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The Industrial Revolution introduced coal burning engines in trains, steamships and factories. This realesed massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the air.
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From 1800 to 2000, Earths average surface tempature has risen 1.4 degrees farenheit.
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Since 1900, the average sea level has risen seven inches and is still rising. This has caused coastlines to flood. 275 billion gallons of water are being melted into the ocean every 40 hours.
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Henry Ford invents the first automobile with a gasoline burning engine. This car was the Model T.
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In the last 25 years, the penguin population has decreased 33%. This is because the ice penguins live on is melting.
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In 2003, Greenlands glacier melting rate was one third of what is is now.
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In 2005, 77 cubic miles of ice melted into the ocean. The entire city of Los Angeles uses about one cubic mile of water per year.
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In the next 60 years, scientists predict that if the sea level keeps rising at the rate its at now, any house within 500 meters of the US coast could be flooded.
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By 2050, about one million species could become extinct due to Climate Change.
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By the end of the century, scientists predict that the sea level could rise three feet.
