What are some causes of global warming and its effect on the south pacific islands?
Cause of global warming Almost 100% of the observed temperature increase over the last 50 years has been due to the increase in the atmosphere of greenhouse gas concentrations like water vapour, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and ozone. Greenhouse gases are those gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect (see below). The largest contributing source of greenhouse gas is the burning of fossil fuels leading to the emission of carbon dioxide.Deforestation is also a major cause. South pacific Islands- Last week, high tides drowned many causeways linking villages in the South Pacific island of Kiribati, forcing cars, buses and trucks to drive through seawater in its capital Tarawa. High tides and stormy seas have also caused problems recently in the Marshall Islands, Cook Island, Tuvalu and low-lying islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). This is the latest in a series of such flooding across the South Pacific in recent months, an occurrence that experts say is caused by rising sea levels du
