Global Warming

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Global Warming

The Humanities•The study of global warming in terms of its ability to be presented to people outside of the sciences

•In particular, the language used to present global warming and discuss it between the disciplines

• Between the Sciences, Humanities, the public and the politicians

“Interrogative Ecocriticism and the Rhetoric of Global Warming”

Published in 2005 by Daniel FriedThe article is focused on the differences

between the way the sciences study global warming and the way that the humanities makes nature into art

The main point of his article is to prove that some literature does not accurately describe nature but then prove how Chu lyrics correctly depict nature

“Greenhouse Allegories: Creating Modern Fairy Tales”

Published in 1995 by Ann Henderson-SellersThe article is discussing how there is a gap

between the scientists who are discovering global warming and the politicians who are enacting laws to curb global warming

Uses an allegory to explain global warming – about catching a bus

FriedFried Henderson-SellersHenderson-Sellers

Translates the Chu lyrics to provide what he considers the best literature to show the effects or global warming

Gap is between scientists and humanities

Goal of article is to be used in an educational setting

Need a “common language” to transverse between disciplines

Provides what she considers the best way to present global warming (the allegory)

Gap is between scientists and policy makers

The Humanities

The SciencesExplores global warming by creating hypothesis and theories, testing them to get results and finally analyzing the results

• Hypothesis• Observation• Methods• Results• Discussion

“Climate Response to Increasing Levels of Greenhouse Gasses and Sulfate Aerosols”

Published in 1995 by J. F. B. Mitchell and T. C. Johns

The article is a scientific study about the effects of greenhouse gasses and aerosols on the environment that has led to a change in the climate.

They use studies preformed between 1860 and 1990 to compile the effects of aerosols and their relation to the greenhouse gases and therefore their association with global warming.

“Trends, Rhythms and Aberrations in Global Climate 65 Ma to Present”

Published in 2001 by James Zachos, Ellen Thomas, Lisa Sloan, and Katharina Billups

Through the culmination of many studies the authors are attempting to determine the main causes for global warming.

They are using this data to predict what the foremost focus should be when attempting to slow down and control the effect of global warming in the future.

The study of sedimentary archives, orbital records and more recently the study of isotopes, Zachos et al have related this data to climate change.

Mitchell and JohnsMitchell and Johns Zachos, Thomas, Sloan, and BillupsZachos, Thomas, Sloan, and Billups

CO2 is one of the leading forces in global warming

Aerosols are the next leading source of global warming

CO2 is a large force in global wamring

There are many different sources that are encouraging global warming Methane release,

Earth’s orbital rotation and other sources

The Sciences

In the social sciences global warming and climate changes is examined in respect to how the public understands, interprets and historical studies of how they reacted to the effects of global warming to better understand and predict the future

The Social Sciences

“In what sense does the public need to understand global climate change?”

Published in 2000 Richard Bord, Robert O’Connor and Ann Fisher

Based on the idea that environmental programs that are attempting to educate people about global warming and its effects on our earth need to first understand how people perceive climate change.

The survey was given to 1,218 Americans in the summer of 1997 and asked questions about global warming to determine the general understanding as well as to identify the bogus causes that people thought were associated with the climate change

“Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene”

Published in 2001 by Peter B. deMenocalThe article is a study of past cultures and

their response to climate changeBasis of the study is that our modern society

can learn from the past culturesThe research consists of scientific studies of

climate records combined with historical studies of cultures.

Bord, O'Connor and Fisher

Bord, O'Connor and Fisher deMenocaldeMenocal

Studied people of the present in order to understand the future

Used a survey to gain knowledge

Found that most people cite bogus causes for global warming and don’t think of it as much of a risk to our Earth

Studied people of the past in order to predict how our society will react

Studied other scientific articles to provide research

Found a model that can be applied to our society and believes there is hope that we will make it through

The Social Sciences