INDUSTRIALIZATION Industrialisation :The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. Individual manual labour is often replaced by mechanized mass production and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. . It is a part of a wider modernisation process‚ where social change and economic development are closely related with technological innovation‚ particularly with the development
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GLOBAL WARMING: Faster Than Expected? Authors: Carey‚ John Source: Scientific American; Nov2012‚ Vol. 307 Issue 5‚ p50-55‚ 6p Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *GLOBAL warming -- Mathematical models *CLIMATIC changes *HISTORY *MELTWATER *ENVIRONMENTAL aspects *PERMAFROST *SEA ice -- Thawing *METHANE -- Environmental aspects *CARBON dioxide -- Environmental aspects *SEA level TROPICS -- Climate Geographic Terms: TROPICS Abstract:
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Global Warming Glaciers are melting‚ sea levels are rising‚ cloud forests are drying‚ and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. Its becoming clear that humans have caused most of the pat century’s warming by releasing heat-trapped gases as we power our modern lives‚ called Greenhouse Gases‚ their levels are higher now than in the last 650‚000 years. We call the result global warming and it is causing a set of changes to the earth’s climate. As the earth spins each day‚ the new heat swirls with
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The Reality of Global Warming Cheryl H. Frazier Axia College of University of Phoenix COM 125 Utilizing Information in College Writing Allen Mueller July 22‚ 2007 Abstract Since the Industrial Revolution our world has been affected by Global Warming. Increasing humans‚ vehicles‚ and electricity have put our earth in a position where we do not know the outcome of our mistakes. Many scientists agree this situation has escalated within the past decades. Studies show that fossil fuels have increased
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Factor of Global Warming The Human Factor of Global Warming Global warming has been a growing concern for many over the last several decades. The effects of global warming are evident and broad‚ with historical research dating the first global warming crisis back 56 million years ago‚ better known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum‚ or PETM (Jardine‚ 2011). Research from the composition of sediments of fossils shells of marine organisms conclude that carbon dioxide trapped within our atmosphere
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Environmental Ethics Issues 1 Environmental Ethical Issues SOC120 Environmental Ethics Issues 2 Today‚ we live in the country in which we have lost much of our view of the universe. The view is often substantially diminished even for people who live in smaller towns and rural areas. The spectacular view of the night sky that our ancestors had on clear dark nights no longer exists. The great increase in the number of people living in urban areas has
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Global Warming By Abhijit Naik/30/11/2011 Global warming is one of the most serious environmental issues threatening the very existence of various plants and animal species on the planet. Over the last 100 years‚ the global near-surface temperatures has increased by 0.32SF as a result of various natural as well as anthropogenic causes of global warming. That being said‚ one also needs to take into consideration that the natural causes of global warming play a crucial role in stabilizing the
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What is Global Warming? Global Warming is defined as the increase of the average temperature on Earth. As the Earth is getting hotter‚ disasters like hurricanes‚ droughts and floods are getting more frequent The average facade temperature of the globe has augmented more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900 and the speed of warming has been almost three folds the century long average since 1970. This increase in earth’s average temperature is called Global warming. More or less all specialists
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Global Warming: Its effects on the Economy by Vincent Colletti Professor Shakely English Composition II July 1‚ 2008 Outline THESIS: From the findings of experts on Global Warming and Climatology‚ it can be concluded that Global Warming has a direct effect on our current global economy and the instability of the future. Introduction I. Background A. The study of Environmental Economics B. Economic issues and relations to past and future global warming estimates II. The
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