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Dr. Dimento, a famous scientist, has recently ìwent off his rocker.î He is spreading rumors that the earth will be inhabitable in ten short years. People are becoming scared and life in the U.S is becoming chaotic. Tom, who works for the NY Times, has been told by his boss to straighten this mess out by doing a detailed article about global warming and its effects. His boss explains to him that if he straightens this mess out and calms the public, he will get a hefty bonus. If he doesnít, he should not bother coming back. So of course, Tom is going to do his best. First, Tom needs some background information before he gets started.
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Here are some questions Tom has.
Print 
this page and find the
answers as you follow along with Tom in researching the background information
with these websites.
Hydrosphere
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=285487&flt=ga
http://ess.geology.ufl.edu/ess/Introduction/Hydrosphere.html
http://ess.geology.ufl.edu/ess/Introduction/Hydrosphere.html
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/water_hydrosphere.html
Biosphere
http://ess.geology.ufl.edu/ess/Introduction/Biosphere.html
http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/bio/biosphere.html
http://www.melt2000.com/loudtruth/biosphere/articles/0001.html
http://www.npc.edu/Bio105/resource/glossary.htm
Atmosphere
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html
http://www.al.noaa.gov/
http://www.eoascientific.com/prototype/newcampus/atmosphere/atmosmult.html
Lithosphere
http://ess.geology.ufl.edu/ess/Introduction/Geosphere.html
http://www.devahelp.com/devademo2/EarthLMC.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/li/lithosph.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20lithosphere
Now find out about global warming.
Global Warming and Greenhouse
effect
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/climate/GCclimate1.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20global%20warming
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/what.html
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/ishappening/ishappening_frameset.html
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wghwrmng/wghwrmng.htm
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/greenhouse.html
Tom now needs to start interviewing some people. He could interview either a climatologist or an EPA official to find out what their views are.
Knowing what Tom knows now, who
would you interview?
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