Scientific AmeriKen: Finding the Global Warming Culprit!

Global warming is a hot issue, politically, economically and scientifically. The figure on left is often cited as the typical indicator of warming trends - showing an upward trend starting in the 60's. This is often correlated with recent advances in technology and population growth believed to be the source of pollution leading to global warming. In rebuttle correlations have also suggested that global warming is a result of

a reduction of pirates (Link). Although most environmental researchers agree with the premise that man is responsible for global warming the issue still remains as to who is to blame - nature or man? Scientific AmeriKen jumps on this case to track down and find who exactly is responsible!

Scientific AmeriKen will attempt to answer two questions - the first is who is to blame. The project focuses on cities around the United States. The hypothesis of this experiment is that if mankind is to blame for global warming then the largest source of the warming (suggested to be the US) should be experiencing greater warming than the world average. By extending this logic a second question arises which would be assuming the United States is warming the world then which city is responsible for it? Based on population it is hypothesized that New York City would contribute the most.