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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
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Greenhouse Effect Solar radiation absorbed/reflected from earth Infrared radiation emitted/reabsorbed in atmosphere http://www.neaq.org
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Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth
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Increased CO2 Emissions http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/whatisglobalwarming/
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Increased Global Temperatures http://www.bigskyco2.org
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Temperature Deviations http://media.newsobserver.com/content/news/health_science/global_warming/story_graphics
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Melting Ice Regions Arctic http://www.psr.org
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Melting Ice Regions Greenland http://greeninstitute.net/files
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Melting Ice Regions Antarctica http://ascottishview.files.wordpress.com
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Melting Ice Regions Antarctica Particularly in the peninsula http://inel.files.wordpress.com/2007/09
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Changing Weather Higher Temperatures More Moisture Turbulence Water is rerouted
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Flooding Some areas receive more rainfall
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Drought Some receive less Soil evaporation
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Self Correcting Problem? New York Los Angeles San Francisco Beijing India 634 million people* Asia and poor nations at greatest risk *http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwar ming/2007-03-27-sea-level-rise_N.htm http://thevibe.socialvibe.com
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Skepticism
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Less Cloud Cover Increased absorption of radiation
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Skepticism Increased temperatures Increase cloud cover Increases deflection of radiation
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Skepticism http://www.digitaljournal.com
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Skepticism Republican Democrat http://www.newrules.org
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Skepticism
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So What?
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What We Can Do
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