Life is Changing Global warming is the most urgent environmental problem the world is facing. Few, if any, trends are more important to our future than climate change caused by ...
Severe droughts, flooding, increased disease, and major disruption in ecosystems are the likely consequences of the global warming caused by industrialized human activity, or climate changes are a natural part of Earth’s history and no cause for alarm. These two scenarios are polar opposites posited by two sides of the global warming debate. The third prong of the global warming trifecta asserts that scientific knowledge to date is insufficient to develop a theory of the causes or effects of
Global Warming
Global Warming Mission Plan a. Analysis of the Problem 1. History of the Problem Some scientist's have been concerned since 1896 about what might happen if there were 5.5 ... global warming and therefore should not be the basis of public policy on the issue. The debate is intense. The three positions all seem to agree that the temperatures around the globe have increased over those in recent years, but considerable disagreement and insufficient concrete evidence concerning the possible effects of such warming, together with its causes, indicates that drastic and expensive mandates are premature and warrant further study. That the surface temperatures of the Earth have become warmer
Global Warming
Global Warming: What Does Our Future Hold? During the course of the twentieth century, many environmental scientists have become increasingly confident that the average global temperature has elevated. Although ... recently is the one issue upon which both sides of the global warming controversy seem to agree. According to an editorial in The Wall Street Journal, the average surface temperature globally has increased about 1 degree Celsius during the 20th century. Other sources indicate that the increase has been about 1 degree Fahrenheit. Some data, including data