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Global warming is a hot issue on campus
The winter weather doesn't cool down the debate about this problem
Carolyn Tavares
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: News
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Global warming has been a hot topic for years. Now, there is more speculation than ever with the release of documentaries like Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
Gore, a longtime advocate for the environment, presents a wide display of facts and information in a compelling way in this documentary.
"It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore in a statement about the movie.
Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades.
The current scientific consensus is that most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been attributable to human activities.
The primary causes of the human-induced factor of warming are the increased amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. They are released by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing and agriculture and lead to an increase in the greenhouse effect.
An increase in global temperatures can in turn cause other changes, including a rising sea level and changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation.
"Global warming worries me. It's way warmer than it should be at this time of the year," said Jennifer Binns, senior, Wethersfield. "I remember in middle school when there was a huge snow storm on November first and this year it has barely gotten below 50 degrees."
These changes may increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes and tornados.
Other consequences include higher or lower agricultural yields, glacial retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.
Warming is expected to affect the number and magnitude of these events; however, it is difficult to connect particular events to global warming.
There are many things that people can do to help out the environment and the slogan, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle," provides a way to reminder a few of them.
Reduce the amount of driving everyday. Take walks. Reuse old scraps of paper. Recycle soda cans and bottles.
"I'm doing my part by recycling," said Jennifer Torres, senior, Bronx, N.Y. "I have been collecting old soda cans and other recyclables throughout my apartment. It's my new thing."
There's still uncertainty regarding how much climate change should be expected in the future. There is also a hotly disputed political and public debate over the execution of policies that deal with the predicted consequences and how to deal with them.
"It makes me wonder what the winters are going to be like in the years to come, for our children and grandchildren," said Binns.
Gore, a longtime advocate for the environment, presents a wide display of facts and information in a compelling way in this documentary.
"It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore in a statement about the movie.
Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades.
The current scientific consensus is that most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been attributable to human activities.
The primary causes of the human-induced factor of warming are the increased amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. They are released by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing and agriculture and lead to an increase in the greenhouse effect.
An increase in global temperatures can in turn cause other changes, including a rising sea level and changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation.
"Global warming worries me. It's way warmer than it should be at this time of the year," said Jennifer Binns, senior, Wethersfield. "I remember in middle school when there was a huge snow storm on November first and this year it has barely gotten below 50 degrees."
These changes may increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes and tornados.
Other consequences include higher or lower agricultural yields, glacial retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.
Warming is expected to affect the number and magnitude of these events; however, it is difficult to connect particular events to global warming.
There are many things that people can do to help out the environment and the slogan, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle," provides a way to reminder a few of them.
Reduce the amount of driving everyday. Take walks. Reuse old scraps of paper. Recycle soda cans and bottles.
"I'm doing my part by recycling," said Jennifer Torres, senior, Bronx, N.Y. "I have been collecting old soda cans and other recyclables throughout my apartment. It's my new thing."
There's still uncertainty regarding how much climate change should be expected in the future. There is also a hotly disputed political and public debate over the execution of policies that deal with the predicted consequences and how to deal with them.
"It makes me wonder what the winters are going to be like in the years to come, for our children and grandchildren," said Binns.
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