projection of the future. In “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next Fifty Years With Current Technologies”, Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow went in a different direction and presented a positive outlook on the improvement of the Earth’s current environmental state and introduced the idea of stabilization wedges. Lastly, the IPCC 2014 Summary report is a report that focused on looking at how nations can act to limit climate change. In the rest of this response, I will provide a synopsis
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the surface caused by the sun, moon and earth cause tides * Spring tide: full/new moon, Neap tide: first/last quarter moon Chapter 11: * Nitrogen and oxygen make up most of the atmosphere * Permanent gases remain in the atmosphere, variable gases fluctuate at a given time and place in the atmosphere * Water vapor content is the greatest close to the surface * Decay of vegetation and exhalation of animals is a source of carbon dioxde, the breakdown of bacteria found in rice paddies
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Warming is defined as the increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global Warming, in brief, is the warming of the Earth. Our planet, Earth, is continually being warmed by different sources. Total process of warming of the earth due to different reasons is called the Global Warming. Global warming is the process in which the Earth’s temperature starts increasing and it happens because industry, fossil
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Change The earths average temperature has risen 1.5 degrees in the last century. Scientists predict that the average temperature will rise and additional 0.5 to 8.6 degrees over the next one hundred years. Even the smallest of changes in the earth’s temperature can equate to large issues for the life on earth. The increase in temperature causes different effects in different areas such as, longer droughts, more flooding, more intense rain falls and more frequent and intense heat waves.
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Abstract Deforestation is occurring around the world at an unprecedented pace. Throughout the forests of virtually every continent, people are destroying valuable forests either for purposes of living or trade. International trade and the buildup of the industrial complex are causing rapid deforestation. With the recent discovery of the damage to the ozone layer, numerous worldwide organizations and governments have taken strides to reduce the actions of humans that damage, not only the ozone
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shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner. The earth maintains a habitable temperature due to the Greenhouse effect, which allows heat from the sun to penetrate our atmosphere, without it, the earth would be a cold and hostile planet, and would most likely be uninhabitable. In author, Stephanie Pappas article entitled, “Carbon Dioxide is warming the planet (here’s how),” Pappas passionately argues that Carbon Dioxide
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century, another force has started to influence Earth’s climate change: humanity. Though people have had the largest impact on our climate since 1950, natural changes to Earth’s climate have also occurred. A great example in which two major volcanic eruptions occurred,El Chichon in 1982 and Pinatubo in 1991. These two volcanoes pumped sulfur dioxide gas high into the atmosphere. The gas converted into tiny particles, reflecting sunlight and shading Earth’s surface. Temperatures across the globe dipped
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global warming? The phrase Global Warming has specific meaning. "Global" means something above borders or international. "Warming" means an alarm that something bad will happen. The whole phrase means increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere that causes changes in climate around the whole world, which refers to the meaning of global. For years, global warming was a scientific theory nobody cared about except scientists. Since the 1970s, the scientists discovered the fact that the
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Compounds (VOCs). Climate change is changing our health, economy, and communities. Climate change is an increase in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere. The air pollutants that contribute to this issue are chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide green house gases, and aerosols. These air pollutants are causing a tick blanket in the atmosphere trapping the heat and making the planet warm up. In the 20th Century the sea level has increased by an average of 7 inches. When the temperature
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ways. Taking action to help minimize global warming will have a huge impact on the amount of man-made air pollution that is produced. Global warming is the reason for the warmer climate on Earth. “There are more and more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, more heat is trapped which makes the Earth warmer… known as Global warming” (Greenhouse Effect). Our actions on Earth are one of the variables that contribute to global warming and will affect the Earth if continued at the current rate. It has
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