Climate change

Lauri S. Friedman9780737744026, 0737744022

Introduction: The global nature of global warming — section 1: Opposing viewpoints on climate change. Climate change is a serious problem / Peter Backlund, Anthony Janetos, and David Schimel — Climate change is not a serious problem / Christopher Monckton — Climate change is man-made / Juliet Eilperin — Climate change is not necessarily man-made / Dennis T. Avery — Climate change will fuel regional conflicts / German Advisory Council on Global Change — Climate change will not fuel regional conflicts / Idean Salehyan — section 2: Model essays and writing exercises. Preface A: The five-paragraph essay — Preface B: The compare-and-contrast essay — Essay 1: Is the Earth warming or cooling? — Exercise 1A: Create an outline from an existing essay — Essay 2: Climate change spells disaster for crops — Exercise 2A: Create an outline from an existing essay — Exercise 2B: Create an outline for your own essay — Essay 3: Can renewable energy help avert climate change? — Exercise 3A: Examining introductions and conclusions — Exercise 3B: Using quotations to enliven your essay — Final writing challenge: write your own compare-and-contrast five-paragraph essay — section three: Supporting research material. Appendix A: Facts about climate change — Appendix B: Finding and using sources of information — Appendix C: Using MLA style to create a works cited list — Appendix D: Sample essay topics — Organizations to contact