Annotated Bibliography #2

4/10/08
Smith, Gar. “The effects of Global Warming Will Be Detrimental.”
Earth Island Journal (Summer 2000): 1-7. Opposing Viewpoints.
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA. March 27, 2008.
http://find.galegroup.com


In this article, Gar Smith gives a brief description of detrimental global warming in the world. Gar explains that global warming will be negative and cause things such as hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and other fierce weather. For example, he gives evidence of how storms had such a hit in France that it affected the peoples’ needs for everyday things such as failed emergency cooling systems because the power lines broke. Also in France, blackouts due to a raise in temperature, blocked roads caused by fallen trees from strong winds and hurricanes, and so on.

This information is useful because it gives evidence of past events caused by global warming. However, it was not up to date; it only talked about the past. It did not tell how global warming would cause these disasters and how they will get worst in the future. Gar Smith is biased against global warming because he believes global warming will bring a negative impact.

-Gregory Miles