Honors A&S 220A Homework 2
due Friday, 12 October before class

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/honors_220/HOMEWORK/hw2_2001.html


Magazine Article Review and Evaluation

The goal of this assignment is to review and evaluate critically an article discussing climate imapacts. Using one of the library search tools you're now familiar with, find a magazine article that addresses some aspect(s) of climate impacts on society. The article might focus on the consequences of "global warming", it might be about the impacts a particular drought or flood episode had on a particular region, or it might focus on El Nino impacts.  You are free to select an article from a magazine of your choice, but we prefer it comes from a magazine with relatively broad circulation (for example, Time, The Economist, Scientific American, Discover, Newsweek, etc.).

Your assignment is to write a 2-page (typed and double-spaced) review and evaluation of the article. Please begin with a half-page summary of the article's main points. The remainder of your evaluation should include your assessment of the quality of the article. A few questions you might address include:

Be sure to support your arguments and assertions with specific examples drawn from the article.
Please staple a print-out or photocopy of the article to your critique and give both parts to Justin on Friday, October 12.
 

You will be graded on this assignment, please proofread your submission before handing it in.