Amy+Wynant

Amy Wynant Work Cited Marian Koshland- Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences [] In case the reader has no prior understanding of global warming, Marian Koshland’s website gives detail entailing just what global warming is. With the pictures illustrating the changes our world is undergoing the reader can visualize the problems even if they think they are unaffected by global warming. The greenhouse effect and carbon effect are defined and the drastic changes are analyzed. The present situation and the future predictions are presented in a way to inform the reader of the severity of the situation. The last segment of the website provides alternatives to consider in order to better protect our environment. The website highlights that the path we are headed down is a dangerous one and in order to reverse some of our harmful ways, we must understand what is happening and work to fix it. The “Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Science” presents the reader with the opportunity to see the predicted progression of global warming through technologically engineered videos. In an organized layout, this website allows you to gather the facts about all aspects of global warming and does so in a way that’s easy to comprehend. Starting with an introduction of collected data, followed by the listing of causes and their impacts and ending with the future devastation, this website provides information in a convincing manner leaving the reader hungry to help. The websites beginning description of the ‘natural warming’ slowly brings the reader into the context of the situation and by putting the issues in plain text, the reader can receive elevated facts while still being able to understand them. The website is clearly bias but not in a way as to offend skeptics. Its status as the Academy of Science increases its credibility and it has a copyright dated at 2011 suggesting that it is constantly maintained. This source can provide alternatives for people to help reduce our harmful emissions. It can also be used to show the effects global warming is having on the planets ecosystems and agriculture.