it has become one of the biggest reasons why our earth is dying. Mountaintop mining is horrible because it destroys ecosystems and damages biodiversity over an extreme scale. Too many acres of biodiversity has been damaged. 724+ miles of streams have been completely buried because of mountaintop mining between 1985-2001. The land that is being destroyed are homes to animals. These animals no longer have homes because of this and they are dying. Once all the animals are gone we won’t have anything
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The authors’ James Patterson and Ned Rust said "Daniel x takes on the wildest threat the world has ever seen" and he is right. The book is filled with action and adventure for Daniel. Daniel X is an alien hunter. There is an alien that comes to earth. The alien is a criminal the number five most wanted alien to be exact. This alien threatens human life. So Daniel has to destroy it. This alien has powers over electricity. He takes it down to the place where it is hiding. They fight a vicious battle
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Grant is the protagonist of A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines shows how Grant went through a difficult life in a racist society in the South. Grant spent his life in Bayonne‚ a segregated racist community which made him intense. He does not believe anything would change and escaping is the only thing he could think of. Grant does not have any confidence in himself and the society. Throughout the novel‚ he learns how to accept the responsibility of his own life‚ his relationships with his family
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the rise and worsen our planets condition‚ and as a concern citizen to our environment we should make an action to fight global warming‚ we should have maintenance and changes to our surroundings to help our dying planet; wake up to reality and be part of the preservation of our mother earth. Global warming has started since the late 19th century and still continues to the present time. According to studies global warming is getting worst through the years and even we can feel the changes in our
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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 it‚ picking up moisture over the oceans‚ rising here‚ settling there. It’s changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to rely on. What will we do to slow this warming? How will we cope with the changes we’ve already sent into motion? While we struggle to figure it all out earth hangs in balance. Global warming is real and is destroying our planet. We as
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Lithosphere Lithosphere The lithosphere is vital to life on earth. It supports the food webs that sustain life; it provides us with a vast collection of natural resources‚ and it plays a vital role in the purification of the water we drink. We also depend on it to dispose of some of our wastes. The increasing population within the world has had an impact on the lithosphere and consequently as led to the deterioration of this essential component of the biophysical environment. Land degradation
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climate changes‚ El Niño‚ and the increase in greenhouse gasses are being discussed more as earth friendly groups are trying to make the public aware of the negative situations the earth is facing. What would happen to the hydrologic cycle if the earth’s climate continues to get hotter? Is it too late to change humans’ patterns of behavior and help save the planet? The time is now to make changes for a better earth tomorrow. The hydrologic cycle is just as it sounds: a cycle of water from land to
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It is my great pleasure and privilege to address this important “SAVE THE EARTH” seminar on “GREENPEACE DAY”. In my speech today‚ I shall endeavor to present my views on the value of conservation of the environment. The condition of the environment and conservation of it is a worldwide issue. It has many aspects to which it is destroyed and can be conserved. However‚ today I would like to project my speech on three of the most common of those ways. They are deforestation‚ marine debris and air
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STORY LINE I. CREATION OF THE EARTH - (5 minutes) (Video Presentation – From dark to the creation of the Earth) In the beginning there was only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus‚ the unknowable place where death dwells‚ and Night. All else was empty‚ silent‚ endless‚ darkness. Then somehow Love was born bringing a start of order. From Love came Light and Day. Once there was Light and Day‚ Gaea‚ the Earth appeared. Then Erebus slept with Night‚ who gave birth to Ether‚ the heavenly
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how many of you actually turned off the lights on the 31st of March? (Pause) I can see a quizzical expression on some of your faces. Well I am referring to the Earth Hour. The Earth Hour this year was publicized through various means of media like newspapers‚ social networking sites‚ radio and so on. 87% of the participants in the earth hour walk were mobilized through social networking sites. Who would have thought that these sites could actually reach such a large audience to promote this kind
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