Environmental Topics – Term Paper – Due May 15, 2009

Climate Change: Is it Real?

 

Essay Topic: Imagine that it is the year 2050. Although governments and their citizens were warned about the dangers of the greenhouse effect as early as the 1970's, they did not take the necessary steps to prevent it. As a result, global warming and ozone depletion continued unchecked.

In a well-organized essay, describe what life would be like in 2050 under these conditions. Take into consideration any and all chemistry that would affect your proposed outcome. Then answer the following questions:

  1. What would the state of the climate be like?
  2. What would the nations of the world look like?
  3. How would this affect the day-to-day living conditions of the people of the world?
  4. Are there any overriding situations that could pre-empt all of the above?

You must document your references as they will be verified using software       dedicated for that purpose. The allowed sources are as follows:

  1. Internet - Questia
  2. Text Book
  3. An original source     
  4. Technical magazine articles

 Note: any reference using Wikipedia will automatically be rejected.

You must use at least three of the four choices.

The paper must be 1500 words long, double line spacing, and will include an introduction and conclusion. Additionally, you must have a citation page using MLA formatting. (This is after you write 1500 words.) There are three sites that you can use for information on this:

http://www.aresearchguide.com

http://www.mla.org/style

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html  (use this one for works cited page from electronic sources)

It is strongly advised that you hand in the paper prior to the due date to be sure of the % plagiarized from Turninit.com. For this reason you will be allowed to post it twice. Please remember that once it is posted the second time you will receive your mark based on that paper.

The assignment must be submitted to “TurnItIn.com” so it can be checked for plagiarism which will be discussed more in class. Sign in as a new user and fill out the information requested including your email address and the user number and password below. All student papers must be submitted to Turnitin.com to determine the % of the paper that is copied.  It must fall below 25%, if not you must see me before submitting it for a mark.

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