GLOBAL WARMING

By: Sam Bouton and Emily Sullivan

DEFINITIONS Greenhouse effect-Trapping and

build-up of heat in the Troposphere

Climate Change-Refers to any significant change in measures of climate lasting for an extended period

Global warming-average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere

RELATIONSHIPS Burning fossil fuels pour out greenhouse gases at a life-threatening rate, causing global warming

They are all affecting the Earth with harmful gases(over time)

CAUSES Some scientists say humans are one of the only causes of global warming, because of the greenhouse gases they emit

Others say greenhouse gases are the number one cause, but not emitted from humans

CONSEQUENCES Hotter world Dirtier air and water More severe floods and droughts

More wildfires Endangered or extinct species

ECONOMY Huge amounts of money are being spent on projects and funds to clean the environment

Spent a lot of money invested in renewable energy, every year the money spent increases

FIGHTING We can walk, bike, carpool, or any other way or transportation other than vehicles that emit pollution

Replace light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs

Save energy by turning off lights when you leave the room, not wasting water, and not leave things with engines running

ARGUMENTS Most scientists do not believe humans

effect the Earth’s climate Our most reliable source of

temperature data show no global warming trend

Global climate computer models are too crude to predict future climate changes

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) doesn’t prove human activities are causing global warming

OPINIONS We believe that global warming doesn’t

exist because all the predictions of global warming are based off of computer models and there’s no historical data. Also, we don’t believe that human activities affect the Earth’s changing climate and in addition, our most reliable sources of temperature data don’t show any global warming trends.

WORK CITEDwww.telegraph.co.ukwww.nrdc.orgwww.global-greenhouse-warming.comwww.aproundtable.orgenvironment.nationalgeographic.comclimate.nasa.gov