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1827 (Houghton, 1997). What is the greenhouse effect exactly? Greenhouse gases are actually gases which are trapped in the atmosph...

the denial of so many people that a real problem exists and if they do realize the risks, they are simply not taking actions to at...

far back into our history. Indeed, the concept of family itself can be described as the "oldest fundamental of all social institu...

course, the change that will occur as a result of increasing temperatures is not in dispute. If temperatures continue to rise, it ...

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

goals and limitations. The greenhouse effect, that natural regulator of the earths climate, has been altered by the additio...

automobile since its invention. However, not only is gasoline a non-renewable resource, but it now appears that it has a potential...

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 ...

since the administration began. But, now, or just recently, with Bushs address, global warming has arisen as a topic of concern pr...

more than doubled over the past decade" ("What is Global Warming?"). In addition, approximately "279 species of plants and animals...

(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...

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...

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...

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

what experts believe about the relationship between war and changes in the climate caused by global warming. The results of this l...

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 ...

atmosphere have been measured since the late 1950s (Schneider). These measurements have revealed a steady increase in the amount o...

"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...

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...

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...

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

reliance on carbon fuels is damaging: he notes that it makes us dependent on the Middle East, which is notoriously unstable; and t...