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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...

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

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...

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...

amounts of carbon dioxide, with industrialization being the primary cause. Burning fossil fuels and industrial-dictated changes i...

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 ...

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...

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

the increasing severity and frequency of floods, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, drought, and heavy rains is directly related to g...

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

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

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...

warming is valid. Indeed, articles appear almost daily in major publications around the world. The electronic media devotes its ...

ozone layer is that portion of the Earths atmosphere that contains high concentration of ozone (Busman and Belen). This exists in ...

scientific facts regarding the changes which we are observing in our world. A recent front page article in the New York...

global warming. The phenomena of global warming is one of the most misunderstood of natural phenomena yet it is related to the fi...

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...

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

2100, sea levels may rise by 3 feet (Schulte 34). Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology blame warmer water for the fa...

Center, 2006). In terms of finding the percentage of industries or activities that contribute to global warming one author...

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 ...