THE FOLLOWING READINGS
WILL PREPARE YOU FOR SELF TEST & RQ-8
ON TOPIC # 16 GLOBAL WARMING:

(1) SGC-I Chapter 1: re-read the section on Evidence of Global Warming (pp 3 -7)

(2) SGC-II Chapter 9:  read the section on Global Warming (pp 206-214)

(3) CLASS NOTES 
     (pp 60-61) on Modeling the Climate System: A Brief Look
     (pp 83-84) on Carbon Reservoirs & Fluxes 
    (pp 85-87) on Anthropogenic Influences on Carbon in the Atmosphere

(4) DIRE PREDICTIONS textbook
     (pp 26-27 and 94-97) on the Carbon Cycle
     (pp 64 -75) on various aspects of CLIMATE MODELS


(5) IPCC: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION 2.1 How do Human Activities Contribute to Climate Change and How do they Compare with Naturall Influences? (PDF of pp 135-137 of IPCC Working Group 1 Report)

(6) IPCC: CLIMATE CHANGE 2007: SYNTHESIS REPORT -- Summary for Policymakers
(read only pp 2-6 of this PDF now -- the rest will be read for Topic # 17.)

(7) WEBSITE:  Global Warming: Early Warning Signs  www.climatehotmap.org 
Click on and read the following sections of this site:

"About the Map"
"Fingerprints"
"Harbingers"
"Selection Criteria"
 
Then click on "Regions" and visit each of the region maps
and read the descriptions of what's going on in each area.