Ori Malul Climate Change Climate change means any significant‚ long-term change in the expected patterns of average weather of a specific region‚ or even the whole world over a significant period of time. It describes changes in the state of the atmosphere over time‚ scales ranging from decades to millions of years. Data shows that earth’s average air temperature has changed by about 1.4 degrees fahrenheit (Citation). Climate change is about abnormal variations into the climate‚ and the effects
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separated from the North American Plate by the subsea Reykjanes Ridge‚ bounded on the south by theAfrican and Indo-Australian Plates‚ and on the east by the Philippine and Pacific Plates. The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the Nazca Plate‚ the South American Plate‚ the African Plate‚ the Indo-Australian
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would be reflected away from Earth t. resulting in melting glaciers and a rise in sea level (Strickland‚ Grabianowski‚ 2005) melting of ice glaciers are causing serious treats to Greenland and Antarctica. The rise in sea levels could cause flooding problems for low- lying coastal areas‚ but if Antarctica ice sheet were to melt of collapse into the sea‚ it would raise sea levels up to 10metes which is more than 32 feet; as a result man coastal area would disappear beneath the ocean
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Is global warming real and the result of human’s excessive pollution? This is a question that is constantly under dispute. To be able to argue this topic one first needs to know what global warming is. Global warming is “an increase in the earth’s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect”(dictionary). Now that it is apparent what is being argued‚ there are two layers to this debate. One is the argument that global
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America. In December they learn about‚ winter‚ holidays around the world‚ and Europe. In January they learn about‚ music/instrument families‚ Chinese New Year‚ and Asia. In February they learn about‚ composers and authors‚ money/presidents‚ and Antarctica. In March they learn about‚ environmental Awareness‚ zoology‚ spring‚ and Australia. In April they learn about‚ gardening‚ earth day‚ languages‚ and Africa. And in May they
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Admiral Byrd to fly over the South Pole. Byrd wanted to do this because the South Pole was the last place a plane had yet to fly over. He planned and planned it and then he was finally ready and he dropped out of high school to go. His team went to Antarctica and followed him and looked for him in case he had had to have an emergency landing. Finally‚ on November 25th‚ 1929 Admiral Byrd was atop the South Pole. These two huge expeditions inspired so many other people that they could do whatever they
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Introduction The killing of whales has been an issue of ethical controversies for many decades. In 1982‚ several countries gathered to draft The International Whaling Commission (IWC) to safeguard of whale stock and to enforce the provisions and of revising the provisions to encourage both the conservation and utilization of whale resources. Despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling‚ Japan‚ Iceland and Norway have been whaling under the guise of “lab coat” and their objection to
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Go green. This saying may be overused and many people think that it’s just pure advertising but it is completely necessary and important. Industrial pollution means contamination due to industries. Industry contributes to many types of pollutants to the environment. They are mainly in gas‚ water‚ and solid forms and they can cause severe problems to the bio systems. Industries are the main problem of pollution because people buy products that factories produce. Factories generate pollutants
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when he was holding his infant while feeding crocodiles. Some people said that it was child abuse‚ but Steve Irwin claimed that the child was never in any danger. Even more criticism came in when he was allegedly filming too close to animals in Antarctica. The show did not usually get many critics and was loved by almost everyone (“Steve
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used the matching rock sequences (of age and type) linking North West Scotland and Canada. Also looking at oil reserves that are only formed in warm and wet conditions‚ were found beneath Antarctic ice cap- this could have only been possible if Antarctica was positioned in warmer latitudes. Also specific species of animals were found in two different places such as the unique Permian fossil reptile called meosaurus that tis sound only in south west Africa and Brazil. However Weneger’s theories did
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