GEO 101—Weather and ClimateFall 2008: Questions for “An Inconvenient Truth”1. Who was the first person to propose measuring atmospheric CO2 levels and how did Gore know him?2. Why does the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere go up and down each year?4. Gore suggests that increasing ocean temperatures present what problems?5. What can global warming potentially do to global precipitation patterns?6. What are the two areas Gore says are Earth’s “canary in a coal mine?”7. Provide two examples of how the combined melting of Greenland and the WestAntarctic ice sheet would affect coastlines and the humans that inhabit them.8. What proportion of global carbon emissions per person comes from the USA?9. Specifically (a comprehensive answer probably requires a half page to single paged response), what scientific evidence does Gore offer to make the claim that increased global temperatures are a direct result of human induced activities? What statements does Gore make about global warming that he does not substantiate with empirics and what methods does he use to persuade the audience? Are you convinced by his overall argument in the documentary? Whyor why
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