Global warming is in the temperature of Earth's .

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$∙$ Global warming is the increase of Earth's average surface temperature. It occurs due to the abundance of greenhouse gases like methane, carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrous oxide, etc. which trap the solar heat entering the atmosphere.
$∙$ Effects of global warming includes melting of polar ice caps, increase in sea level, soil erosion, extreme climatic conditions, etc.

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