Global warming
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Cynthia A. Bily, book editor
Contributors: Bily, Cynthia A
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Global warming
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Is the threat of global warming real?; title: 1. Global warming poses a serous threat / Geoffrey Lean; title: 2. Global warming does not pose a serious threat / John F. McManus; title: 3. Most scientists agree that global warming is a human-caused problem / Naomi Oreskes; title: 4. Many scientists do not agree that global warming is a human-caused problem / Greening Earth Society; title: ch. 2. What causes global warming?; title: 1. Human activity causes global warming / Thomas R. Karl, Kevin E. Trenberth; title: 2. Human activity does not cause global warming / William M. Gray; title: 3. Sport utility vehicles contribute to global warming / Sierra Club; title: 4. Sport utility vehicles do not contribute to global warming / Sal Rosken; title: 5. Solar activity causes global warming / Ian Clark; title: 6. Radiation from the earth's core causes global warming / Gary Novak; title: ch. 3. What will be the effects of global warming?; title: 1. Global warming is causing the polar ice caps to melt / Charles W. Petit; title: 2. Natural fluctuations are casing the polar ice caps to melt / Jens Bischof; title: 3. Global warming benefits life on earth / Dennis Avery; title: 4. Global warming harms life on earth / Ross Gelbspan; title: ch. 4. Should measures be taken to combat global warming?; title: 1. Greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced / Fred Krupp; title: 2.Greenhouse gas emissions need not be reduced / Sallie Baliunas; title: 3. Greenhouse gas emissions cannot be reduced with current technology / William Kovacs; title: 4. Nuclear power can combat global warming / John McCain; title: 5. Nuclear power should not be used to combat global warming / Coalition of Groups; title: 6. Alternative energy sources should be pursued / Lester R. Brown; title: 7. Alternative energy should not be pursued / Jerry Taylor, Peter VanDoren; title: 8. The Kyoto Protocol can help address global warming / Hamish McRae; title: 9. The Kyoto Protocol cannot address global warming / Christopher DeMuth