Whyville Climate Center BBS

Share your thoughts on the topics below: Thread   Is global warming something you are concerned about? Why or why not?   Different places are impacted by global warming differently. How will the place you live be affected?   Scientists think carbon dioxide gas is responsible for global warming. What are some ways your life increases the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?   Will recycling help reduce global warming?   Have you seen/read "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore? What did you think of it? Has it changed the way you view global warming and other environmental issues?   What laws would you make or change to help reduce global warming?   Recently, there has been an increase in the number of hurricanes. Scientists have many theories but no answers yet. Why do you think there have been more hurricanes lately?   Some areas, such as Alaska, are seeing an increase in thunderstorms, while other areas, such as Australia, are now experiencing drought (suddenly, it seems). Do you think these changes are due to natural Earth processes or the result of human influence and why?

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The Whyville Climate Center is sponsored by Penguin Young Readers Group, the publisher of Al Gore's young adult "An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming" (Viking Children's Books/Rodale Books).