forests, have intensified the natural
greenhouse effect, causing global warming.

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that
change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate
change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of
weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme
weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes,
variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions.
Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent
climate change, often referred to as "global warming".[1]
Scientists actively work to understand past and future climate by using observations and
theoretical models. A climate recordextending deep into the Earth's pasthas been
assembled, and continues to be built up, based on geological evidence
fromborehole temperature profiles, cores removed from deep accumulations of
ice, floral and faunal records, glacial and periglacialprocesses, stable-isotope and other
analyses of sediment layers, and records of past sea levels. More recent data are
provided by the instrumental record. General circulation models, based on the physical
sciences, are often used in theoretical approaches to match past climate data, make
future projections, and link causes and effects in climate change.

Ito ay isang pulo, estadong-lungsod, na matatagpuan sa Timog-silangang Asya. Kilala

bilang "Computer Country" dahil sa kaalaman sa makabagong teknolohiya at Ito rin ay
tinaguriang isa sa Newly Industrialized Countries sa Asya.
Kabisera: Singapore
Uri ng Gobyerno: parliamentary republic
Mga tanim: rubber, copra, fruits, vegetables, orchids
Industriya: electronics, oil drlling equipment
Mamamayan: Singaporean
Wika: Chinese, Malay
Relihiyon: Buddhism, Islam
Kasaysayan
Ang pulo ay dating tinatawag na Temasek at bininyagan ni Prinsipe Parameswara sa
pangalang Singapura, nangangahulugang lungsod ng leon noong ika-16 siglo.
Noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig naman, mula Pebrero 15, 1942, napasailalim
ang pulo sa Imperyong Hapon. napabilang ito sa Malaysia hanggang Setyembre ng
taong 1963. Taong 1964, pinahayag ang kagustuhan nitong humiwalay dahil sa mga
pagkakaiba at noong Agosto 9, 1965 pinroklama ang kasarinlan ng Republika ng
Singapur.
Kultura
Singapore ay umuusbong bilang isang kultural na sentro para sa sining at kultura,
kabilang ang mga teatro at musika. Ito ay tinatawag na "Gateway between East and
West"
Singapore ay umuusbong bilang isang sentro Para Sa sining sa kultura, kabilang ang
mga teatro sa musika
Ang mga Lutuing Singaporean ay din ang de-kalidad na halimbawa ng pagkakaiba-iba
at kultura sa Singapore.
Mahilig sila sa maraming uri ng pagkaing-dagat kabilang ang mga alimasag, tulya,
pusit, atoysters. One paboritong ulam ay ang stingray barbecued.