Blog Post 3

Global Warming Silver Lining? 

By Richard. A . Lovett 

National Geographic News 

Written on Sept. 23 2011 

This article "Global warming silver lining?" is about how recent research shows that global warming may have some good effects on the arctic. Recently climate models have been showing that global warming increases the amount of annual rainfall. According to Timothy Garret, an atmospheric scientist, one of the best ways to get rid of pollutants in the air is rainfall. He explained that rainfall can carry the pollutants out of the air and onto the land. Pollutants have less effect on the environment if they are on land than if they are in the air. They think this method might be effective especially in the arctic since it receives so much of the pollutants from global warming. 

I chose this article because I think this is currently a very controversial argument and most think global warming is bad. This article shows that Global warming is not 100% bad and actually does some good for the environment. The title "Global Warming Silver Lining" is what caught my attention because it is bold and exotic. I learned in this article that things that are bad are not always completely bad and unhealthy. I can tell this article is valid because it is from National Geographic a website that is trustable. One good thing about this article is that the writer presented both sides of the argument. It is fair reporting so the reader can make his own judgements. One positive thing about this research is that it can affect scientific knowledge because we can use this information to look at global warming in a more positive way. However, this rainfall method does not apply to carbon monoxide. How can we study carbon monoxide which scientists seem to think affects global warming more than pollutants.