2008 Woodie Awards
Global warming real
Sarah Alfaham
Issue date: 2/19/07 Section: News
Despite the amount of snow UT has seen in recent days, a presentation about global warming was given last Thursday.
According to Alexander Wrege, the presenter and a doctorate student, global warming is real, regardless of recent weather.
"The hottest year on record is June 2005 to July 2006 - there were all new record highs in various parts of the world," Wrege said.
Ashley Ransburg, a senior majoring in anthropology and biology, agreed with Wrege. "The entire climate of Toledo has changed," she said. "When I was little, there was snow on the ground all winter long. Now, we hardly get any at all - like, only throughout February and that's all."
"We are witnessing a collision between our civilization and the Earth," Wrege said.
It's an issue Wrege has known about for a while.
"When I was in school in the '80s, the theory of the 'green house effect' was already largely accepted by the scientific community, by the early 1990s, we learned about it in school in Germany," Wrege said.
Wrege also attended a global-warming-presentation training conference.
The presentation was made possible by The Climate Project, which Wrege described as a group of individuals who care about the environment.
According to Wrege, The Climate Project was founded by Al Gore, a global warming activist and former U.S. Vice President. Gore personally trains presenters for discussion about global warming issues, and Wrege attended one of his training sessions.
However, Wrege said that he tries to keep politics out of this.
"This issue is too important to be put on a political debate," Wrege said.
Daniel Galandiuk, a second-year nursing student, agreed with Wrege in saying that global warming can be construed into a political issue.
"Some people think it's an intense and high threat," he said. "Others think it's a natural cause that is just a part of the planet's climate cycle."
Wrege does not think it's a natural cause, though.
According to Alexander Wrege, the presenter and a doctorate student, global warming is real, regardless of recent weather.
"The hottest year on record is June 2005 to July 2006 - there were all new record highs in various parts of the world," Wrege said.
Ashley Ransburg, a senior majoring in anthropology and biology, agreed with Wrege. "The entire climate of Toledo has changed," she said. "When I was little, there was snow on the ground all winter long. Now, we hardly get any at all - like, only throughout February and that's all."
"We are witnessing a collision between our civilization and the Earth," Wrege said.
It's an issue Wrege has known about for a while.
"When I was in school in the '80s, the theory of the 'green house effect' was already largely accepted by the scientific community, by the early 1990s, we learned about it in school in Germany," Wrege said.
Wrege also attended a global-warming-presentation training conference.
The presentation was made possible by The Climate Project, which Wrege described as a group of individuals who care about the environment.
According to Wrege, The Climate Project was founded by Al Gore, a global warming activist and former U.S. Vice President. Gore personally trains presenters for discussion about global warming issues, and Wrege attended one of his training sessions.
However, Wrege said that he tries to keep politics out of this.
"This issue is too important to be put on a political debate," Wrege said.
Daniel Galandiuk, a second-year nursing student, agreed with Wrege in saying that global warming can be construed into a political issue.
"Some people think it's an intense and high threat," he said. "Others think it's a natural cause that is just a part of the planet's climate cycle."
Wrege does not think it's a natural cause, though.
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