Argumentative Research Annotated Bibliography
Mark, M. (2004). Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
This book was written by Mark Maslin a prominent Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
(FRSG), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a professor of Earth System Science at
University College London. Mark gave a brief description about the history of global warming
Hypothesis which stated how the release of green gas emission into the atmosphere would
affect the environment as a whole and this was backed up with theories from different
scientists. He also stated that the “biggest problem with global warming is our inability to
predict the future”. For the purpose of my paper, I would use the book to support my claim
that human activities would substantially warm the earth by adding carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere, and this would continue to increase the temperature of the environment.
Benjamin I. Cook, Jason E. Smerdon, Richard. S, Sloan. C, (2014) Global Warming and 21st Century
drying. Climate Dynamics, 43(9-10), 2607-2627
https://doi-org.georgian.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2075-y
This is a scholarly reviewed periodical which states how Global warming is expected to increase
the frequency and intensity of droughts in the 21st century. It also talks about how the
Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and Palmer Drought Severity Index
(PDSI) projections using precipitation and penman Monteith based PET changes from the GCMs
generally, agree. It also states that Increased PET do not only intensify drying in areas where
precipitation is already reduced, but it also drives areas into drought that would otherwise
experience little drying or even wetting from precipitation trends alone.it also states that PDSI
has been used, with good success, to track both observational changes in drought and changes
in future drought (Dai 2013. van der Schrier et al. 2013), For the purpose of my paper I would
use this article to support my claim that global warming can lead to drought which is a natural
disaster.
Sobel, A. (2021) Making the Transition to Green Economy: What is our responsibility as Citizens,
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist 77(2), 67-69
https://doi-org.georgian.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/00963402.2021.1885821
This is an article written by Adam Sobel, He is a professor at Columbia University’s
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Engineering. He is also the author or coauthor of over
150 peer reviewed scientific articles. Sobel described how we citizens can reduce global
warming in the economy, he stated this could only work if everyone worked collectively and
that the goal is change the behaviour of fossil fuel companies which result to reduction in the
building of harmful infrastructure. The weakness of the articles is that he related the points
listed to politics which wasn’t meant to be like he is campaigning for the democratic party. For
the purpose of my paper I will use this source to support my claim that states that we humans
should work together to reduce global warming.
Montt, G. Wiebe, K S. Harsdorff, M. Simas M, Bonnet, A & Wood, R (2018) Does Climate action
destroy Jobs? An assessment of the employment implications of the 2-degree goal,
International Labour Review, 157(4), 519-556 https://doi-org.georgian.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/ilr.12118
This is an academic journal which was reviewed by the International Labour, This article
emphasis on how the reduction of global warning by 2%, and the goal can only be achieved by a
shift from fossil fuels towards renewables and energy efficiency which would increase the
number of labour forces needed in the energy sector and shifting the demands for product
and services through out the economy; this would result to reduction of unemployment in the
community. The weakness of this article is that it reduced the labour forces needed in fossil fuel
related sectors. This article is useful for my paper as I was able to further and expand my points
on why global warming should be reduced in the economy.