|
|
Article: A Mixed Bag -- Scientific Community Remains Inconclusive About Effects Of Global Warming.
- Article from:
- The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 The Monitor. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Travis M. Whitehead
Jun. 4--A recent cover story in Time magazine said we should be "very worried." But should we? Most people agree that global temperatures have risen in recent decades, but no one seems to know how that rise will affect the Rio Grande Valley; various sources disagree on the global impact of a warmer earth, and even the cause. Some experts feel that human activity has caused the rise in temperatures by releasing elevated amounts of greenhouse gases. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site, www.epa.gov/globalwarming, lists those greenhouse gases as methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide and ozone. While ...