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Please watch the following documentary that addresses global warming. Follow the link below to watch the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVQnPytgwQ0
For this discussion please address the following questions:
1. What are two consequences of global warming described in the documentary, and what are their predicted impact on the environment and human health?
2. Describe a strategy that is being implemented in the United States or in the world to address climate change and give your opinion about whether it is helpful or not.
Please explain your viewpoint and rationale, and provide supporting information.
Required Reading
Earth Day Network. (n.d.). Ecological footprint quiz. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator
Karl, T. R., Arguez, A., Huang, B., Lawrimore, J. H., McMahon, J. R., Memme, M. J. … Zhang, H. M. (2015). Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus. Science, 348(6242), 1469-1472. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6242/1469.full
National Institutes of Health. (2015). National library of medicine toxicology tutor I: Basic principles. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxtutor.html
Tong, S., Mather, P., Fitzgerald, G., McRae, D., Verrall, K., & Walker, D. (2010). Assessing the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(2), 546–564.
Healey, B. J., & Walker, K. T. (2009). Chapter 2: Epidemiology of occupational safety and health. In Public Health/Environmental Health: Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health Practice. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Jossey-Bass.
Institute of Medicine. (2000). Chapter 1: Introduction. In Safe work in the 21st century: Education and training needs for the next decade’s occupational safety and health personnel. Washington, DC, USA: National Academies Press.
Philip, R. B. (2012). Chapter 1: Introduction and overview. In Environmental issues for the twenty-first century and their impact on human health. SAIF Zone, Sharjah, UAE: Bentham Science Publishers.
Optional Reading
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). The National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2016). Healthy People 2020: Environmental Health. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=12
Healey, B. J., & Walker, K. T. (2009). Chapter 1: History and importance of public health. In Public health/environmental health: Introduction to occupational health in public health practice. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Jossey-Bass.
Natural Resources Defense Council. (2016). Global warming 101. Retrieved on 4/17/16 at http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/
Philip, R. B. (2012). Chapter 4: Air pollution and global warming. In Environmental issues for the twenty-first century and their impact on human health. SAIF Zone, Sharjah, UAE: Bentham Science Publishers.
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