Monday, November 12, 2007
Global Warming.
Kluger and Lindzen have two different opinions about global warming. Kluger feels as though humans are causing global warming and that we need to work to stop it. He argues that increases in temerature are caused by an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere. He says that the polar ice caps are melting as a result of this warming, whoch could have another affect on temperature. The incerase in freshwater could throw off the gulf stream and cause climate changes around the atlantic area. The decrease in Glaciers on land could expose land thats been covered in Ice for thousands of years. This could increase CO2 and methane in the air and cause a greater temperature change. Lindzen says that its no big deal. He presents facts that don't agree with what was said in Klugers article as far as number go (amount of CO2 in the air, that sort of thing). He also argue that the increase in Humidity in the air could decrease the number of big storms rather than increase it like Kluger said. I found Lindzen's article to be more persuasive, but that might just be because I agree with him. One thing that made Kluger's article less persuasive was that he kept say "the last ice age." This suggests that there have been multiple ice ages, which suggests that there have always been climate changes on earth. This debunks the claim that humans should have to do anything.
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