Word: globally
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...mercury was registering proof of the "greenhouse effect." Carbon dioxide and other chemicals are spewed into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and gasoline; the gases trap radiation that has come from the sun and that would otherwise escape into space. The result is global warming: over time, sea levels will rise, droughts and floods could become more extreme, and tropical storms may rage more destructively...
Three-hundred communities, universities, high schools and elementary schools across the country will be holding panel discussions and lectures on global-warming from November 6 to 12, said Kim E. Stone, public education assistant for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a lobbying and educational group based in Cambridge...
...Mainly what we're trying to do is to get people to talk about global warming and the green house effect," Stone said. She said the discussions would be geared to people's previous understanding of the problem, with some groups talking more generally and others working on specific policy options...
...amount of activism concerning environmental issues and global warming is at a much higher level than it has been in several years," Meiklejohn said...
...Harvard events are designed to go beyond basic appreciation of the seriousness of global warming and to encourage people to become energy-conscious in their everyday life, Meiklejohn said...