Journal Entry #9 (Research Continued)

Read Chapter 9 in The Bedford Researcher

I like several different search engines but I guess I would have to say so far I still use google the most, just because its on my tool bar and I have had good luck with it in the past. I know there are other good engines out there but I have limited time to spend just searching, there are alot of other things to do like keep track of the results I already have. My Google Alert has kept me very busy as I get new Alerts every day. It is nice to have the results already in your mail box for future reference. I must get over 15 alerts per day so I have to be pretty selective.

MY SURVEY (Results Link)
http://fs3.formsite.com/fs3_app/FormSite?FormId=LoadTableSummary

Two Points of View (VIDEO)
Hear are two different sides to the same story, what do you believe. My research is focused on scientific evidence used by activists who claim global warming as a cause for climate change. The other side doesn't deny global warming as science but states that it is a natural cycle and mankind's effect is negligible.(Global Warming would happen anyway.)

Pro Global Warming
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Con Global Warming
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http://www.nrdc.org/default.asp

MY SEARCH ENGINE REVIEW
http://engl112.wetpaint.com/page/Gigablast+Review




http://beta.gigablast.com/
On Line Search (Continued)
#1
Resource searched
http://www.nrdc.org/default.asp
Search Keywords and search strings used
References+Global Warming
Date 3/1/08
Hits - 35
Relevance (scale of 1 to 5)
(4)

#2
Resource searched
http://www.bartleby.com/
Keywords and search strings used
Global Warming
Date2/25/08
Hits- (6)
Relevance (scale of 1 to 5)
(4)

Book Source
By Marcel Leroux
Published 2005Springer
Climatic changes
510 pages
ISBN 354023909X

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In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the history of the 1998 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many subsequent conferences. He discusses the main conclusions of the three IPCC reports and the predicted impact on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting the mounting confusion and sensationalism of reports in the media. After taking a hard look at the reality of the greenhouse effect, the ???evidence??? from climate models, and the models??? limitations, Leroux postulates alternate causes of climate change and analyzes the trends for global temperatures, rainfall patterns, and sea level. He poses the ???heretical??? question if warming may be considered a benefit in some regions. Finally Leroux suggests a number of priorities for climatologists to better understand processes of climate change, to integrate them into climate models, and to predict accurately future changes in climate. This timely and controversial book lays out the scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom.