A passage is given below with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.

Global warming is a gradual increase in the average temperature of the earth’s lower atmosphere as a ___(A)___ of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. Much of the recently ___(B)___ and projected global warming is human-induced. It is caused by man-made increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases through the burning of fossil fuels and ___(C)___. Adding carbon dioxide, methane and such other gases (that have the potential to absorb heat) to the atmosphere with no other changes will make our planet’s surface ___(D)___. The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and CH4 have increased by 31 per cent and 149 per cent respectively above pre-industrial levels since 1750. ___(E)___ the past century, the atmospheric temperature has risen by 1.1°F (0.6°C) and sea level has risen several inches.