genre of rhetoric is academic performance at the conference. The speaker reveals new scientific facts and the experiment results to form a different point of view on the global ecological problems of the ocean. The aim of the performance is to persuade the audience that ocean acidification is much more important than the global warming, which took place on Earth several times. The main persuasive instrument is logical proof, though the speaker combines both rational and emotional argumentation
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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction Abstract The purpose of this paper is to educate U.S. Congress on the facts and unreliable theories of the progression of global warming. What is global warming? The topic of global warming has been met with much controversy over the past several years. What is it, does it exist, and do the facts support the claims of greenhouse gases and high levels of CO2 created by emissions from fossil fuels. Or is there another explanation for the radical weather changes
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Article Rebuttal: Global Warming and Climate Change Jeffrey Rohde BCOM/275 April 1, 2012 Edward D’Avola Global Warming and Climate Change A controversial and heavily debated topic in the media today is global warming and climate change. Countless articles have been written about the impact of global warming on the climate changes. A majority of the global warming claims are based on either human factors or natural cycles. I came upon a recent article by Nina
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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction * What is Global warming * Causes of global warming * Car exhaust * Aerosols * Green house effect -Too much CO2 * Concerns about global warming * Endangering animals * Flooding/Hurricanes * Change in weather * Is Global Warming Real * What are the facts * Glaciers are melting * Carbon dioxide as increased * Global temperatures are rising * Facts against global warming * Is there proof *
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1. Introduction Over the last century, climate change has become one of the greatest threats facing the world. There is overwhelming scientific consensus that the increasing global temperature and the variable weather condition are closely related to the increase of greenhouse gases. In order to tackle the issue of climate change effectively, the Kyoto Protocol has been established. However, the rate of climate change is beyond prediction and the adverse impacts of climate change are increasingly
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of the most critical global challenges of our times. Recent events have emphatically demonstrated our growing vulnerability to climate change. Climate change impacts will range from affecting agriculture - further endangering food security - to sea-level rise and the accelerated erosion of coastal zones, increasing intensity of natural disasters, species extinction, and the spread of vector-borne diseases. [1] This issue is of immense importance for every global citizen. That is why
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I'm glad someone finally asked me my thoughts about global warming! Personally, especially this time of year I think the heat could be turned up a little bit more! I have a hard time believing it is the "most urgent possible disaster that could hit us" any time soon and that we need to give our full attention to it. I watched all about it on History channel this last weekend and even the clips and photo's that they show do not convince me that it is the #1 concern that society and the world
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President Al Gore began a crusade that started what we all know now as Global Warming.Global warming has sprung into full gear as the signs are upon us to take notice more and more people are now concerned that in years to come there will no longer be winter. Much of the Arctic region is melting away and summers are hotter than ever due to the ozone layer disappearing.Public Policy Under Debate What is under debate about Global Warming is the presumption of what could and should take place to save
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Global Warming February 21, 2011 Erreka Sheppard 6. Global Warming If the global climate were to warm significantly as a result of the greenhouse 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
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it is also the cause of global warming, the danger to environmental life and the cost of building the Intercounty Connector, known as the ICC. This issue is what may be called a problem by the residents of the counties of Maryland. The project of building the Intercounty Connector “ICC”, includes building a highway throughout a couple of the counties in Maryland to have a faster and more efficient flow of traffic, which could also endanger the environment, and cause global warming. Also it is going
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