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Readings:
Houghton, Richard A. and George M. Woodwell. 1989. Global climate change. Scientific American 260 (4): 36-44.
Peltier, W. R. and A. M. Tushingham. 1989. Global sea level rise and the greenhouse effect: might they be connected? Science 244: 806-810.
Questions:
What are the major greenhouse gases and how do they keep the earth warm?
What are the major causes of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? What steps could we take to reverse this? What are the potential consequences for the Low Country of global warming?
Why is it difficult to measure a change in sea level? What is the trend for Charleston?