Google Groups Assignment: Global Warming Debate

Global Warming:  Open for Debate?

Please read the articles listed below, go to Google Groups and, using the information from those articles, take an informed position on the issue of Global Warming.  Then, come in to class ready to knowledgeably debate the issues raised.  

• Peter Gleick claims editorial bias against global warming at Wall Street Journal
• Wall Street Journal publishes letter from 16 scientists questioning global warming
• Science magazine publishes rebuttal letter signed by 255 scientists

 Questions to consider:

• What is the National Academy of Sciences?
• Does the Wall Street Journal's known conservative leanings impact its ethos?
• Do the signatures of 255 scientists "beat" the signatures of 16 scientists?