Create your well supported response to the debate topic in a separate file and upload (attach) this response to the debate assignment.
A minimum of three to four paragraphs and 500 words are required.
Include references for supporting information - a minimum of two references must be used. Be sure to cite your sources!
A website such as citefast.comLinks to an external site. or easybib.comLinks to an external site. makes it very easy to put your references in correct form. At citefast.comLinks to an external site. or easybib.comLinks to an external site., choose APA style and fill in the information that you have reasonably available.
When you create your debate file to upload, please put your name in the title, such as "Jane Smith - Against/For Global Warming Post"
You must clearly state which side of the debate you are on and argue ONLY that side! Do NOT argue BOTH sides.
Debate Assignment:
Is human activity bringing about alarming global warming scenarios and related catastrophes? Or is such thinking a myth brought about by flawed or incomplete science? Finding the answers to these questions has turned global warming into a highly politicized and contentious issue.
Until about 1960, most scientists thought it implausible that humans could actually affect average global temperatures. Today, most scientists agree that Earth's temperature has risen over the past century and that carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Disagreement persists, however, over whether or not global climate change is a normal environmental variation, and over how big of a problem global warming could become for the planet.
In your opinion, has human activity caused the world's climate to change over the past 100 years?
Here are two links that may help you understand some implications better:
Climate Change Indicators in the United StatesLinks to an external site.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeLinks to an external site.
And here's a video reconstruction of data from the 1800s until the presentLinks to an external site., of 1.6 billion temperature observations, that demonstrate the land surface warming trends. This reconstruction was put together by physicists and climate experts at the Berkeley Earth data analysis project. This analysis confirms the trends identified by scientists over the past two decades.
