Climate Change

Paper Summary:

While it is certain that the practices of mankind are partly to blame, this paper seeks to discover if there might be other, more natural and timeless causes of the global warming that the earth is experiencing at this moment in time. This paper researches and examines scientific findings on global warming and takes a historical look at the earth's transitions in climate and the changes that have occurred historically to the earth, its' climate and the shifting continents upon the face of the earth.

Outline:
Introduction
The 1988 Report of James Hansen - Dir. NASA Goddard Institute
Hansen's Reply (2000)
The Ocean Conveyor and the Gulf Stream
General Consensus of the U.S. Public
-Findings of a Public Opinion Poll - February 2006-
Consensus of the World's Scientists and Government Officials
Regulation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases- The Kyoto Protocol
Alternative Energy Resources
Summary and Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"Hydrogen is stated to constitute the "ultimate energy system" of the future according to the scientists in attendance at the Hyforum Meeting in Munich, Germany. Under this stance electricity would be generated through use of solar power or other carbon free energy sources that are renewable and this energy would be used for generation of hydrogen from water to power cars. Stated as the greatest advantage is that there would be no exhaust fumes and no greenhouse gases generated. BMW has plans for production of the first hydrogen powered cars for sale on the market. The problem with this is that the alternative fuel source can only be successful if it is made affordable for the ordinary consumer."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dawicki, Shelley (2003 ) New Study Reports Large-scale Salinity Changes in the Oceans - 17 December 2003 Ocean and Climate Change InstituteOnline available at: http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/viewArticle.do?id=897.
• The Collapsing Cornerstones of Global Warming Theory - Brief Analysis - 30 June 1999 Wed National Center for Policy Analysis Online available at: http://www.nc pa.org/ba/ba299.html.
• Dawicki, Shelley (2004) Rate of Ocean Circulation Directly Linked to Abrupt Climate Change in North Atlantic Region - Ocean and Climate Change Institute 24 April 2004 Online available at: http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/viewArticle.do?id=883.
• Lippsett, Lonny (2006) Is Global Warming Changing the Arctic? Ocean and Climate Change Institute 23 January 2006 Online available at: http://www.whoi. edu/institutes/occi/viewArticle.do?id=9206.
• Climate Change: The Great Atlantic Shutdown (2006) New Scientist Online 29 April 2006. Online available at: ttp://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change;jsessionid=BGIDABGNDCBF.

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