The Energy Symposium: The Rosenfeld Effect was held in the Sibley Auditorium on April 28, 2006. We will focus on the first session, where John Holdren discussed the challenges of the global energy environment and how increasing energy efficiency can help provide useful solutions. According to J...

Global warming is caused primarily by human activity such as burning fossil fuels, chemicals, and other pollutants that are later released into the earth's atmosphere. These gases affect the chemical composition of the atmosphere causing increased warming (EPA, 1999). This warming trend disturbs th...

The humanity is currently facing one its biggest problem ever. Indeed, the Earth is warming and consequences might be devastating for the future generations. There is a general agreement among scientists that Earth's climate is being affected by industrial society. Industry affects global climate by...