Global Warming

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The paper relates that the issue of global warming is one of the most hotly debated environmental issues in today's society. The paper explains two conflicting opinions about global warming. One opinion holds that global warming is a direct result of human environmental impact. The other maintains that the issue of global warming is one of cyclical and natural changes that have occurred and will continue to occur on a global scale into eternity. The paper provides a literature review and contends that one must look at all information and opinions in order to understand the need to be more environmentally responsible.

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Introduction
Review of Literature

From the Paper:

"This writer's interest in the subject lies in the nature of the debate itself, as the global scientific community cannot seem to come to terms with how much global warming will effect civilization and what civilization can or cannot do to alter those effects, either through combating what is causing the situation, or taking precautionary measures to combat the effects of the inevitable. The foundation of the debate lies heavily in each side claiming the other's data as conjecture, through scientific theory and in claiming the other is inherently wrong based on assumptions of the unknown."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cline, William R. The Economics of Global Warming. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 1992.
• Johansen, Bruce E. The Global Warming Desk Reference. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
• Parsons, Michael L. Global Warming The Truth behind the Myth. New York: Insight Books, 1995.
• Rye, James A., Donna D. Strong, and Peter A. Rubba. "Global Warming and Ozone Layer Depletion: STS Issues for Social Studies Classrooms." Social Education 65.2 (2001): 90.
• Veizer, Jan. "Global Warming: Armageddon or Bust? Some Scientists See the Possibility of Global Warming as the Precursor to a Global Armageddon, to Others It Is Merely Hype; the Truth Lies Somewhere in Between." Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 16.4 (2002): 57.

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