Essays on Scientific Consensus

Term Paper Proposal

The topic: Analyzing whether climate change is a natural phenomenon or as a result of human activity. Climate change is an aspect that has been subject to widespread academic scrutiny over the years. Before solutions for this problem are drafted, it is imperative for stakeholders to conceptualize the issue thoroughly. This is the reason behind my decision to choose this topic. Most people assume that there is a scientific consensus as appertains global warming. Recent statements made by scholars, however, indicate that the scholarly world is divided into those who attribute climate change to natural forces while others see ...

INTRODUCTION

Since the early 2000s, there has been a global revolution in the environmental realm. n various countries, the green movement has manifested itself in a visibly increased awareness by the public, as well as in governmental policies that seek to lessen the environmental impact of both public and private institutions. United States citizens, for example, have begun choosing whether to make their homes and transportation more energy efficient. Humanitarian and environmental non-governmental organizations are deciding how to guide their members and respond to climate change (Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, 2010). Closer to home, Australian governmental policies have also begun ...

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Global cooling is a process of gradual cooling of the Earth. Hypothesis, which postulates a global cooling of the Earth's surface and its atmosphere until its glaciation. Hypothesis never had significant scientific support, but in its favor say some publications in scientific and popular scientific press about the cyclical ice ages and the trend decline in average temperature, observed from the 1940s to the 1970s. Now more common in academic circles is the hypothesis of global warming is increasing the earth's temperature, due to man-made human activities. According to ...