Explain climate change and why it is considered a hot issue

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Assignment Problem: In 500 words, explore one human and one natural factor leading to a warming planet. Using the table below, choose one factor from each list. In your own words from what you learned from the textbook, lectures and your own research: answer the questions after the table. Submit your answers for each of the prompts below the table. Support your key points with reputable scientific references.

Human Factors
Natural Factors
Deforestation
Volcanic Activity
Increased greenhouse gases due to the burning of fossil fuels
Variations in the sun's energy, sun flares and sun spots
Increased aerosols in the air
Galactic cosmic rays
Increased methane due to agriculture
Variations in Earth's tilt Milankovitch cycles
Ozone pollution
El Nino Southern Oscillations

Question 1: Explain climate change and why it is considered a hot button issue.

Question 2: Summarize and explain each of your chosen options (one human and one natural factor).

Question 3: Explain how the factors that you chose contribute to increasing global warming.

Question 4: Of the factors listed above which is the greatest cause of global warming / climate change and why?

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