Essays 61 - 90
Global warming is one of the most concerning issues of our time. It is also one of the most controversial. The contention...
what experts believe about the relationship between war and changes in the climate caused by global warming. The results of this l...
while people care about global warming, they do not care enough to "give up their cars or sacrifice a standard of living based on ...
its airports and service facilities. This land consumption both directly and indirectly impacts the environment. Although the in...
in opinion over the last few decades, with a general acceptance that it is the human influences which is causing damage to the env...
work appears in the New Yorker; this book started out as a series of pieces she did for the magazine (Hayes, 2006). What gives Kol...
50 years" ("Global Warming"). In 2001, a similar UN report said that human activity had "likely played a role" in global warming...
fact, the highest of the last millennium. It is important to note, however, that no actual temperature data exist prior to the mi...
(1768-1830), of a "huge glass bell jar, made out of clouds and gases," which holds the "Earths heat close to the surface" (Lang). ...
naturally and are not sufficient in size to significantly alter the current climate problems (Dawicki). Iron was added at 2 locati...
scientific facts regarding the changes which we are observing in our world. A recent front page article in the New York...
food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...
global warming. The phenomena of global warming is one of the most misunderstood of natural phenomena yet it is related to the fi...
and carries a negative connotation. It is the ozone layer of the outer atmosphere that constitutes the beneficial ozone, and it i...
are sounding the alarm. Discussion In one sentence, Meyer shows why the case for human activity as a cause of global warming can ...
of greenhouse gasses, in other words, CO2 and other gasses that are emitted into the atmosphere and increase the temperature on ea...
on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...
to issue on climate change, but looks at the entire concept of sustainability, of which climate change is one issue and the develo...
trouble, but by which time it will be too late to do anything about it. Id like to tell you some of my concerns, because you are t...
will be five days from now. Their "job" as protectors of the sea is being severely threatened as they decline in mass with every ...
to benefit from such a boon - as is the case with any sort of social improvement - the vast majority was able to bask in the up-an...
reliance on carbon fuels is damaging: he notes that it makes us dependent on the Middle East, which is notoriously unstable; and t...
extremes of temperature and in which wind is instrumental in forming the landscape, i.e., by shaping dunes and snow drifts. Furthe...
scientists. Citizens must decide how serious the threat is and what to do about it, which cures make sense, and which might be wor...
atmosphere have been measured since the late 1950s (Schneider). These measurements have revealed a steady increase in the amount o...
should an organization like the United Nations address the issue on a worldwide basis to assure that all nations adhere to a stand...
the sea of nutrients that animals need for survival. On land, a global warming trend could impact agriculture; providing too much ...
the mean temperature of the planet has been rising, and "human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean glob...
This comprehensive paper opposes the general thinking on global warming. Opponents to the concept are noted and arguments are disc...