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Question
What causes the rise in atmospheric temperature?
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Solution
With activities industrialization, deforestation, excess burning of fossil fuel, the concentration of green house gases has increased on earth's atmosphere. This increase in the amount of greenhouse gases present in atmosphere has caused the rise in atmospheric temperature.
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