balance of the Earth resulting in global warming or climate change, the disappearance of the polar ice caps, and other issues which harm the planet and us. In fact, the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is now over 25 percent more than it was 150 years ago. Fossil fuels are the main cause to global warming and should be dealt with immediately. Switching to alternative, non-detrimental, renewable sources of energy are the solutions to global warming as well as the energy demand associated
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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction AIU Lower Division Capstone BUSN 300 Outline Introduction/Thesis: I. History of Global Warming A. A driving force for the argument 1. A debate that global warming is in fact a fiction 2. A debate that global warming is a fact II. Argumentation A. The Melting Glaciers B. Weather that is Difficult to Follow Conclusion/Closing: Global Warming: Fact or Fiction For years the glaciers have been melting and catching people’s attention
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Global Warming Global warming has been closely linked to significant changes in the climate patterns mostly influenced by the changing levels of precipitation and atmospheric moistures as the effects of high temperatures. The changes affect the patterns of storms, sea levels, and snowfall where colder areas get colder. Global warming has been blamed for its detrimental consequences to the forest, wildlife, glaciers, sea levels, and health of the people (Natural Resources Defense Council, 2008).
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Only Time Will Tell Global warming is a topic that is affecting our world today at an alarming rate. We are seeing drastic temperature increase, receding polar ice caps, depleting ozone layers and habitat destruction. These things are all major issues that have become increasingly important because of global warming and there are numbers to prove that this is not just a hoax like some people believe. Increasing levels of Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere are
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greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system’. The IPPC report revealed that it is 'extremely likely' that human activity is the dominant cause for global warming. It claims a rise in temperature in the Northern Hemisphere will cause snow cover to decrease by 25 per cent by the end of the 21st century. Which is the age in time were in now. But the report failed to convincingly explain why the rise in global average surface temperatures had largely
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Assignment Two Urban sprawl, being one of the unavoidable adverse effects of global economic growth, means uncontrolled city expansion. It contributes to higher demand in consumption goods such as the gasoline and vehicles, which allows the economy continues to flourish in many developed countries as well as developing countries (especially in China). However, urbanization poses an acute ecological threat because it highly depends on the massive development of motorization which is a significant
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Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, and Solutions The state of Florida is considered a peninsula. Three-fourths of the state is surrounded by water. It has over a thousand miles of coastal land at sea level. Now, imagine global warming melting the polar ice caps. It is estimated that the sea level would rise by an average of 6 feet world wide. This would essentially wipe out the coastal cities of Florida such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pensacola, Tampa Bay, etc. Global warming has become
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Unfortunately, Americans have been annihilating their natural resources for decades, specifically since the beginning of industrialization during the early twentieth century. According to Julie Casper PhD, in her book Forests, foresting had a profound effect upon the nation: “… the massive deforestation in America moved inland. In the early 1900’s, about 500 million board feet of redwoods were harvested each year. Then, from 1947 to 1958, this rate rose to a billion…” (81). During the huge economic boom
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0A40F004 Global warming is caused by human activity. Gore shows pictures of factories pumping out smoking gases and talks about how the greenhouse gases humans are pumping into the environment as well as the fires burning from deforestation are causing the warming. China too is burning mountains of coal, using old technologies. According to him cause of our ecological troubles is population
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smog, and it is causing the warm air to stay in our atmosphere, heating up the world. Global Warming is a growing problem and needs to be stopped now. Global warming is an interesting topic. There is confusion amongst scientists about what it really is. Global warming is defined as the release of green house gases into the air that trap heat on the earth, causing for warmer temperatures. The issue of global warming is also very up in the air, because many people do not even believe that it exists,
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