Rainforest; a luxuriant‚ dense forest rich in biodiversity‚ found typically in tropical areas with constantly heavy rainfall. Why would someone want to kill the Amazon rainforest? Its full out life and nature. Trees that are sky high and waterfalls that flow into the lakes and rivers. The Amazon metaphorically is the lungs of our earth and its about to be ripped to bare ground. For what? So people can have more land for stores to make money. How important is it to protect the rainforest? In the
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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Theory (Part 1a) Introduction: The Beginning of the “Continental Drift Theory” In the middle of the eighteenth century‚ James Hutton proposed a theory‚ uniformitarianism; “the present is the key to the past”. It held that processes such as geologic forces- gradual and catastrophic-occurring in the present were the same that operated in the past. (Matt Rosenberg‚ 2004) This theory coincides with the theory of Continental Drift that was first proposed by Abraham
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supercomputer and reproduced about 80 years of simulated Earth time. They called their experiment “The World Avoided.” By the year 2020 in the simulation‚ 17% of the Earth’s protective ozone layer vanished. Holes in the ozone layer formed not just over Antarctica—as they currently do each spring—but over the Arctic‚ too. By 2040‚ the ultraviolet (UV) index‚ the measure of the sunburn-causing radiation reaching the Earth’s surface‚ rose as high as 15 on summer days in mid-latitude cities such as Washington
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similes and personification that the reader ends up entranced and bewildered as to how both the initial scene and the actual meaning are remotely connected. Mahon does this in many poems including ‘’As It Should Be’’‚ ‘’After The Titanic’’ and ‘’Antarctica’’ however it is most effective in his most famous poem‚ ‘’A Disused Shed in Co.Wexford’’. This striking poem discusses ‘mushrooms’ he stumbled upon in a ‘’a disused shed’’ whilst roaming around a ‘’Burnt out hotel’’ in ‘’Co.Wexford’’ ‚ Using his
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Over the past half century our world has become more modernized than ever thought possible. We have innovative things to make our lives quicker and more efficient including DVDs‚ the IPod‚ and the Internet. This technology has become integrated into our society and even in a way part of our lives. It has also led to increased manufacturing and production and in turn increased the CO2 output by man kind. However‚ is this increase substantial enough to cause a change in the Earth’s climate? Scientists
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This article discusses a theory about the creation of Antartica‚ which rapidly formed about 35 million years ago‚ this has been a source of contention and mystery in the scientific world. There are two major theories concerning the continents creation. The first suggests due to gradually declining carbon dioxide levels 66 million years ago‚ cooler temperatures near the poles allowed ice sheets to form. The second theory states that the dramatic deepening of the Drake Passage caused an extreme
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This year’s ozone hole over the South Pole is one of the worst‚ despite scientists only a year ago saying it had shrunk to its smallest size. By September 12 the hole above Antarctica was 26 million square kilometres‚ Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The hole – which grows each spring and then shrinks again each year – was among the 10 worst since records began 26 years ago. Colder-than-average temperatures in the stratosphere had caused the larger-than-average
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1. Make a simple drawing of Earth’s three major zones. Describe the composition of the zones. Briefly explain the internal process of plate tectonics and the external geological process of erosion. ● Continental Plates (Crust)- consists of the continental crust‚ and the oceanic crust ● Mantle- solid rock‚ but under its rigid outermost part is a zone of very hot‚ partly melted rock that flows like soft plastic. The plastic is asthenosphere. ● Core- is very hot and has a solid inner part‚ surrounded
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1 Part 1 You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1 – 6‚ choose the answer (A‚ B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract. Extract One You hear a man talking about a new project being launched in a group of small Atlantic islands. 1 What is the main objective of the project? A B to encourage tourism in the islands C 2 to raise environmental awareness to follow the movements of tides What is the speaker’s
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(Fisher 14). The Ozone Layer protects Earth from ultra-violet rays from the sun ("The Chemistry of the Ozone Layer"). Humans and most animals would not survive without the Ozone Layer to protect them (Fisher 14). In 1984 the ozone hole over Antarctica was discovered and people began monitoring the Ozone Layer ("The Chemistry of the Ozone Layer"). An ozone hole is made when the amount of ozone decreases by up to fifty percent for two or more months (Stoker 894). Ozone is a naturally occurring
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