Answer to Question #106411 in General Chemistry for Elizabeth

Question

1.-The Movie The Great Global Warming Swindle, is this source neutral or biased toward the topic of “Global Climate Change”. If it is biased, what is the bias?
2.- What evidence is presented by the film to support the position? List 3 bullet points.
3.- List 1 statement that suggests bias.

Answer 1

1- It is biased. It told that global climate change is not driven by anthropogenic carbon emissions.

2-  The film asserts that records of atmospheric CO2 levels since 1940 show a continuing increase, but during this period, global temperature decreased until 1975, and has after that increased until 1997.

According to the film, increases in CO2 levels lagged (by over 100 years) behind temperature increases during glacial terminations.

The programme asserts that the current episode of global warming is nothing unusual and temperatures were even more extreme during the Medival Warm Period, a time of great prosperity in western Europe.

3- According to the film, there has been an increase in funds available for any research related to global warming "and it is now one of the best funded areas of science."