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1 Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?

2 Greenhouse Effect Solar radiation absorbed/reflected from earth Infrared radiation emitted/reabsorbed in atmosphere http://www.neaq.org

3 Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth

4 Increased CO2 Emissions http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/whatisglobalwarming/

5 Increased Global Temperatures http://www.bigskyco2.org

6 Temperature Deviations http://media.newsobserver.com/content/news/health_science/global_warming/story_graphics

7 Melting Ice Regions Arctic http://www.psr.org

8 Melting Ice Regions Greenland http://greeninstitute.net/files

9 Melting Ice Regions Antarctica http://ascottishview.files.wordpress.com

10 Melting Ice Regions Antarctica Particularly in the peninsula http://inel.files.wordpress.com/2007/09

11 Changing Weather Higher Temperatures More Moisture Turbulence Water is rerouted

12 Flooding Some areas receive more rainfall

13 Drought Some receive less Soil evaporation

14 Self Correcting Problem? New York Los Angeles San Francisco Beijing India 634 million people* Asia and poor nations at greatest risk *http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwar ming/2007-03-27-sea-level-rise_N.htm http://thevibe.socialvibe.com

15 Skepticism

16 Less Cloud Cover Increased absorption of radiation

17 Skepticism Increased temperatures Increase cloud cover Increases deflection of radiation

18 Skepticism http://www.digitaljournal.com

19 Skepticism Republican Democrat http://www.newrules.org

20 Skepticism

21 So What?

22 What We Can Do

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