First of all‚ you should know that weather and climate are not the same thing. WEATHER IS: • Short term • Limited area • Can change rapidly • Difficult to predict WEATHER is what’s happening outside your window right now. CLIMATE is the average of many years of weather observation. CLIMATE IS: • Long term • Wide area • Seasonal changes • Measured over long spans of time Climate is affected by many factors ABIOTIC FACTORS: BIOTIC FACTORS: Latitude Transpiration Altitude Respiration Ocean
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Have you ever wondered about how or when the temperature started rising on the earth? Well‚ let’s just get straight to the point. I’m talking about climate change. It may not seem like an important topic but it is. It’s an immensely important topic. My goal today is to tell you about climate change and how it all began… All of this began in the 1800’s when the “Industrial Revolution” took place. When this happened‚ people started to make goods in factories‚ rather than making them by hand and because
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Climate Change Will Hit Genetic Diversity By Virginia Gewin of Nature magazine Climate change represents a threat not only to the existence of individual species‚ but also to the genetic diversity hidden within them‚ researchers say. The finding promises to complicate assessments of how climate change will affect biodiversity‚ as well as conservationists’ task in preserving it. DNA studies have revealed that traditional species‚ as defined by taxonomists
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Joey Klupar Mr. Long Period 6 Global Climate Change FRQ Today‚ the world is experiencing anthropogenic global climate change. This means that there is a global climate change that is being caused by humans‚ which is all of us. Many people are in denial that global climate change‚ or commonly known as global warming‚ is really occurring. But‚ global warming really is happening and there is scientific proof. In the TED talk‚ James Balog explains how the arctic icebergs are the “canary in the global
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with strong and healthy ecosystems. We have a stronger economy‚ diverse food products and advancements in medical research all as a result of wildlife and natural ecosystems. Chipmunk with acorn in its mouth What Does Wildlife Do For Us? The value of nature to people has long been recognized‚ but in recent years‚ the concept of ecosystem services has been developed to describe these various benefits. An ecosystem service is any positive benefit that wildlife or ecosystems provides to people.
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Briefly describe the difference between intrapersonal and interpersonal approaches. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? The difference is that interpersonal refers to relationships or actions that take place between two or more people while intrapersonal refers to things that go on exclusively within one person. Inter is a prefix meaning between. Similarly‚ we have interpersonal relations that are between two or more people. Intra is a prefix meaning within. In schools‚ we sometimes
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The change in climate is something we are all facing. We sometimes hear of winter days becoming longer in some states and summer months becoming hotter than usual. All of these changes are contributed to the choices we make in our day to day lives; do we recycle‚ are we conscious of our surroundings‚ etc. Would I consider this to be an issue of morality? Yes‚ I would. Everyone has the responsibility to be aware of their surroundings. We each must take a part on how we treat the planet‚ i.e.
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CRITICAL THINKING PAPER The issue of global climate change is a prevalent topic in modern society. Many scientists and experts have presented their research on the drastic effects of this global phenomenon. Multitudes of people have responded positively to this advocacy by deciding to stand by the issue through changes in their way of living or disseminating new information they have acquired. We see here that by simply making data and research available to the public‚ something positive can
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Climate change has many effects on New England food production. As the temperature rises the crops being grown currently can not survive the warmer climate and a valuable source of food and income has been lost. Farmers carefully plan their growing‚ planting‚ and harvesting seasons and if the temperatures are unpredictable a farmer’s crops could be ruined overnight. Many crops are affected by climate change. Different crops need to be grown at different temperatures in order to survive. New
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down on our ecological footprint‚ and are making many changes to transition from being developing country to a more economically developed country. Known as‚ “The Land of Volcanoes” we are susceptible to many different types of natural disasters‚ such as hurricanes‚ earthquakes and volcano eruptions‚ and our lack of disaster prevention which lead to poverty‚ inequality‚ and have brought disaster and destruction to El Salvador. Climate change in our world today is a big issue‚ our industrialization
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