Global warming refers to an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere predicted to occur, and which is widely attributed to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting from pollution and other human activities.
Recommended Resources
Sponsored and maintained by the Environmental Defense Fund, this site outlines the dangers of global warming, the science behind it, along with information about calculating the impact that an individual may have and ideas of what can be done.
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/
Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
This website provides information on how global warming is affecting the planet. The site provides a comprehensive map showing how warming has local consequences for people around the world. The site also has a special section for educators who want to teach more about this subject.
http://www.climatehotmap.org/
Purporting to provide the photographic documentation of climate change, photographs and text are used to define global warming and its effects throughout much of the world, including Antarctica, the Arctic, Alaska and England, as well as our coastlines, oceans, and weather.
http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/
