Cognitive communication 2.0 in Higher Education: to tweet or not to tweet? António Andrade1‚ Cornélia Castro2 and Sérgio André Ferreira2 1 School of Economics and Management‚ Portuguese Catholic University‚ Porto‚ Portugal 2 School of Education and Psychology‚ Portuguese Catholic University‚ Porto‚ Portugal aandrade@porto.ucp.pt corneliacastro@gmail.com sergioandreferreira@gmail.com Abstract: Research has been fertile in producing studies on pedagogical change and innovation through technology
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concerning topic of Climate Change. Climate change is a serious global challenge. Temperature increases‚ which many scientists attribute to human activity‚ are likely to bring widespread and unpredictable changes around the world. Climate change is the gradual increase of the temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans. It occurs when greenhouse gases‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ nitrous oxide and methane trap heat inside the earth’s atmosphere. Australia is vulnerable to climate change. We occupy the
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The topic of climate change has been a major debate among politician. On Tuesday‚ September 22‚2009 President Obama gave a speech regarding climate change at the United Nation. Within his speech‚ the president builds an argument that nations must join together to combat the impact of climate change. The author uses reasons about the effects of climate change‚ what tactics they tried to reduce climate change‚ additional challenges they still need to overcome and diction choices to strengthen the
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in terms of the predictions and projections in relation to climate change? Introduction Climate change is a present global phenomenon occurring at an unprecedented rate. The United Nations signified this in their establishment of the International Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and their growing concern in the increasing anthropogenic activities emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Predictions and projections of future climate change have both variety and similarities from varying groups
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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WOMEN Introduction Definition of basic terms What is Weather? The term weather describes the state of the air at a particular place and time – whether it is warm or cold‚ wet or dry‚ and how cloudy or windy it is‚ for example. It affects many of the things that we do‚ from the clothes we wear and the food we eat‚ to where we live and how we travel. As a result‚ the weather is of great interest to people everywhere‚ from meteorologists‚ the scientists who study it in
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Climate change represents the gradual change in climate over a long period of time and it reflects many ways such as higher than usual temperatures and precipitations. This has environmental and health implication to humans all over the world as well as local challenges in different regions. Impacts of climate change includes flooding‚ drought‚ heavier and short duration rainfall‚ hotter summers and cooler winters‚ melting of glaciers and rising sea levels. Climate change is largely believed to be
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Anthropogenic Climate Change Brandie Fonseca Informal Logic 103 Instructor John Moore May 21‚ 2012 An issue that is felt throughout the world is Anthropogenic Climate Change formally known as Global Warming. This word wide problem is one that needs to be addressed immediately as well as long term. Anthropogenic Climate Change is the rise of the earth’s temperature caused by human activities. The continuing rise in the earth’s temperature will cause extreme change in our earth’s ecosystems
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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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Meteorology-01/2010 CLIMATE PROFILE OF INDIA S. D. Attri and Ajit Tyagi 1 9 POINT BINOMIAL FILTER TREND=+0.560C/100 YEARS 0.8 Annual Mean Temp Anomalies (°C) 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 1901 1910 1919 1928 1937 1946 1955 1964 1973 1982 1991 2000 2009 2009 Y E A R S 2010 Met Monograph No. Environment Meteorology-01/2010 CLIMATE PROFILE OF INDIA Contribution to the Indian Network of Climate Change Assessment
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| Bangladesh: A systematic approach to improving the investment climate | | | | | | | | | The Bangladesh Experience A systematic approach to improving the investment climateOverviewPoverty reduction needs a strong economy at its heart and in Bangladesh‚ the government faces numerous hurdles in attracting the investment it needs for a vibrant private sector that will provide jobs and raise incomes. The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has worked with Bangladesh
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