Climate Change Weekly

ForecastGMU as a new segment being rolled out for the Fall 2014 Semester. Starting Monday August 4^th, there will be a new topic discussed regarding climate change.

Climate change is such a fine-lined, touchy issue both within the scientific community and outside of it. The problem that I see with climate change is people being fed information that contains media and political bias on both sides of the argument. I’d rather have people be given true facts so they are informed enough to formulate their own opinion on climate change. Every week I will be submitting an article that has some connection to umbrella topic of global warming. They will not all be centered on scientific research and findings. They will range from political, agricultural, hydro-logical, medical, economic, social, cultural, and even diplomatic implications; all of which stemming from climate change. I will be taking suggestions though, as I would love your personal input on this new endeavor. Hopefully I will have enough articles to fill the entire semester’s worth.

The point of this segment is simply to inform the populous. I believe that every single person is inspired to learn about something they are curious about. The questions swirling in the college students mind make them seem anxious and bewildered about the world around them. That is certainly not the case; most are just inspired to learn outside the classroom.  Whether it be about the various changes in our atmosphere, or whatever interests you. I hope that students, or anyone else that is interested, become more informed about otherwise complex topics. This will mean future decisions will have a more active voice behind them and citizens are more engaged in thoughtful conversations.

Climate change as I see it will require not only the scientific community to be knowledgeable, but the common every day citizen. It will affect everyone, so being informed of its many facets is of utmost importance. Being active and helping the cause is also important for many people so I will try to include ways you can do so.

These articles will be fairly bare bones and just the basics of the chosen topics. It is meant merely as a starting to point to help hopefully inspire further investigation. I will include links in my articles for more information.

I will intentionally pick topics that are not well talked about within our mainstream/social media airwaves. They still have an immense impact on the world around us. I will also try to stay relatively neutral and stray from bias. This means I will attempt to be balanced in perspective, viewpoint and source.

Let me know what you think! I will even try to get guest writers/contributors to help with this section. 

-James