Instructor Wu Chaoqun HIS 402 27 May 2013 The Global Warming Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. Population growth in recent years‚ the population factor is the rapid increase in global warming‚ one of the main factors. At the same time‚ this is a serious danger to the rib natural balance between the ecological
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Global Warming The sky is falling‚ the sky is falling! Growing up I heard this phrase in folktales as a “wolf cry”-- a cry that is so ridiculous that nobody would believe it. Now that global warming is a major environmental issue‚ the saying doesn’t sound so out of place. Most people might say: what is global warming? That’s the question that was running through my mind when I first heard we were watching a documentary on it in my English 130 class. The film is Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth
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This increase in global surface temperature is thought to have at least some effect on the frequency of extreme weather events due to climate changes (Folland et al. 2001)‚ and there is concern that these changes will have an enormous impact on various industries (Hitz and Smith 2004). Balancing environmental measures with economic development‚ that is‚ working toward sustainable development‚ is the fundamental goal of global environmental policies‚ including those for global warming (Hijioka‚ Masui
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INTRODUCTION Many researchers are expressing their concerns about the issues and changes happening in the overall climate of the earth. Climate is defined as the analysis of accumulated weather data for long term patterns and trends. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines change as‚ "To make or become different." Climate change is therefore defined as "long-term weather patterns and trends becoming different over an extended period of time." Climate change in the context of this paper
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Global Warming “The Earth ’s climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650‚000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat‚ with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7‚000 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization. Most of these climate changes are attributed to very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives.” (NASA.GOV) Going through the history in our planet’s
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Introduction Nowadays‚ our earth is more ruined by human’s interference in generating their own economic improvement. Therefore the earth is progressively threatened of global warming. Eventually making problems on environments and causing much damage on earth such as climatic disasters‚ economic problems and etc. These problems as warning to human from what they have done. In this situation‚ human only concern on benefit they have now and to prevent from losing benefits they start to consider
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Annie Lee POLS 1150 10 Global brief paper - redo 03/18/2013 Many people deny the fact that global warming is real; that a lot of it is caused by man. Man made global warming has become worse and worse throughout the years‚ and more research has proven that. It isn’t exactly 100% man-made global warming‚ but with a mix of manmade and natural global warming. Although it might seem like it is not such a big problem‚ manmade global warming has played more than 90% of the global warming’s problems currently
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these extreme changes; global warming. Global warming is the rising in temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans‚ and the idea that it will continue to rise. It is mainly caused by high amounts of greenhouse gas that are said to be produced by human activities‚ such as burning fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas traps heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere which in turn increases temperatures. Global warming and its effects are creating growing dangers for our environment and all of
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Abstract What is global warming? Global warming is the heating of the earth. Global warming happens when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the atmosphere. This is known as the greenhouse effect. It prevents heat and light from escaping the earth’s atmosphere kind of like the earth is a giant greenhouse. Global warming is a good thing‚ but at the same time‚ can have devastating effects if not properly monitored and
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Since 160 years ago‚ years of 2000 to 2010 was recorded as the world’s warmest decade. This is supported by Cavanagh (2004 as cited in Brown‚ 2001) that global warming will cause calamitous trouble created around the world. The major contributor to global warming is caused by a greenhouse effect due to massive carbon dioxide emission. According to Shelley (2002)‚ EPA has stated that the major contributor into the rising of greenhouse gases level is due to industrial and transportation activities
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