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Climate Change and Technology

in opinion over the last few decades, with a general acceptance that it is the human influences which is causing damage to the env...

Impact of Friction Upon the Greenhouse Effect

In eleven pages this paper discusses the contributions for friction as a leading cause of global warming and the greenhouse effect...

The Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is defined and explored. This is usually associated with global warming and is quite controversial. Causes a...

Problems and Solutions Pertaining to the Greenhouse Effect

In six pages this paper discusses the problems associated with the greenhouse effect, most notably global warming in a considerati...

Global Warming and the Environment in General

the mean temperature of the planet has been rising, and "human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean glob...

The Influence of Humans on the Pace of Climate Change

A major influence is being increased waste and pollution as a result of burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil (GERIO, 1997). ...

Global v. National Interests

and when" these problems appear(Carey and Shapiro, 2004, p. 18). Many people would argue that problems with relying on high carbon...

The Ecosystems of Brazil

distinct American Indian cultures (McDermott, 1998). Approximately one-half of the worlds terrestrial species of wildlife live in...

Changes in Global Governance Following the 2008/9 Recession

very viable market for the majority of lenders as well a serving an important purpose allowing many borrowers access to funds to h...

Greenhouse Effect

(1768-1830), of a "huge glass bell jar, made out of clouds and gases," which holds the "Earths heat close to the surface" (Lang). ...

Why Ocean Exploration Should be Funded at the Same Rate as Space Exploration

food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...

Paleoclimatology

naturally and are not sufficient in size to significantly alter the current climate problems (Dawicki). Iron was added at 2 locati...

Effective Ecological Volunteerism

while people care about global warming, they do not care enough to "give up their cars or sacrifice a standard of living based on ...

Differing Ecological Viewpoints

"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both o...

Kolbert: “Field Notes from a Catastrophe”

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...

Aviation’s Social Responsibility for Environmental Impact

its airports and service facilities. This land consumption both directly and indirectly impacts the environment. Although the in...

Dear President Obama: Please Cool Things Down!

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...

Responses of the International Community to Climate Change Issues

to issue on climate change, but looks at the entire concept of sustainability, of which climate change is one issue and the develo...

Deserts, Glaciers and Climate

extremes of temperature and in which wind is instrumental in forming the landscape, i.e., by shaping dunes and snow drifts. Furthe...

Howard Frumkin's "Environmental Health" - Chapter 11 Analysis

will be five days from now. Their "job" as protectors of the sea is being severely threatened as they decline in mass with every ...

Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol by the United States

Kyoto Protocol was established in direct response to the increasing problem of global warming. Global warming is an increase in gl...

Global Climate, Weather, and the Effects of Volcanic Eruptions

Mexico and will usually move out towards the open sea where they do not create any measurable harm (Borron, 2002). However, a phen...

Mt. Nyiragongo Eruption of 2002 and It's Short and Long Term Costs

(News Services, 2002). Various charitable organizations have pitched in as well. The World Food Program, for example, has distri...

Rhodesia, Brazil and Declining Rainfall and Deforestation

and food for the animals and life, the forest is also a container, that ensures there is a regular flow of water (Butler, 2002). T...

Texas' 11 Ecological Regions

marshes. 5. Coastal Sand Plains - This is a most unique region in that it is adjacent to the Laguna Madre: "the only coastal, h...

Media and Environmental Issues

any news interest in the first place: The scientific conviction that global warming is happening and is being caused by man incre...

The Credibility of Internet Sources

sharing information, but its not always easy to determine how credible this information is. This paper describes ten ways of testi...

Critiquing 2 Articles

similar to the UK, and 77% of the respondents stated that they agreed that there was a need to reduce waste, but this was an answe...

Corporate Social Responsibility Subjects

warming, it is generally accepted that greenhouse gas emissions are a significant contributory factor, and many firms are seeking ...

The Impact of Global Warming on a Business

their impact is felt by 70% of the population were effected to a significant level (Saporito, 2001). The emissions made ar...