GLOBAL PROBLEMS: Ozone Depletion & Climate Change (The Science)

Paper instructions:
• TERM DEFINITION SETS:
At the end of most weekly topic sections there is a list of terms drawn from the reading (and the films assigned to watch on the web) for that week. Theses terms focus the attention on important concepts and new vocabulary. Terms must be explained. The definitions must be formulated by the student (not copied from any source) & must be based upon an understanding of the term’s meaning as drawn from the assigned materials. Definitions must include an explanation of each term’s relevance to the material assigned that week. (Why is this term important for understanding the subject being covered?). This assignments will be penalized if they are more than ONE page in length.

READ or WATCH ONLINE:
• How Do We Know Global Warming Is Real?

http://forhumanliberation.blogspot.com/2012/02/692-how-we-know-global-warming-is-real.html

• How It All Ends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_anaVcCXg
• Earth Report: State of the Planet (Chap. 2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQmQkJlLV4&feature=related

Terms to Define:
• ODSs & GHGs
• runaway greenhouse effect
• scientific uncertainty roadblock
• ocean acidification
• skeptics vs. IPCC
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