Climate change

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A collection of controversial essays that debate issues associated with climate change, with model essays and writing exercises.

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Full title :Climate change / Lauri S. Friedman, book editor.

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A collection of controversial essays that debate issues associated with climate change, with model essays and writing exercises.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Greenhaven Press
Place of Publication:Detroit
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:128 pages : : color illustrations, color maps ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780737744026, 0737744022
oclc:ocn262429693
LC Classification:QC981.8.C5
Dewey Decimal:363.738/74

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: …