Edmund Contoski‚ "Global Warming‚ Global Myth‚" Liberty‚ vol. 22‚ September 2008. © Copyright 2008‚ Liberty Foundation. Reproduced by permission. "In the last 1.6 million years there have been 63 alternations between warm and cold climates‚ and no indication that any of them were caused by changes in carbon dioxide levels." Edmund Contoski is a retired environmental consultant who now serves as a columnist for FORCES International Liberty News Network‚ an organization that advocates individual
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The problem of global warming was predicted to become a problem for the earth but was neglected by politicians and officials because many believed it to be some sort of hoax or Ponzi scheme. There have been many environmentalists that have tried to make this agenda a priority but succeeded with no luck doing so. Some environmentalist has concluded a lot of the observed warming is most likely due to the burning of coal‚ oil‚ gas and other fossil fuels. This assumption was based on a detailed understanding
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Causes of Global Warming Photograph by Peter Essick What Causes Global Warming? Scientists have spent decades figuring out what is causing global warming. They’ve looked at the natural cycles and events that are known to influence climate. But the amount and pattern of warming that’s been measured can’t be explained by these factors alone. The only way to explain the pattern is to include the effect of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted by humans. To bring all this information together‚ the United
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The theory of global warming is nothing new. The Nobel Prize-winning chemist Svante Arrhenius first proposed the idea of global warming in 1896. Carbon dioxide‚ he knew‚ traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. He also knew that burning coal and oil releases carbon dioxide (CO2). Arrhenius speculated that continued burning of coal and oil would increase concentrations of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere‚ making the planet warmer. It’s called thegreenhouse effect. What warms the Earth? To determine what
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2011 Nightmare of Global Warming This paper attempts to make a critical analysis of the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”. It is a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim in 2006 regarding the former United States Vice President Al Gore’s campaign to convey the dangerous of climate change as well as the disastrous effects of global warming. Gore employs multimedia presentation in terms of data‚ charts‚ pictures‚ and graphic to illustrate the negative effects of global warming and its possible
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Although the author gives several supporting claims and examples to argue for his opinion‚ which is global warming is a good thing‚ I still cannot agree with his point of view‚ because some of the claims do not seem to be valid and need to be clarified further. First all‚ the writer states that coolings seem to be rapid‚ and cause disastrous downfalls of civilization‚ but we can cope with slow upward trends in temperature. It is true that too cold climate can provoke downfalls of civilization‚ but
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Is global warming real and the result of human’s excessive pollution? This is a question that is constantly under dispute. To be able to argue this topic one first needs to know what global warming is. Global warming is “an increase in the earth’s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect”(dictionary). Now that it is apparent what is being argued‚ there are two layers to this debate. One is the argument that global warming
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Global Warming essay Global warming‚ a largely discussed topic. Many people would argue that global warming is dangerous and is a big problem to the earth and the enviroment. Although these people have a very good point on the subject‚ you have to realize the cause of global warming and how there is a lot of evidence that is false and exaggerated. You also have to realize that us man-kind control the impact‚ and the extent to which it will
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What is Global Warming? Global Warming is defined as the increase of the average temperature on Earth. As the Earth is getting hotter‚ disasters like hurricanes‚ droughts and floods are getting more frequent The average facade temperature of the globe has augmented more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900 and the speed of warming has been almost three folds the century long average since 1970. This increase in earth’s average temperature is called Global warming. More or less all specialists
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The issue of global warming has become a hot topic in not only in American‚ but all over the world. For years‚ many politicians have evaded the issue of global warming. But now‚ all of a sudden‚ the Democratic Party vows to combat global warming. Now that the Democratic Party has majority in both houses on Congress‚ they have taken an emphasis over environmental issues‚ mostly involving global warming. On January 30th‚ 2007‚ Congress held its first hearing about global warming. What was concluded
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