Maine Sunday Telegram: In recent years, carbon dioxide gas has received a lot of attention. The biggest source of CO2 comes from fossil fuel combustion, which contributes more than 13 trillion pounds to the atmosphere annually. CO2 traps heat, and so this increase in atmospheric CO2 is the reason that Earth's average temperature is warming. If this warming trend continues, average temperatures will continue to rise at least an additional 2 to 8 degrees in the next 90 years, and Maine's climate will be similar to...
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