Global Warming is the increase in the world's temperature and changes in the world's climate caused by Carbon Dioxide from our cars, factories and power plants. Many scientists believe that the world is getting warmer and that this will affect our oceans, weather, and agriculture. Some even believe that countries and cities near the coast will disappear as sea-levels rise.

However, not all scientists are convinced that global warming is happening, and many politicians do not want to change their policies of economic development.

This page has links to background information on global warming, both for and against.

A very easy-to-read page from the US government's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/gw.html
A short animation video from Brainpop: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/brainpop/movie?id=globalwarming
A fairly easy-to-read page from the US government's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/climate.html.
Here is a fairly easy page from the British Council about global warming
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/magazine/global_warming.html.
What could the results of global warming be? Here is a page about the possible impacts of global warming from the US government EPA.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/impacts.html.
Here is a short page from New Scientist magazine in the UK.
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/climate/climatetrends.jsp.
A longer and more detailed from New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/climate/climatefaq.jsp.
The National Resources Defense Council, an environmental group in the US.
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/f101.asp.
Manchester Metropolitan University have produced this very simple Adobe Acrobat file (*.pdf, 520kb). Download it, print/and or read pages 6-12 and try the activities, including a word-search, a crossword, and questions, with activities for teachers.
Here are two quizzes from New Scientist about our consumption. How do we contribute to use of resources worldwide? http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/environment/quiz2.jsp
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/environment/quiz1a.jsp
Click on the map, on the area marked Number 52, and see one effect global warming could have on the UAE
http://www.climatehotmap.org/africa.html.  This site has hundreds of possible effects of global warming.
Watch the BrainPop video at http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/brainpop/movie?id=globalwarming
Here is a sample essay on global warming.
Gap-fill model essay on global warming, with answer key (pdf, 163 kb) New!


Not everybody agrees that global warming is happening.

Here is a short article from the national center for policy analysis which claims that television is biased in favor or scientists who support global warming but is against those who do not believe it.
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/enviro/envpd/pdenv143.html.
A very long article against global warming:
Global Warming: A Fairy Tale for Adults: http://www.discerningtoday.org/members/Digest/2000Digest/September/global_warming.htm.

http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english/probsoln/globalwarm.htm