According to some scientists, the Sun at certain periods, radiates more energy in unit time and this causes the temperature of the oceans to rise. Because of their enormous extent, the oceans take one hundred years to warm up and in doing so, release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The greenhouse gas effect of methane is actually twenty-three times that of carbon dioxide. Termites in the tropics are to blame for giving out methane in the process of digesting the wood of fallen dead jungle … [More]