Field Notes Part 2

After reading these chapters I can honestly say that I think Arrhenius' prediction of global warming was truly eye opening. The information that was presented by him shows that he knew what would happen to the world's climate just by judging the levels of CO2 during his time. I thought it was interesting that he was able to deduce this and I thought it was really impressive that he was correct. What really makes me think hard about it is that this man was able to predict the climate change in the world but did not add in the effects of greenhouse gases that would be produced by factories and cars in the future. That was something that I thought was really amazing that his assumptions were still correct even though all of that was before his time. Kolbert introduced a bunch of new information in these chapters but she did it in a non-overbearing way so that I wasn't overwhelmed when reading it. It was still very much conversational and flowed very nicely. I like the way she added small quirky bits about each scientist and even though it wasn't necessarily relevant to the topic, it still gave a more personal feel to the chapter. As I keep reading, I am continually learning more about climate change and global warming.