Essays 31 - 60
(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...
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 ...
"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both o...
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...
global warming associated with an increase in environmental pollution from greenhouse gases could lead to an expanded range of ano...
will increase with intensity (Siegel, 2007). Fearnside (2007) expands on that notion and writes: "In 2005 Amazonia was hit by a v...
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...
atmosphere have been measured since the late 1950s (Schneider). These measurements have revealed a steady increase in the amount o...
food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...
fact, the highest of the last millennium. It is important to note, however, that no actual temperature data exist prior to the mi...
attention in the media or grant money to continue their studies. If this were true, then these scientists would not even be known...
the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and his colleagues have developed computer mod...
course, the change that will occur as a result of increasing temperatures is not in dispute. If temperatures continue to rise, it ...
since the administration began. But, now, or just recently, with Bushs address, global warming has arisen as a topic of concern pr...
natural resources as did President Franklin D. Roosevelt forty years later (Petulla, 2001). Conservation to preserve the environm...
this is simply a humorous, tongue in cheek look at a real problem. In some way, humor lightens the seriousness of the dilemma. It ...
more than doubled over the past decade" ("What is Global Warming?"). In addition, approximately "279 species of plants and animals...
1827 (Houghton, 1997). What is the greenhouse effect exactly? Greenhouse gases are actually gases which are trapped in the atmosph...
Center, 2006). In terms of finding the percentage of industries or activities that contribute to global warming one author...
goals and limitations. The greenhouse effect, that natural regulator of the earths climate, has been altered by the additio...
ozone layer is that portion of the Earths atmosphere that contains high concentration of ozone (Busman and Belen). This exists in ...
warming is valid. Indeed, articles appear almost daily in major publications around the world. The electronic media devotes its ...
global warming. The phenomena of global warming is one of the most misunderstood of natural phenomena yet it is related to the fi...
scientific facts regarding the changes which we are observing in our world. A recent front page article in the New York...
Global warming is one of the most concerning issues of our time. It is also one of the most controversial. The contention...
enjoy. This is just to illustrate the key point again: that physical environment affects people in deep and fundamental ways and i...
them are manmade. I also believe that the increase of fossil fuel usage over the past 100 years has helped increase CO2 emissions....