Wesoff, Eric. “7 Billion People Breathing Bad Air, Most Denying Global Warming.” Green Tech Media. N.p., 31 Oct. 2011. Web. 3 Apr. 2012. <http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/7-billion-people-breathing-bad-air/>.
GLOBAL WARMING BELIEVERS
People who believe that global warming exists may argue the following points:
*Disease from smog, car emissions, factories pouring out waste, etc.
*Food depletion through the death of crops from heat, the loss of water through evaporation, too much water from floods will drown crops, and even polluted rain could kill crops.
*The Arctic and Antarctic are warming far faster than scientists believed they would.
*25% of mammals and 12% of birds are closing in rapidly to extinction.
*Health effects on humans will be greater due to quick climate changes.
*Natural disasters
*Carbon Dioxide, which is created through the burning of fossil fuels, absorbs heat. Since it does not leave our atmosphere, the excess carbon dioxide and the absorbed heat is trapped causing the world to warm.
*Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees since 1880.
*Carbon Dioxide, which is created through the burning of fossil fuels, absorbs heat. Since it does not leave our atmosphere, the excess carbon dioxide and the absorbed heat is trapped causing the world to warm.
*Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees since 1880.
GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS
People who do not believe in global warming may argue the following points:
*The Antarctic is not warming or losing ice overall
*The climate changes with or without us
*Sea level is not increasing, it is decreasing
*The current warming of 11 degrees, only 0.6 since 1850
*Temperatures compared to 1939 show decrease in temperature.
*CO2 has never lead temperatures, it always follows the temperature
*31,000 American scientists do not believe in global warming, therefore science is not necessarily in full support of the idea.
*Temperature drops have occurred in areas where there is a rise in carbon dioxide, which supposedly absorbs heat and makes the temperature warmer.
*90% of the glaciers and ice in the world are growing
*31,000 American scientists do not believe in global warming, therefore science is not necessarily in full support of the idea.
*Temperature drops have occurred in areas where there is a rise in carbon dioxide, which supposedly absorbs heat and makes the temperature warmer.
*90% of the glaciers and ice in the world are growing
INFORMATION:
“What Are the Arguments on Both Sides of the Global Warming Controversy?” Answers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Apr. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_arguments_on_both_sides_of_the_global_warming_controversy>.
“Global Warming Doesn’t Exist.” Debate. N.p., 2012. Web. 5 Apr. 2012. <http://www.debate.org/debates/Global-warming-doesnt-exist/1/>.
PHOTOS:
PHOTOS:
“Al Gore’s Right-Hand Man James Hansen Caught Fixing Climate Data Again.” Vocal Minority. N.p., 19 Nov. 2008. Web. 5 Apr. 2012. <http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/al-gores-righthand-man-james-hansen-caught-fixing-climate-data-again.html>.
Sheppard, Noel. “Newsweek Disgrace: ‘Global-Warming Deniers: a Well-Funded Machine.’” NewsBusters. N.p., 5 Aug. 2007. Web. 5 Apr. 2012.
