In this global warming debate Daniel Botkin, emeritus professor of ecology at UC Santa Barbara, argues in the Wall Street Journal that global warming will not have much impact on Earth. People on RealClimate decide to respond to some of his statements. Botkin states “The warm climates in the past 2.5 million years did not [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Global Warming Debate
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Cleaner Fuel
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks acannon for the information on cleaner fuel. I am also very glad to see that Virgin Atlantic Airways is trying to use cleaner fuels for buses, trains, cars and airplanes. It’s great knowing that there are some who are trying to help the environment even though it may be very costly. Another thing that [...]
A good solution to CO2 content?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This Article dicusses the possible solution presented by scientist Paul Crutzen said to ”inject chemicals into the stratosphere would form sulfate aerosols and hence block out sunlight.” He suggest this would be a good fix if we cannot lower the CO2 content in the atmosphere. The issue has been discussed on Real Climate and people [...]
Is Global Warming Real?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A very interesting eight minute clip on 20/20 is about the real causes of global warming. John Stossel Dares to Question Global Warming. He discusses some of the data that has been reported wrong. Stossel points out that in Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” he says temperatures are directly related to the increase of carbon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am very surprised to hear that for the first time in the nation, that a state regulatory agency in Kansas turned down the proposal to permit a new large coal-fired power plant. It has said that the emission of coal gases is the number one cause of depleting the ozone layer. I think it’s a great idea [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Something that really grabbed my attention was an article in the Washington Times called “A warm and fuzzy feeling” by Richard W. Rahn. Rahn discusses the fact that the government may be in part to blame for the hype of global warming. He believes that the goverment may be making global warming into a bigger [...]
SWA 10- Writing the Exploratory Paper
Posted in Short Writing Assignments on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. My writing process is very long. I like to just write as much as I can in one sitting and then let it sit for awhile and then add information and then revise it. Then I let it sit for a day and add more information and revise what I have. Then I like [...]
Bibliography
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Works Cited Edwards, Paul N. “A Participating History.” Atmospheric General Circulation Modeling. University of Michigan. 4 Oct. 2007 <http://www.aip.org/history/sloan/gcm/>. Hansen, James E. Climate Simulations for 1951–2050 with a Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Model. Ms. 2807. Library. 2003. Johansen, Bruce E. Global Warming in the 21st Century. Westport, Connticut: Praeger Publi, 2006. Michaels, Patrick J., and Robert C. [...]
SWA 7- Review Questions
Posted in Short Writing Assignments on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. What is the difference between library subscription databases, such as Academic Universe and LexisNexis, and the World Wide Web? What types of material might you find by using each of them?
Library subscription databases, such as Academic Universe and LexisNexis allow you to search more easily for periodicals that are prevalent to your subject. They [...]
