On Environment Degradation & Climate Change Date of Submission: 21/11/2011 Definition: Environmental degradation is a result of the dynamic interplay of socio-economic‚ institutional and technological activities. Environmental changes may be driven by many factors including economic growth‚ population growth‚ urbanization
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The ozone layer is a layer in Earth’s atmosphere which absorbs most of the Sun’s UV radiation. It contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3)‚ although it is still very small with regard to ordinary oxygen‚ and is less than ten parts per million‚ the average ozone concentration in Earth’s atmosphere being only about 0.6 parts per million. The ozone layer is mainly found in the lower portion of the stratosphere from approximately 20 to 30 kilometres (12 to 19 mi) above Earth‚ though the
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Climate Change: Long‚ Medium and Short Term Long term evidence: Type of evidence | Explanation | Reliability | Ice cores – CO2 | CO2 trapped in ice cores. Low concentrations of CO2 occur naturally during glacial periods and high concentrations during interglacial periods (present). 2007 measured 383 parts per million. | The number of CO2 sequences that correlate well with each other suggest it is reliable. | Ice cores – O2 isotopes | Ratio of oxygen 16 to 18 is a good indicator of past sea
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Climate Change and the Effect on Endangered Species There are many problem in this world‚ every day an anomaly is done that affect the future of this planet. As history illustrate man has always wanted to expand his borders without laying site of what horror he left behind The urge to develop and expand the society has merely brought about the distraction of this planet. A trench has been dug so far off‚ that it’s merely impossible to ride that horse once again. In the last decade machine and
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Determining Cause and Effect What: Determining Cause and Effect is a strategy to find a causal relationship between or among events‚ conditions‚ or behaviors. Why: This strategy givens reasons and explanations for events‚ conditions‚ or behaviors. It is an analysis tool to display possible cause of a specific condition or event‚ or the possible effects of a specific condition or event. How: Often cause and effect are subtle and hard to distinguish. Be sure not
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How Acid Rain Affects Organisms in Aquatic Biomes Through the advancement of technology‚ the issue of the air surrounding the earth might have been one of the most often matters to be brought up and discussed among scientists and engineers. Acid rain is one of the more serious environmental problems and it is closely related to the air pollution. Nowadays‚ it has affected large part of US‚ Europe and Canada. People start to be concerned about acid rain since it is getting worse in the passed
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Global Climate Change Everyone is talking about it‚ and the news is constantly covering it. But nobody ever does anything about it. The “it” is global warming. Global warming has been steadily increasing since the industrial revolution at alarming rates causing extreme weather including droughts‚ floods‚ heat waves‚ and hurricanes‚ which is a major concern. In fact‚ it’s increasing at a rate of 10% every year (IPCC). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a group of scientists
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Are you aware that the climate in HCM city is going hotter? People don’t have enough clean water for everyday activities‚ there’s a stuffy atmosphere covering this city. This bad situation is caused by garbage from industrial zones‚ car exhaust and large population. The purpose of this essay is to analyze these three main causes of pollution in HCM city. The first and immediate cause of pollution in HCM city is the waste from industrial zones. There’re so much industrial zones that make the water
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Climate Change in Victoria What is Climate Change? The Earth’s climate has changed over the last century. Increases in average temperatures have been seen around the globe and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed of the last 50 years is due to human activities. While climate change is a global issue‚ it will affect us all. Climate change has the potential to adversely affect our environment‚ our communities and our economy unless we take action now to reduce our
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Firecracker Concerns Nowadays there is a significant growth in campaigns on creating awareness over the adverse impacts of noise and air pollution. Some governments drive to keep the festival less noisy and pollution-free. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has banned production of crackers with noise levels of over 125 decibels.In survey of UP Pollution Control Board‚ it was revealed that the emission of smoke was found more in the light illuminating fire crackers. Levels of SO2 and RSPM
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