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while people care about global warming, they do not care enough to "give up their cars or sacrifice a standard of living based on ...
50 years" ("Global Warming"). In 2001, a similar UN report said that human activity had "likely played a role" in global warming...
(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...
food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...
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...
of levels it may be argued that simply surviving the last few years may be a sign of success, and is an indicator of performance. ...
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...
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 ...
to issue on climate change, but looks at the entire concept of sustainability, of which climate change is one issue and the develo...
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...
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...
it, or insufficient regulation. Looking at the current regulation it may be easy to argue that the cause has been under regulation...
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...
addressing it in a knee-jerk reaction wont be of benefit to anyone. Trying to make a decision in this scenario without considering...
on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...
and Vranes). This same organization reported that the ice on the Arctic Sea was the lowest ever in 2007 (Nodvin and Vranes). The d...
of global economic governance barely exists"1 This appears to be a very valid approach, in other areas where impact of a particul...
the mean temperature of the planet has been rising, and "human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean glob...
been seen in many countries, including the UK and the US. The question is, is this approach that is viable and can work. Despite a...
the increasing severity and frequency of floods, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, drought, and heavy rains is directly related to g...
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...