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by Andrwew Piliero
 * Why is it so warm?**

**Part 1** I have been thinking about Global warming and how it has been affecting the north pole and the polar bears. i don't know to much about what is going on though. i do know that we are the cause and that everyone is a factor. i also know Global warming cannot be stopped only slowed because Global warming is a natural thing. i also know there is no such thing as clean coal all coal energy affects the ozone layer. i also know many many polar bears are dieing because plat forms of ice melt and get stranded and then die of exhaustion trying to swim back to land when it is to many miles to swim. i know that all of us can work to slow Global Warming. ** Part 2 ** A few things i want to know about global warming are is there no way we can scientifically break open the ozone layer? will earth become more like mars? will any life survive after Global warming takes its full affect? When will Global warming take its full affect? what would happen if we sent up a chemical gas to have a chemical reaction with what is in the ozone layer will it clear out the Ozone layer? How come The ice caps have not melted yet? and will anything be preserved on earth after global warming or will there be nothing?

I have been searching my topic to try and find information i can use in my game. so far i have found lots of interesting things
 * Part 3--The Search**

1) I have found the book Global Warming by Mark Maslin. From it i have found out many things i did not already know about Global warming. For example I did not know of the cooling effect this is when gasses go into the air and reflect the sun's rays cooling the area. this is caused by volcanoes erupting, forest fires and certain factory fumes. with this i can get a better idea of what certain cities will be like when i design my game.

2) The first site i chose to consult was wikipedia. i chose this site since it is sort of a mixture of different peoples information so i figured it would give me things to think about. from this i was hoping to find out where global warming has the biggest impact. I did find some information on this topic. i found out that agricultral fields would be effected, the Arctic would be probably effected the most though with the ice melting. some of the species living in the Arctic will die out, and sea levels will rise. This will help me when i make my game i can have it take place in the Arctic with the water slowly rising like in the hurricane Katrina game and instead of people you can save animals. this s a link to the page []

3) This information was what I thought the most interesting information.Whale feces can be used to help ocean plants and any plant under water intake more carbon dioxide. this gave me ideas for whale farms that could be created in the game to get whale feces to place in water sources near polluted cities. this also gave me the idea to add an economic factor like the whale farm creates jobs destroying oil rigs lower economy due to loss of jobs. the link for the page i used is Whale feces could help oceans absorb CO2 - Yahoo! News

4) the second thing i found out was not as interesting but still useful is many ways you can make normal homes greener. you can put in skylights to save electricity, create rooftop gardens, shop online to prevent emissions from your house, read news online to save paper, instead of throwing out old plastic toys have children trade them to save plastic, also carpooling and using bikes,using efficient light bulbs and appliances, using your own reusable bags instead of plastic bags,and last using reusable water bottles. i got some of this from [|How to Live an Eco-Friendly Lifestyle | eHow.com] other info i got from prior knowledge.

5) For my interview i interviewed my cousin Deniz and asked her the following questions. Do you believe Global warming is as bad as it is said to be on tv and the media? she replied yes i believe it may even be worst since every year the temperature is constantly increasing. Then i asked her Where do you think Global Warming has the largest effect? she replied I think it has a large impact on the city. i then asked why? she said well i live in Manhattan and i always see lots of cars every where and well people could just walk so all the cars give off gas and that is not good. lastly i asked how do you think we can stop them from using cars that give off gas? she said well maybe if there were more hybrids people could use those.

From this expiereince i have learned many things. one thing i have learned is many new and useful ways to do a search on the internet. this includes the many search terms and deductors i have learned about. i also learned how to properly cite my work the mla way. i also learned many ways to stop global warming. i learned that whale feces can help the environment by causing sea plants to absorb more CO2 helping the environment. i learned the many ways i can help change a building to be much more environment friendly.
 * Part 4--What I Learned **


 * Work cited:**

1)Maslin, Mark. //Global Warming//. updated edition. Motorbooks, 2007. 72. Print.

2)Askin, Pauline. "Whale feces could Help ocean absorbCO2." //Yahoo News// (n.d.): 1. Web. 5 May 2010. .

3)"How to live an Eco-Friendly lifestyle." //eHow//. n.d.. Web. 5 May 2010. .

4) Keskin kaya, Deniz. Interview by Andrew Piliero. 29 apr 2010 . Print.

5) "Global Warming ." //Wikipedia//. 15 may 2010. Web. .