Charles F. Cooper, in
~oreignAffairs (~pr.1978), 428 E. Preston
St.,Baltimore, Md. 2 1202.
Carbon dioxide makes up only .03 of 1 percent of our global atmos- phere, but without this slight COz envelope to keep heat from being radiated out into space, the earth would be 10 degrees centigrade colder. This is known as the "greenhouse effect." As the burning of oil, gas, and coal increases the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the temperature of the earth may rise sufficiently...