3. What is the cause of global warming? Scientists have determined that a number of human activities are contributing to global warming by adding excessive amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide accumulate in the atmosphere and trap heat that normally would exit into outer space.
14. Global Warming is the greatest environmental threat of the 21 st Century by many scientists, researchers and environmentalists. In the late 1990s scientists reached a consensus that global warming was a cause for concern. So, why should you be concerned about global warming? “ Why Should I Care?”
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22. Alaska's glaciers are receding at twice the rate previously thought, according to a new study published in the July 19, 2002 Science. Note how the ice has pulled nearly out of sight from 1914 to 2004.
29. Stunted coral growth as a result of the doubling of atmospheric CO 2 . According to researchers from Chapel Hill University (North Carolina) the coral reef is disappearing at an alarming rate and it seems it can’t be stopped.
30. Changing ecosystem Global warming is causing a change in habitat requiring species to adapt and change!
31. Science, December 3, 2004 Vol. 306, Issue 5702,1686 Is Global Warming A Valid Concern? Number disagreeing with the global consensus that greenhouse gas pollution has caused most of the warming of the last 50 years: Number of scientific studies dealing with “climate change” published in scientific journals between 1993 and 2003:
35. We Need: Leaders P olitical… Credit: John Decker Nevada Senator Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Representative Shelley Berkley Representative Dina Titus Senator John Ensign Representative Dean Heller
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