The name Erica is of Scandinavian origin. The meaning of Erica is eternal ruler. It is also of English origin, where its meaning is brave ruler. Erica is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced E-ri-ca.
The burning of fossil fuels by humans is the largest source of emissions of carbon dioxide, which is one of the greenhouse gases causing radiative forcing and contributes to global warming.
Fossil fuels contain carbon that was laid down millions of years ago. Burning it now, as we do in industry, transport and to generate electricity, means that extra carbon is b â¦ eing added to the atmosphere. The natural carbon cycle cannot remove all this extra greenhouse gas and this is causing global warming.