New carbon capture technologies to reverse climate change

1. Choose THREE scientific papers from PEER-REVIEWED journals. Can use Google Scholar. Using these three papers, present a scientific topic of Geology of your personal interest. Topics that would be considered too broad would be “climate change” or “earthquakes”. Your topic should be more specific, like “Predicting earthquakes, new techniques being developed” or “new carbon capture technologies to reverse climate change”
2. Type a TWO page paper (double spaced) following your research outline (see Canvas). This paper includes a summary of the three papers, your interpretation, your analysis of the results, and observations for future development. You will discuss the research and propose future outlets for this research.
   Paper 1: Reference paper. A scientific paper which laid the pavement for future scientific study. May be very old, and will be HIGHLY cited by other papers in this field.
   Paper 2: The latest scientific results, this might mean the topic presented in terms of new technological advancements or research. What is the current status of this topic? The newer the paper the better.
   Paper 3: Supporting paper. This paper can either support the topic you have chosen, or it could be a paper with an opposing view to Paper 2. Paper 3 will add to the ‘whole’ story, either by supporting evidence, a field observation, or results in contrast to one of the other papers.
   How to Read a Scientific Article:
3. Read the Abstract
4. Read the Conclusions
5. Read the Figures (artwork) and captions
6. Read the Introduction
7. Skim the Methods and Results
8. Look for shaky wording (the results are ‘relatively’ positive)
9. Check for potential better references
10. Consider the strength of the argument against the direct evidence presented by the results. Are the conclusions wavery? Or are they backed by direct and solid results?END OF TEXT CITATIONS: Use the quotation mark symbol under the paper title in google scholar to copy and paste your reference into your bibliography/works cited
    IN TEXT CITATIONS:
    One author: (Smith, 2010)
    Two authors (Smith and Gonzalez, 2010)
    Three or more authors (Smith et al., 2010)

Research Outline:

Abstract: ¼ page
-Summary of the paper
-A long paragraph
-Lists all the elements of the paper
-Does not make any citations

Introduction: ¼ page
-What’s your topic?
-Background information
-Contain lots of citations, this means you aren’t presenting anything new (that you did yourself)

Methods: <1/4 page
-The means by which they acquired their results
-Type of experiment, variables, software used(For you, your methods are really short. “I read these three papers, because _”)
-Why did you choose these papers?

Results: ½ page
-What were the results from each experiment?
-No Opinions!
-Lots of citations (results are all from other papers)

Discussion: 1 page
-Now you can insert your opinion (don’t need to cite your own opinion)
-But cite wherever you reference results of another paper
-Discuss the papers and how valid you think they are
-What is your takeaway?

Conclusions: ¼ page
-Is like the abstract, but rewritten in a conclusive way
-What are your conclusions?
-What are some avenues for further research?

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