Carbon emissions. They are getting to be more and more common in news stories. It seems like every environmental change is caused by the carbon emissions. This article is another of those environmental changes.
This article gets right to the point in the opening paragraph with a summary lead. Since this is a scientific article, the author chose the appropriate lead.
The article included several statisitics and quotes from experts. Since this article seemed to be a synopsis of the actual report, the article also included a link to the original report. The beginning of the article was more of a story format, but the end provided more information in a bullet-style format.
This article also included many of the features of a multimedia story, like had been discussed in lecture. The article had still photos, and inlcuded "quick question" on the side where readers could vote on the question "Is global warming real?".
This article was full of information, but it did not seem overwhelming. The author related this information to information from 2007, probably to refresh readers' memories that this is not the first time this situation has occurred. While this was scientific and informative, it was put into terms that the common, everyday reader could understand with little to no confusion.
The story can be found here:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2008-10-16-arctic-report_N.htm
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Do you feel the reporter is obligated to contact a source who feels global warming is a hoax? Does this article reflect the general consensus on global warming in the scientific community? Is it appropriate to use the IPCC's findings on the causes of global warming?
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