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l \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{url}  \begin{document}  \Section{Introduction}  \begin{itemize}  \item Mention how there is a lot of talk out there about how the climate is changing.  \item Mention some of the common assertions that you might see on the news.  \item What is causing this climate change?  \item Talk about the types of data we decided to work with and why.  \item CO2:  \begin{itemize}  \item CO2 is in the atmosphere and holds more energy than other molecules in the atmosphere. Also bigger than other atmospheric molecules  \item How the idea of how green house effect started. CO2 molecules absorb/reflect the heat.  \item used as base scale for global warming potential meter.  \item methane has values 20 times higher value of global warming potential. But CO2 is produced more then CH4.  \item main two contributers of C02 are electricity and transportation. They make up 70\% of CO2 emissions.  \item Some say only way to decrease emissions is to decrease burning of fossil fuels.  \end{itemize}  \item Ocean Temps:  \begin{itemize}  \end{itemize}  \item Fires:  \begin{itemize}  \item There are several ways that climate change is affecting wild fires.  \begin{itemize}  \item Longer fires seasons  \item Drier conditions  \item more fuel for forest fires  \item Increased frequency of lightning  \item Overall area burned is projected to double by late this century across 11 western states if the average summertime temperature increases 2.9 degrees F.  \item /url {http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming/Global-Warming-is-Causing-Extreme-Weather/Wildfires.aspx}