After the former U.S. Vice President Al Gore received the Nobel Prize for his work and efforts to raise awareness about global warming, he was asked to prepare a white paper on the subject. To enhance...

Running Head: GLOBAL WARMING FACT OR FICTION
Global Warming: Fact or Fiction ?
JoAnn Stephens
Lower Division Capstone
AIU Online
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Introduction
United States VP Al Gore has received Nobel Prize for its efforts for raising the
awareness of the global warming. For more effort about the awareness the white paper would
be prepared for increasing its credibility. This would afterwards be shown to United States
Congress towards convincing them of 2 opposing perspectives. The outline would be shown
for easier understanding on structure of paper. White paper would afterwards follow outline
among the supporting evidence of both the viewpoints.
Outline
1. Global Warming as well as what is that
A. Opposing View Points
1. Global Warming happening through the mankind
2. Global Warming the natural happening
3. Global Warming has been the fact or the fiction
Global warming as well as what it is
Is the Global warming the fact or the fiction? For the answer there should be the
understanding about what the global warming has been. Think about the definition „the
average increase in temperature of atmosphere near surface of the Earth as well as in
troposphere that may contribute towards changes in the global climate patterns‟ has been
United States Environmental Protection Agency Definition. Greenhouse effect has been the
heat absorption through some natural gases, trapping heat at lower atmosphere.
Gases in atmosphere have been the carbon dioxide, the methane, the water vapor as
well as the nitrous oxide that includes rests, which have been synthetic. Synthetic gases have
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been the manmade, which consist of the chlorofluorocarbons, the hydro fluorocarbons as well
as sulfur hexafluoride (NOAA, 2012). The Natural greenhouse gases may affect the
temperature of the Earth i.e. 57 degrees F to 14 degrees C, without that temperature of Earth
could be 0 degrees to 18 degrees C. Any kind of imbalance in energy may gain & lose the
heat, therefore changing the global temperatures.
Two Opposing Viewpoints
Global warming has been the serious concern, which was increased by the mankind.
Additional gases were added to atmosphere through increase in the burning the fossil fuel as
well as cutting down of the forests. Reducing mankind emissions will slow down the process
of global warming especially by reducing the carbon dioxide emitted.
Global warming is not from mankind‟s emissions it is a natural occurrence for the
earth‟s atmosphere. Earth has already encountered these stages before throughout history.
Therefore global warming is a natural occurrence. These viewpoints are...