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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 ...
in opinion over the last few decades, with a general acceptance that it is the human influences which is causing damage to the env...
"same freedom for imagination and desk-top investigation" that is utilized by empirical ecologists in the field (Wu, 1994). Both 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...
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 ...
natural resources as did President Franklin D. Roosevelt forty years later (Petulla, 2001). Conservation to preserve the environm...
since the administration began. But, now, or just recently, with Bushs address, global warming has arisen as a topic of concern pr...
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...
course, the change that will occur as a result of increasing temperatures is not in dispute. If temperatures continue to rise, it ...
naturally and are not sufficient in size to significantly alter the current climate problems (Dawicki). Iron was added at 2 locati...
(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...
attention in the media or grant money to continue their studies. If this were true, then these scientists would not even be known...
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...
the fact that a "tax credit reduces tax dollar-for-dollar," while a deduction "only removes a percentage of the tax that is owed" ...
the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and his colleagues have developed computer mod...
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....
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at articles on scientific progress. Conductive plastics as well as global warming in t...
the emissions problem. Because of Chinas focus on maintaining economic growth she will undoubtedly back down on these pledges and...
during the last ice age. With rising temperatures, this matter is now decomposing and releasing carbon en masse. The article cites...
Global warming is one of the most concerning issues of our time. It is also one of the most controversial. The contention...
to the effect of greenhouse gases, temperatures are increasing worldwide, which produces drastic and frequently catastrophic chang...
Is global warming real? Can science either prove or disprove that fact? There are three sources listed in this three page paper. ...
This paper argues that it reasonable to conclude that government agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (N...