changed rapidly within the last decade for cell phones and computers, building construction remains the same as it was 100 years ago. Traditional wood frame structures have insulation problems that cause thermal bridging, through which precious energy is lost. These houses have a low thermal resistance resulting in a low insulation value. There is a more efficient way to build a house: using insulated concrete forms (ICF). Despite that technology had been present in the market for a long time, people
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Home Insulation Program The economic melt-down of many developed countries caused by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has seen a world-wide swing to Keynesian economic policies. In an effort to boost the economies and reduce unemployment, many governments have conceived different strategies of direct intervention and increase public spending to stimulate economic activities. There are still intense debates about the main reasons why Australia has weathered the GFC much better than the others. The
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The Tundra About a fifth of the land surface of the earth is tundra. The tundra is found next to the icy zones in the arctic. The temperatures on the tundra are below freezing and can drop to as low as -70 degrees F. There are winds that can blow up to 100 miles an hour. Temperatures are so cold, the water in the ground freezes, up to a depth of 2000 feet or more. It can reach temperatures of up to 50 degrees F on a warm summer day. There are a few places where only a few inches on the top
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Dive into the water. Not enough to eat in the pond? Hop out and see what they're serving on shore. Frogs have evolved to live in an astounding variety of climates. They can be found just about anywhere there's fresh water, from the desert to the Arctic, on all continents except Antarctica. Though they thrive in warm, moist tropical climates, frogs also live in deserts and high on 15,000 foot mountain slopes. The Australian water-holding frog is a desert dweller that can wait up to seven years for
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What happens when soda is poured into a glass to quickly before it has time to settle? It spills over the edge and out of the glass, damaging anything in its path. This is what happens to the atmosphere when greenhouse gases are being pumped into it faster than it can be absorbed. Many people believe that global warming is a problem that can only be solved by big companies and the government. What happens when the government is handing out millions of dollars in tax breaks to big oil companies that
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effect or other climatic change, the Arctic ice cap would start to melt. This ice cap contains the equivalent of some 680,000 cubic miles of water. More than 200 million people live on land that is less than 3 feet above sea level. In the United States several large cities have low average elevations. Three examples are Boston (14 feet), New Orleans (4 feet), and San Diego (13 feet). In this exercise you are to estimate the rise in sea level if the Arctic ice cap were to melt and to determine
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People against the Earth: Cycle of melting of ice caps in the environment It is very shocking to see how many people do not have the knowledge or the interest to educate themselves about one of the biggest issues of the Earth. There are many articles about the climate change in general, but this essay will answer a question what are the effects of melting ice caps on climate change? Firstly what is global warming and what is climate change? Global warming is just the Earth’s rising surface
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Circle: Line of latitude, south of which experiences a period of 24-hour sunlight * Appalachian Mountains: Mountain range in eastern North America * Arabian Sea: Branch of Indian Ocean between India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Somalia * Arctic Circle: Line of latitude, north of which experiences a period of 24-hour sunlight * Atlas Mountains: Mountain range in northwest Africa * Black Sea: Large sea separating parts of Europe and Asia * Cartography: The making of maps *
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor and the creature's actions can be attributed to their parental teachings. The novel begins with Robert Walton in the 1700s, an explorer looking for a passage leading from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic ocean. During his trip he discovers and saves fellow European Victor Frankenstein after finding him on the brink of death floating on the water. Victor tells Walton his story speaking on his amazing childhood and his mother's death which eventually
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How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age... If you look at a globe, you'll see that the latitude of much of Europe and Scandinavia is the same as that of Alaska and permafrost-locked parts of northern Canada and central Siberia. Yet Europe has a climate more similar to that of the United States than northern Canada or Siberia. Why? The warmth in Europe is the result of ocean currents that bring warm surface water up from the equator into northern regions that would otherwise be so cold
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