News Global Warming Reported by the U.S. EPA (WhyFiles) Reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that global warming is real and that it is probably caused by human use of fossil fuels. "Nonetheless, the report did not call for measures to combat warming, like conserving fossil fuels or finding alternative sources of energy. Rather, it said Earth and earthlings should adapt to warming." 6-02 Map of Mars and Water Supplies (WhyFiles) Provides a map of Mars showing where water is believed to rest just below the surface. 6-02 Papers Agreement Reached on Reducing Pollution (BBC) Provides the conditions of a global agreement of 178 nations to reduce carbon emissions and thereby reduce global warming. The agreement, a revision of the Kyoto protocol, was developed and approved in November, 2001. The largest polluter in the world, the USA, refused to participate. 11-01

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