Greenhouse gases and global change: a challenge for Canadian geoscience.(Geological Association of Canada)

From: Geoscience Canada | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

SUMMARY

Climate change is the most pressing societal issue of our time. The Canadian geological community is deeply divided as to whether or not anthropogenic carbon dioxide is the principal driver of the global warming that we see around us. As geologists, we have the scientific understanding to be effective stewards of Planer Earth and thus have a critical role to play in the climate change debate. Many of the basic scientific principles in this debate, however, are more a matter of atmospheric physics than classical geology: this may be one reason why so much uncertainty ...

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