Paper Summary:

The paper outlines the anthropogenic causes of global warming, the evidence of its existence and some of the differing ways in which the U.S. and Canada are approaching the issue of climate change. The paper discusses how, while Canada appears sincere in its efforts to adhere to Kyoto Protocol requirements, it seems to be actually achieving less than the United States.

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"The causes of global warming are many. Most notably, carbon dioxide and methane gas emissions - be they from power plants, from vehicles, from planes, or from man-made structures/installations - serve to facilitate global warming insofar as CO2 and methane gas molecules (as well as Chloroflurocarbon molecules) "trap" long-wave radiation, otherwise known as "heat", and prevent it from escaping into space. Suffice it to say, the more CO2, Chlorofluorcarbons and methane present in the atmosphere, the more global temperatures will climb (Collins, para.5 and para.8-10). All in all, the accumulation of CO2 and methane in the atmosphere and the attendant higher temperatures mean the slow deterioration of vulnerable ecosystems - such as the two Artic Poles - that are not designed to accommodate rapid temperature increase."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Causes of Global Warming." Ecobridge: Global Warming. N.d. Ecobridge. 4 Nov. 2006 <http://www.ecobridge.org/content/g_cse.htm>
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• Collins, Jocelyn. "Global Warming." 1 Feb. 2001. The University of the Western Cape (West Africa). 4 Nov. 2006 <http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/Envfacts/facts/gwarming.htm>
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