HOMETHE CENTURY IN REVIEW
Y2K
Hey, You In That Bunker, You Can Come Out Now!
INDICATORS
World Population: Six Billion and Counting
Indicators of the Century
WORKSHEET:
Maps and Graphs in Focus
PERSON OF THE CENTURY
Albert Einstein: Person of the Century
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Runner-Up
Mohandas Gandhi: Runner-Up
WORKSHEET:
Voices of the Century
NATION
CAMPAIGN 2000
Primary Questions
How to Tell Them Apart
WORKSHEET:
Portrait of a Candidate
CONGRESS
Mutually Assured Destruction
PERSON OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bezos: King of the Internet
BUSINESS
AOL and Time Warner: Happily Ever After?
WORLD
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Rage Against the Machine
RUSSIA
No Tears for Boris
MIDDLE EAST
Men At Work
EAST TIMOR
On The Razor's Edge
WORKSHEET:
East Timor's Independence Struggle
JAPAN
The Japan Syndrome
PANAMA
Giving Up the Ship?
CUBA
A Big Battle for a Little Boy
ENVIRONMENT
Greenhouse Effects
WORKSHEET: Current Events in Review
Answers
Carbon dioxide and other gases from the burning of fossil fuels collect in the atmosphere and act like the glass walls of a greenhouse, trapping heat on the earth's surface. Scientists predict that the planet's average temperature could rise as much as 6.3¡F (3.5¡C) over the next century, and we are already seeing heat waves, melting polar ice and rising seas. Local impact remains unpredictable: some areas could suffer stronger storms and other places severe drought. Seven environmental groups-Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund-have put together a world map showing "early-warning signs" of global warming. Reviewed by a team of scientists, the signs fall into two categories: direct manifestations of warming, called fingerprints, and events that could become more frequent and widespread with climate change, which are labeled harbingers. Here's an exclusive look at the highlights of the map. A more detailed version is posted at www.climatehotmap.org.
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