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Climate Change Notes:

The climate change article is well-written and references many different sources. The author links almost every source to a paper or journal where the reader can go back and check the data presented in this article. The author seems to do a nice job of summarizing the different studies without plagiarizing. All the information seems up to date, but is likely going to need to be changed in the future due to the drastic changes we are continuing to create for the earth. Nothing in this article seemed off-topic or too distracting, making it easy to read and understand the general idea present. This article may seem like it is controversial to many people. After all, people still believe that climate change is not caused by humans and is possibly a hoax. However, the author does a very good job of simply presenting the data without inputing opinions. In fact, there is even one portion where he/she links the global warming wikipedia page to the climate change document. This is because this author is referencing human caused climate change. In this way, people who are curious about or disagree with the changing climate can go further and see other data that is presented about how humans are helping cause the problem. The author breaks down the evidence and causes of climate change, which is also very helpful. When talking about the evidence, the author links studies and other wikipedia pages to each topic. This way a person can again look further at the topic if they are curious about the broad idea being discussed. The causes may have been harder to write without placing the blame on anyone specific, but the author does a nice job of avoiding bias. Again, he/she links other wikipedia pages to each topic, so more information can be learned. They also discuss human influences, but only touch on it briefly and suggest that this is how scientists feel. This may be one reason why this page is semi-protected. Although it is good at giving a background to this issue, many people may still feel that it is too biased. They may want re-write some entries, etc., to remove some of the blame. However, now only certain people can edit it. This way only facts can be presented and bias can be left off.