Moreover‚ studies have shown that it is no longer possible to ignore the effects of variation from biologic models examining the effects of climate change (Lawson et al. 2015; Walther et al. 2015). The role of environmental variance is challenging traditional theoretical approaches supplanting the notion of absolute climate changes. In a world with fluctuating climates‚ two main questions have emerged with urgency: first‚ how do ecologic assemblages respond to changes in environmental variance; and second
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Is climate change naturally or man-made? First of all‚ for anyone that does not know what climate change is‚ it is a change in the world’s climate. A lot of people think weather and climate is the same thing but it is not. The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time. Climate is what the conditions are over relatively long periods of time. My belief of the issue is that climate change is man-made
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because of climate change” Before I start lets define first what was climate change is. Climate change or also known as Global Warming‚ refers to the rise in average temperatures on earth. This is due to primarily human use of fossil fuels‚ which releases carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere‚ which can have a range of effects on ecosystems‚ including rising sea levels‚ severe weather events‚ and droughts that render landscapes more susceptible to wildfires. Isn’t it climate change
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a mess of the lead crisis. Michigan Governor’s office was informed in March about the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak‚ which sickened more than 80 people and killed 10 in flint‚ was linked to river water. However‚ this information wasn’t made public for months and hence no one took precautions. Now‚ Harrington‚ plans to have a liver biopsy to see how much lead he may have absorbed‚ and determine if he has been poisoned by the lead contamination of water. The Flint water crisis are a result of Flint
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aerosols into the upper troposphere and stratosphere (Allen‚ 2015). Volcanism helped form Earth’s ancient climate and influences climate change in today’s world (Kasting‚ 1993). A recent example of a volcano influencing climate include the 1982 El Chichon eruption in Mexico‚ which is regarded as the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history (Mass‚ 1989). Ancient examples of climate-changing eruptions include the Huaynaputina volcano in Peru in 1600 C.E. (Costa‚ et al. 2003) and a volcano
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September 2008 Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Weather‚ climate and climate change Defining climate change For most people‚ the expression “climate change” means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing‚ through fossil fuel burning‚ clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG)1 in the atmosphere. This is in line with the official definition by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that
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The Flint Water Crisis is a slow decline into ever worsening conditions at the complete neglect of bureaucracy. The Crisis began in June of 2012 as the city began to explore options for cheaper drinking water by switching from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWDS) to Karegnondi Water Authority (Kennedy‚ 2016). This phase of the crisis continued in April of 2013 when Detroit city council approves the change. In between changing water sources‚ the city temporarily connects residential and
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The topic I would like to write about is a current event. This current event is the Flint‚ Michigan water crisis. My present assumption about the Flint‚ Michigan water crisis comes from what I see in the media and what I was taught in school. This assumptions is that water in Flint‚ Michigan contains a high percentage of lead concentration. I am not actually sure of the percentage but I know that no amount of the lead should in water. Lead should not be present in water because lead can hurt the
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much argument between those who are advocates of immediate change in industrial emissions‚ and those who believe that the increased temperature is a natural phenomenon. Advocates of immediate change believe that sudden changes in the earth’s climate can be attributed to human activities. Human made commodities such at power plants‚ factories and cars produce toxic emissions that are released into the air‚ causing harm to the environment. Scientist have done much research and are certain that
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THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ASSESSING VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND FACILITATING ADAPTATION P. M. KELLY 1‚2‚∗ and W. N. ADGER 2 1 Climatic Research Unit‚ and 2 Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich NR4 7TJ‚ U.K. ∗ E-mail: m.kelly@uea.ac.uk Abstract. We discuss approaches to the assessment of vulnerability to climate variability and change and attempt to clarify the relationship between the concepts
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