animals. Based on this fossil evidence‚ it is proven that animals such as bears and antelopes roamed the land and adapted to the cold temperatures during this chilly time. Rainforests (135-45 millions years ago) As Australia broke free from Antarctica and slowly drifted northwards‚ the ice began
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AIR POLLUTION Air Pollution is another major problem that is yet to be solved. The air is 99.9% nitrogen‚ oxygen‚ water vapor‚ and inert gases. We as humans depend on the air around us to live‚ without it we would die. Although we rely on this as an essential source for living‚ it is still littered and polluted with chemicals. Pollution of the atmosphere and the air around us is air pollution‚ and this is becoming more "popular" everyday. There are several main types of air pollution that include
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What strategies to Film‚ TV or Radio documentary-makers use to convey to viewers or listeners the ‘truthfulness’ of their work? What might be the problem with these strategies? Oxford Dictionary’s definition of documentaries is as follows “A film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report in a particular subject.” Documentaries are made to help inform and educate its audience‚ usually revealing new information on the chosen subject. Documentary-makers present factual information
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The ancient scholar of Greece Plato told of a legend of a great city the size of Asia and Libya put together on a lush island that sank into the ocean within one day and one night 9000 years ago. Plato wrote two dialogues Timaeus and Critias at around 360BCE‚ Atlantis’ features in both of these. This myth has enthralled people for centuries and has given rise to many skeptics and believers of the legend. Still to this day people ask was Atlantis real? The Greek scholar Plato spoke about a place
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This Image shows newly formed sheet ice over the Bellingshausen Sea. The mass to the right of the image is an iceberg which likely broke off the land mass known as the antarctic peninsula due to rising sea and atmospheric temperatures. This picture was taken on November 5th‚ 2014 During an operation by NASA called Operation Icebridge which collected a number of other rare pictures. The Bellingshausen Sea is a sea that is to the west of the antarctic peninsula. The Bellingshausen Sea contains
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SnowGranular snowFirnGlacier ice. b . as snow builds up‚ the pressure causes ice to form below c . color may appear blue due to the force 3.A Real World Example(s): Greenland and the formation of ice on top of the land. a . Greenland b . Antarctica c . Hubbard 4.Human Interface: as a glacier melts the sea level will rise and change the way the earth is now. a . in 100+ years florida will be underwater b . tides will change c. more natural disasters Hurricanes Tsunamis
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How is water distributed through the biosphere About 97 percent of all water is in the oceans. Three percent of all Earth’s water that is freshwater. The majority‚ about 69 percent‚ is locked up in glaciers and icecaps‚ mainly in Greenland and Antarctica. You might be surprised that of the remaining freshwater‚ almost all of it is below your feet‚ as ground water. * What draws water back to the earth? When cloud particles become too heavy to remain suspended in the air‚ they fall to the earth
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inhibits the ability of marine animals‚ including many plankton organisms‚ to create shells‚ disrupting life within the very foundation of the ocean’s food web. Widespread deforestation in the Amazon forest and the melting of the ice cap in Antarctica is an example of this‚ since‚ all raw materials that aid scientific progress and research come from the flora and fauna that our planet sustains. Once‚ the greed of humans and the misuse of science reaches its epitome‚ all will be lost.
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metaphorical imagery‚ 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 ‘’After The Titanic’’ and ‘’Antarctica’’ After the Titanic”‚ also surprises us by presenting that well-known tragedy from an unfamiliar point of view. Here‚ we are taken into the mind of Bruce Ismay‚the ship’s manager who was “Humbled at the inquiry” into that tragic incident and declared
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which slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure. The first year of snow fall is called a neve‚ then after the snow stay for more that one winter it’s called a firn. (Grabianowski). Extensive glaciers can be found in the Antarctica‚ Greenland‚ Iceland‚ Canada‚ Russia and Alaska. One of the largest reservoirs of fresh water on earth is Glacier Ice‚ and is the second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. (Glacier) Glaciers can be found in the
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