Anthony J. Schack Dr. Winter ENG 121-031 February 23‚ 2012 Global Warming – Eden Lost “A Climate Repair Manual” by Gary Stix is about the debate of global warming. The ramifications of not initiating programs to stem the problem is “the most scientific and technical challenge that humanity has ever faced”. Stix addresses the issue of international governments needing to work together to attain “restructuring of the world’s energy economy”. Stix goes on to give various possible low-carbon
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Climate Effects on Human Evolution This article explores the hypothesis that key human adaptations evolved in response to environmental instability. This idea was developed during research conducted by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. Natural selection was not always a matter of ‘survival of the fittest’ but also survival of those most adaptable to changing surroundings. (Illustrations for this article coming soon.) Background Paleoanthropologists – scientists who
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“Current” Situation A case study of global warming effect on the climate of Western Europe. Massive amounts of water move in the ocean currents‚ transporting warmth‚ nutrients and animal life through thousands of miles. Some of the currents warm entire continents‚ bringing life to regions that would otherwise be locked in constant arctic cold. Others carry food for wildlife‚ contributing to rich and productive ecology. To understand the enormous power of these currents‚ consider that in
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Al Gore is a politician and environmentalist that gave his speech “Climate Emergency” at Yale School of Forestry in 2004. He also presented it during the presidential campaign that same year. He argues that the Earth’s environment is in fact vulnerable‚ and that humans have a big impact on it. In his speech he uses scientific facts‚ statistics‚ maps‚ and graphs to demonstrate. Gore explains why he used the title “Climate Emergency”‚ “it is intended to convey what it conveys- that this is a crisis
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Affect of Urbanization on Climate Throughout history man has always tried to find ways to make facilitate survival. Be that of inventing weapons or inventing the internal combustion engine‚ man has learned to adapt to the environment and use its resources in order to reduce the arduous task of surviving. Yet with all these inventions the one thing man has not learned to control is nature itself. Although one may try to manipulate it‚ it is in fact nature who is manipulating mankind. For it is shown
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Britain has a generally mild and temperate climate. It lies in middle latitudes to the north-west of the great continental land mass of Eurasia. In Britain‚ south-westerly winds are the most frequent‚ and those from an easterly quarter the least. The stormiest region of the British isles is along the north-west coast‚ with over 30 gales a year‚ south-east England and the east Midlands are the least stormy. During a normal summer‚ the temperature occasionally rises above 27 in the south‚ but temperatures
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Climate and Topography Analysis Gerardo “Gerry” Camacho University of Phoenix BUS-475 November 2‚ 2009 Climate and topography are two very important factors that may influence industries profitability and productivity. Is important for business leaders to recognize how climate and topography factors impacts different industries. Recognizing climate and topography could be of assistance for businesses venturing into the global business environment arena. Climate and topography are factors of
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Beijing I’m going to look at how Beijing’s (while mentioning China) climate will be affected and change if the average temperature will rise‚ creating global warming around the world. An overview of how Beijing’s weather and climate is currently. Average temperature in January is -7o to -4o C‚ while average temperatures in July are at 25o to 26 °C. Highest temperature ever recorded is 42°C and lowest recorded is -27°C. Annual precipitation is over 600 mm‚ with 75% of that in summer.
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Tundra Climate (E) The tundra is a bleak and treeless place. It is cold through all months of the year Summer is a brief period of milder climates when the sun shines almost 24 hours a day. It has been called "the land of the midnight sun". But even the sun can’t warm the tundra much. The short summer lasts only 6 to 10 weeks. It never gets any warmer than 45 or 50° F. The warmer weather causes a layer of permafrost‚ ice that never goes away in the ground‚ to melt‚ creating bogs and shallow lakes
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Climate Regions of Pakistan Depending on the topography‚ there is an extreme variation in the temperature of Pakistan. The country is essentially arid except for the southern slopes of the Himalayas and the sub-mountainous tract where the annual rainfall varies between 760 and 1270 mm. This area has humid sub-Tropical climate. In the extreme north - because of great heights - Highland climate prevails. The controlling factors of the climate are: 1. The sub-Tropical location of Pakistan that tends
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