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Global warming is caused by While experiencing some of the

human activities like burning hottest summers on record,

fossil fuels, deforestation, and much of the United States has

farming. also been experiencing colder-

One of the first things the IPCC than-normal winters. One of the

learned is that there are several most dramatic effects of global

Mona Ali – 5G greenhouse gases responsible warming is the reduction in
T them in a variety of ways. Most low extents in both the fall and
Arctic iceberg. It hits record-
for warming, and humans emit
here was a girl named Maria replied: "Are you stupid?

winter of 2015 and 2016, mean-
Emma, her dream was to Of course it won’t answer!" But
come from the combustion of
ing that at the time when the ice
explore the forest near guess what? The tree answered!!!
fossil fuels in cars, factories
that was near her house.
was lagging.
One day, her parents went to the It said: "Hi, Emma and Maria how and electricity production. The is supposed to be at its peak, it
gas responsible for the most
are you?" Emma answered: "Fine,
doctor because Emma’s sister, Lu- can I ask you a question?" warming is carbon dioxide.
cy, was very sick and they left Em- nother major cause

ma alone. The tree: "Yes, of course, you can.
What is it?" is deforestation is
Emma was very bored, so she went clearing Earth's

to her neighbor’s house, Maria. Emma asked: "Why are you differ- A sts on a mas-
fore
They started thinking about explor- ent than all the trees in the forest?" sive scale, often resulting in

ing the forest and they agreed to it. The tree: "Because I'm a magic damage to the quality of the

When they went to explore it, they tree and you are the only two girls land. Forests still cover about

found a very strange tree, it was a that saw me. You are very coura- 30 percent of the world’s land
snow tree during summer. As soon geous!" area, but swaths half the size of

as they saw it Maria felt very The tree gave them a present. She England are lost each year.
scared and was hesitant about ex- also told them to visit her every The world’s rainforests could

ploring, so Emma told her: "Maria week, and she will give them gifts completely vanish in a hundred

our dream was to explore this for- every time. They kept visiting her, years at the current rate of de-

est, and now when we are finally and she kept her promise and gave forestation. Extreme weather is

exploring it you want to go back? them presents every time they vis- an effect of global warming.
Of course, we won’t do that. Let ited her.

me talk to the tree."