Environmental Controversy: The Existence of Anthropogenic (human caused) global warming. – a one sentence statement of the controversy would be helpful Interested Parties - - - - Non-Governmental organizations like the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” [1] Government organizations like the, “National Center for Atmospheric Research” [2] Climate scientists at universities, like, “University of Montana ecosystems professor Steven Running” [3] etc. Issues at Stake - - - many scientists agree on reality of global warming, but debate intensity or timing. [4] the possibility that coastal areas will be flooded is debated [5] some scientists claim that particular crops will thrive, and certain areas may become habitable [6] etc. NOTE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ADD REFERENCES HERE AND IN ALL OF THE SECTIONS Scientific Evidence - - - measurements of the amount of carbon in the atmosphere [7] measurement of gases with “indirect” greenhouse impacts (methane for example) [8] the impact of “radiative forcing”, the increase in thermal radiation due to greenhouse gas increases. [9] etc. Reasons for Controversy - - getting computer models to produce accurate predictions from small samples is hard [10] citizens rank the problem low as their contributions are so small [11] lack of scientific knowledge leads public to disbelieve warnings [12] etc. 1 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1220755--fire-drought-floodsscientists-call-u-s-summer-a-global-warming-preview 2 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1220755--fire-drought-floodsscientists-call-u-s-summer-a-global-warming-preview 3 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1220755--fire-drought-floodsscientists-call-u-s-summer-a-global-warming-preview 4 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 9 5 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 9 6 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 38 7 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 31 8 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 33 9 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 33 10 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, John Theodore Houghton, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p 65 11 Americans' Problem with Global Warming, Richard P. Horwitz, American Studies , Vol. 45, No. 1 (Spring 2004), pp. 5-37, p 11 12 Americans' Problem with Global Warming, Richard P. Horwitz, American Studies , Vol. 45, No. 1 (Spring 2004), pp. 5-37, p 13 Note that the newspaper links are all to internet sources, so I have quoted some text in each of them. The journal article references and the book references just need the page numbers.