Welcome to the official website of Global Warming: FACT, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student organization that seeks to dramatically improve public awareness and discussion of global warming and its consequences.

The website is still partially under construction, so please be patient if a page is not yet available. Also, sources are not yet listed, so please email to obtain them if desired.

The purpose of this website is to educate viewers on the science, consequences, and controversies related to global warming. This website can and will change, and I encourage visitors who have questions about site material or related topics or suggestions for topics/info that should be added to the site to send an email.

This is not mindless propaganda in support of global warming. I state here that, based on personal reading/research, I am not completely convinced that global warming is undoubtedly a "crisis" caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission. However, as it stands, increased greenhouse gas emissions imply some degree of warming--how much relative to what has been observed is not clear. But concern is warranted, and thus taking steps to reduce our emissions is common sense. CO₂, methane, and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a risk to our future.

To join the group or find out what FACT is doing, click here.

Thank you,

Dan Chavas
President (Aug 06 - May 07), Global Warming: FACT
B.S., Atmospheric Science, Mathematics (2007)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
drchavas@gmail.com

Recent News Articles

• 04/03/07: Supreme Court Ruling against the EPA

NEW! Relevant Readings/Books

Policy

• 02/02/07: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (FAR), Part I: The Physical Science Basis
• 04/13/07: IPCC FAR, Part II: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
• 05/04/07: IPCC FAR, Part III: Mitigation of Climate Change
• August 2004: Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies
• April 2003: The Economics of Climate Change: A Primer

Business

• "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart. Short, very interesting book on how business/industry efficiency can be dramatically improved to the benefit of both business owners and the environment.
• "Sustainability Risk Management" by Dr. Dan Anderson, a paper on why business leaders must care about how their company interacts with the environment and society

If you have something you think should be added to the site, or a question regarding the issue that you have that you would like addresssed either personally or publicly on the website, please email Dan: drchavas@gmail.com

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