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food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...
in opinion over the last few decades, with a general acceptance that it is the human influences which is causing damage to the env...
its airports and service facilities. This land consumption both directly and indirectly impacts the environment. Although the in...
"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both o...
(1768-1830), of a "huge glass bell jar, made out of clouds and gases," which holds the "Earths heat close to the surface" (Lang). ...
will increase with intensity (Siegel, 2007). Fearnside (2007) expands on that notion and writes: "In 2005 Amazonia was hit by a v...
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 ...
champion, aided by the very visible image of Richard Branson. If the firm is really one that can be seen as a peoples champion wit...
in carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbon emissions that have accumulated in the atmosphere over time and ...
most entertaining books ever written, including Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain and The Lost World among others. His 2004 "tec...
wit; he has also been a concerned environmentalist since before it was "cool." This paper discusses one of the issues raised in hi...
A major influence is being increased waste and pollution as a result of burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil (GERIO, 1997). ...
are sounding the alarm. Discussion In one sentence, Meyer shows why the case for human activity as a cause of global warming can ...
addressing it in a knee-jerk reaction wont be of benefit to anyone. Trying to make a decision in this scenario without considering...
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 ...
the increasing severity and frequency of floods, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, drought, and heavy rains is directly related to g...
and Vranes). This same organization reported that the ice on the Arctic Sea was the lowest ever in 2007 (Nodvin and Vranes). The d...
the mean temperature of the planet has been rising, and "human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean glob...
reliance on carbon fuels is damaging: he notes that it makes us dependent on the Middle East, which is notoriously unstable; and t...
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...
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...
to issue on climate change, but looks at the entire concept of sustainability, of which climate change is one issue and the develo...
scientists. Citizens must decide how serious the threat is and what to do about it, which cures make sense, and which might be wor...
the sea of nutrients that animals need for survival. On land, a global warming trend could impact agriculture; providing too much ...
atmosphere have been measured since the late 1950s (Schneider). These measurements have revealed a steady increase in the amount o...
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...