for a higher cause What is the Global commons? * Earths unknowns space * Eg. Atmosphere, space and Antarctica What is Global warming? * Rising temperature * Rise in carbon dioxide and pollution What is Greenhouse Gas? * A gas in the atmosphere * Traps heat in the atmosphere and makes the Earth warm * This contributes to global warming What is the Kyoto Protocol? * International Treaty * Based on the premise that Global warming exists and that Co2 caused
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Environmental Stewardship After scanning the headlines, obituaries, and world news sections, a wife tosses her Sunday newspaper into the wastebasket. Moments later, when her husband sees the discarded newspaper and inquires about the scores from last night’s ball game, she quickly pulls up The New York Times application on her smartphone to recite the information he is looking for. In another home, a young boy squeals with delight as he discovers Styrofoam peanuts were used to package the birthday
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crisis, it could indeed threaten the future of human civilization. That sounds shrill. It sounds hard to accept. I believe it's deadly accurate. But again, we can solve it.” These words were spoken from Al Gore; the crisis he speaks of is global warming. Global warming is defined as the overall increase in Earth’s average temperature due to greenhouse gas emissions. This climate change has been a growing problem for many years. Al Gore properly states that the consequences can be fatal to our civilization
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environmentalists that are expressing their concerns about all the changes in climate on earth. There are some that believe that there is a terrific amount of warming happening in the entire global climate. Researchers refer to the climate change as “global warming.” The research provided within this paper will conclude whether or not global warming is truly fact or fiction. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines climate as the analysis of accumulated weather data for long term patterns and trends. Change is
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Scientists Rani A. Perales Kaplan University Scientists Scientists. How would you define a scientist? According to Merriam-Webster, a scientist is “a person who is trained in a science and whose job involves doing scientific research or solving scientific problems” (2015). Now, how would you envision a scientist? Could there be a long-term impact because of how the media makes fictional scientists look? The media has portrayed scientists in many different ways, and can influence how people
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Hi! My name is (...). Today I will talk about global warming with main focus on the polar ice including the artic animals like the polar bear. So as a start, the global warming is the biggest threat for artic animals like the polar bear. Even though people like those in the Bush administration, refused to accept global warming; many think that the future climate changes can erase all the artic animals, and basically destroy the world as we know it. So, what will happen if we don’t act now? As
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Global Warming: What’s Up With The Weather Movie Notes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrq1Na90-DQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBDL8mL5GG4&feature=watch_response http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhP_XJyztE&feature=watch_response http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eLKIWoIWlM&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BDcUmeoJdI&feature=relmfu Name____________________________ 1) Why is it that weather and climate can be confused at times? 2) What is needed to
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Wabash Watershed Wabash Watershed (1961-1990) Introduction Global warming is a resultant of Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. The release of these gases has increased in the last 500 years since the industrial revolution. There is an expectation that global warming will result to rising sea levels, droughts, fires, heat waves, extreme storms, heavy rainfall, floods, and melting of snow and ice. These changes as envisaged would affect agriculture and general food availability with devastating
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“Russian opposition politician Boris Nemstov brutally murdered near Kremlin”, “French cartoonist Charlie Hebdo and 12 others murdered in Paris office”, “ISIS burns Jordanian pilot alive”. These were the screaming headlines in leading newspapers around the world recently. Such acts of violence seem a regular occurrence nowadays. Will there ever be peace on earth? Why is the world we live in such a violent place? In 15 years’ time, I will no longer be young. One change I would like to see taking
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Humans: The Cause of Global Warming Alicia Ferrell Miller-Motte Technical College Humans are responsible for global warming for many reasons and if it is not controlled properly it can affect the future of this planet. The burning of fossil fuels, mass deforestation, and increased population are all causes of global warming. "Global warming is believed to be caused by changes in the earth's atmosphere as a result of industrial process."(Leggett 124) Global warming is the rise of Earth’s temperature
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