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    many‚ the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that most of global warming was being caused by greenhouse gases produced by human activities. Ice is melting worldwide‚ this includes mountain glaciers‚ ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland‚ and Arctic sea ice.. Other examples of consequences are: Sea level rise became faster‚ butterflies‚ foxes‚ and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher‚ cooler areas and precipitation has increased across the globe. (National

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    solar energy‚ transportation would run on hydrogen fuel cells (Louis‚2016). Which goes back to the examples that I explained before about the pros and cons. Fossil fuels is atrocious for us because it causes global warming which is already affecting Antarctica and that will increase sea level. As well as air pollution which affects our air and plants. There’s oil spills that affect the ocean and the animals. Theirs efficiency here for our health and the company’s‚ now even though the prices are high for

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    GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS ADVANTAGES It is apparent that this is an important environmental issue that most people believe is not occurring. With almost all bad situations it is very frequently that we have something positive come out of it. Global Warming is in most cases always viewed as a problem; one that is horrifying‚ going to end up flooding the world and in turn end it as well. After doing research on the subject matter I have come to realize a more positive outlook on what everyone has a

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    South pole and Dusty plains on North pole 17. In 2004 rover rocket took 2 robots and they are still running on the Mars surface 18. Mt. OLYMPUS is the tallest mountain in the solar system 19. New world discovered in the deep sea of Antarctica in which there are 7 legged star fish‚ crabs e.t.c. 20. A sugar lump – piece of a white dwarf can weigh same to a car 21. Voyager 2 left earth in 1977 and reached Neptune on 1989 22. Saturn V was the tallest rocket which took the 1st

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    Without our atmosphere‚ there would be no life on earth. Two gases make up the bulk of the earth’s atmosphere: nitrogen (78%)‚ and oxygen (21%). Argon‚ carbon dioxide and various trace gases make up the remainder. Scientists divided the atmosphere into four layers according to temperature: troposphere‚ stratosphere‚ mesosphere‚ and thermosphere. The temperature drops as we go up through the troposphere‚ but it rises as we move through the next layer‚ the stratosphere. The farther away from earth

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    Only Good for Toilet Paper “With all of the hysteria‚ all of the fear‚ all of the phony science‚ could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it‚” said James M. Inhofe a member of the U.S. Senate. Could this be the true? Many facts behind the controversial issue of global warming prove this statement to correct. Global warming is not caused by human activities. Global warming cannot be completely caused by human’s emission

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    Penguins are‚ in one word‚ clumsy. They fall over constantly as if they were newborns learning how to walk on their own. This can be observed by watching a video of penguins interacting with their environment. They topple over onto the hard rocks‚and right themselves without any issues. It is easy to wonder if the animal is okay after tumbling off a cliff‚ and they usually are. The keys to their success are their unusually sturdy bones and fat bodies. Since they are flightless birds‚ penguins

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    The ideological conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States emerged from their clashing political and economic systems. The United States was team capitalism and the Soviet Union was team communism. Tensions rose between the two superpowers during the dual occupation of Germany after WWII. The Cold War was a competition for global influence and the promotion of their respective beliefs. In President Harry Truman’s speech‚ known as the “Truman Doctrine‚” Truman stated‚ “The Soviet Union

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    hypothesizing that it had an ancient civilization of intelligent beings living there”(Carberry). “In the nineteen nineties‚ scientists said that they found evidence of what might be a microbial remnant in a Martian meteorite that had fallen to Earth in Antarctica”(Carberry). In two thousand four‚ with vastly improved instruments and capabilities‚ scientists have learned that there were ancient riverbeds on Mars and that it once had bodies of saltwater. They have also confirmed that there are remains of significant

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    of America‚South Africa‚New Zealand‚Australia‚Chile‚Peru‚and the Galapagos islands‚all of these places are south of the equator. Penguin homes differ; some are cool places where trees and plants grow‚others warm dry areas. Many penguins live in Antarctica where the land is always covered in ice and snow. Penguins spend most of their time in the oceans around their homes many enjoy swimming in oceans because the water is cool‚or cold. Penguins live all over the world‚if you keep your eye open you

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