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In this year so far we have studied...... *about ecosystems *abiotic and biotic factors *changing weather patterns, El nino and El nina *societal concerns of climate change and CO2 emissons * the greenhouse effect

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"Is global warming man made" The videos belows will take you through the climate change debate giving a scientific perspective on both sides of the debate. [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52KLGqDSAjo] || Part 2 of the scientific debate [] ||
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 * Part 1 of the scientific debate

Other questions that may help you with your arguments
 * 1) Can the recent climate change be explained by natural variabilities that occur in the earths orbit?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How is the sun affecting our climate?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Is el nino and el nina related to global warming?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Are the human activities that increase greenhouse gases the reason for global warming?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Is the climate becoming more variable and extreme?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What is the relationship between global warming and climate change?
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Will the benefits of taking action in reducing CO2 emissons outweigh the costs and regulatory burdens?
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Are the predictions of the severity of global warming in the future correct?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Resources
=Websites= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The website below gives a nice introduction into what global warming is, the involvement of the greehouse gases and the possibility of natural variablites in earths orbit and the suns output. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This website offers questions and answers on global warming and climate change. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3949#a1]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This website provides an indepth review on both sides of the global warming debate. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This website provides a background on global warming, what the problem is and a brief summary of pros and cons at the bottom on the page. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~aalopez/aos101/wk7.html#political]

=Videos= him that global warming is due to human activity from [] ||
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 * this offers a critique on man made global warming and is an excerpt taken from the documentary The Great Global Swindle from [] || In this video David Attenborough discusses what convinced

argues that man is responsible for the recent climate change from [] ||
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 * Al Gore's on An Inconvenient Truth which