ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Global Temperatures The burning of oil, coal, and other fossil fu...

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Global Temperatures The burning of oil, coal, and other fossil fuels generates “greenhouse gasses” that trap heat and raise global temperatures. Although predictions depend upon assumptions of countermeasures, one study predicts an increase in global temperature (above the 2000 level) of T(t) = 0.25t^1.4 degrees Fahrenheit, where t is the number of decades since 2000 (so, for example, t = 2 means the year 2020). Find T(10), and interpret your answers. [Note: Rising temperatures could adversely affect weather patterns and crop yields in many areas.]