It is a gas that absorbs infrared radiation emitted from the Earth's surface and re radiates it back to the Earth's surface.

It has a disastrous effect on some of the world's most precious surviving forests, as well as the people who live in them and rely on the resources provided by the woods.

It is a phenomenon that includes increased temperature trends indicated by global warming, which is mostly caused by the combustion of fossil fuels, which releases heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.

 It is  a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land and the most common (and among the most deadly) natural disasters.

 It is a removal of the trees for wood products and for croplands and grazing lands.

It is burned, releasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping heat and making them the principal cause of global warming and climate change