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Warming
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What is Global
Warming?
The increase of the Earth’s
average surface temperature
caused by greenhouse
gases.
Both man-made and natural.
Causes of Global
Warming
Fossil fuel
◦ Coal
◦ Petroleum
◦ Oil
◦ Natural gas
Methane
Deforestation
Jason Liao
Effects of Global
Warming
Warmer climate.
Melting of the polar ice caps.
Rising sea levels.
Intensified droughts and heat
waves.
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Jason Liao
Effects of Global
Warming
More and stronger hurricanes.
Spread of disease.
Economic damages.
Habitation destruction.
Jason Liao
Skeptics of Global
Warming!
Our objective is to prove that global
warming is real beyond any arguments
that skeptics may come up with.
Jason Liao
Facts Disproving GW
CO2 is not a pollutant. In fact, it is
necessary for life to be sustained on
Earth.
Water vapor is the most prevalent
greenhouse gas, not CO2.
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Richie Tyas
Conclusion of Skeptics
Why should we believe that the
world is going to end because of
greenhouse gases and decaying
ozone layer?
Richie Tyas
Positions Against Global
Warming
Uninformed Argument
Misinformed Argument
Cherry Picking
Urban Myths
Non-Scientific
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Gregory Zilberg
Some Examples
No evidence
Not Enough Time To Determine
Colder temperatures in x
Satellite Records vs. Models
Antarctic Sea Ice Fluctuating
Arctic Sea Ice Melt %
Gregory Zilberg
Some Examples
Gregory Zilberg
Proving the Case
Is it happening? Yes.
All effects of global warming are
proven and supported by research.
We can all feel the heat.
Jason Liao
Arctic Ice Shrinkage
280,000 square miles of ice disappeared in a
year.
From 1958-1976, the average thickness of ice
was 10 feet.
Now, the ice is less than 4 feet.
Increased methane release in the air.
In 2007, the Arctic ice was at its 30 year low.
Jason Liao
Rising Sea Levels
Warmer temperatures cause ice to melt.
Sea level has risen about 20 mm since the
1800s.
Sea level rises 3 mm/year.
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J ason Liao
Heat Waves and Diseases
In 2003, more than 20,000 people in Europe
and 1,500 people died of heat waves.
Jason Liao
Stronger Storms
Hurricanes and tropical storms get energy
from warm water.
Jason Liao
Killing Off Wildlife
Research shows that by 2050, ¼ of all
species will become extinct.
In 1998, the species Golden Toad was
driven into extinction by global
warming.
Destroying coral reefs by suffocating
the algae.
Birds will head to cooler climates.
Jason Liao
Conclusion on Global
Warming
Global warming is a very real danger to
our way of life as we know it. Every day we
get closer to reaching a disaster caused by
the steadily increasing warming of the
atmosphere. There may be no absolutely
conclusive evidence that right-out silences
the skeptics, but there is enough conclusive
evidence in favor of the argument FOR
Global Warming.
Gregory Zilberg