Climate change is a term that almost every educated person uses today. Hot days, as summer approaches, are quickly interpreted as tangible signs of global warming. Sudden, unanticipated events like torrential downpours
and floods seem to immediately conjure up visions of a rapid change of the global climate cycle. Much of the discussion on climate change centres on policy issues. The recent summit in Copenhagen produced little by way of agreement on the commitments that need to be made by nations to mitigate