"Burning of fossil fuels results in global warming". Give reasons to justify this statement.

(N/A) Burning of fossil fuels releases significant amounts of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide $(CO_{2})$, into the atmosphere.
These gases have the property of trapping infrared radiation (heat) reflected from the Earth's surface, a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect.
As the concentration of $CO_{2}$ increases due to the continuous combustion of coal, oil, and natural gas, more heat is retained in the atmosphere.
This leads to an overall increase in the Earth's average temperature, a process commonly referred to as global warming.