Excessive burning of fossil fuels is a major cause of __________.

Global warming

• When fossil fuels are burned, they release large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air, greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere, causing global warming.
• Global warming is the phenomenon of a gradual increase in the temperature near the earth’s surface.
• The gases present in the atmosphere for example ozone, methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and chlorofluorocarbons are called greenhouse gases, they absorb some heat thereby restricting the heat to escape our atmosphere. These gases add to the heating of the atmosphere and result in global warming.
• Deforestation, use of Vehicles, chlorofluorocarbon, industrial development, and agriculture are some of the causes of global warming.

Hence, excessive burning of fossil fuels is a major cause of global warming.