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    The Little Ice Age

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    The Little Ice Age started from 1300 to 1850. During this time‚ Europe and North America have subjected too much colder temperature when comparing to the 20th century. Since 1250 A.D‚ temperatures started dropping. Then‚ from 1600 to 1700‚ this was the coldest period in little Ice Age. After that‚ in 1850‚ the temperatures started warming again. There were two different states in this period. The first state was in 1300’s to 1500’s and the climate was warmer. The second state was about 1600’s to

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    Lake Tahoe‚ an enormous expanse of clear‚ blue‚ fresh water surrounded by meadows and dense forests and rimmed by snow-capped peaks‚ is one of the world’s great scenic and ecological wonders. Tahoe’s water is world famous for its amazing clarity. Even today‚ one can see objects 70 feet below the surface‚ a clarity matched almost nowhere in the world. The Tahoe Basin had a slowly evolving and essentially balanced environment for thousands of years‚ with surrounding forests‚ meadows and marshlands

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    Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions John Kotter and has produced a great book that contains a wealth of wisdom and insight. While it looks and reads like a simple book‚ it is anything but simple. The message which Kotter is able to make clear goes much deeper than the surface story of a colony of penguins in search of answers pertaining to their survival on an iceberg. He easily describes a scenario through a penguin colony that any person can relate to and think

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    Phosphorus Cycle Project

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    Kayla Tucker Cycles Project In this paper i will be describing the different cycles that we have learned about. There are five cycles that are constantly happening around us. There is the water cycle‚ phosphorus cycle‚ nitrogen cycle‚ carbon cycle and the sulfur cycle. The water cycle is the first one i will be talking about. It is a continuous cycle and the water goes from liquid state to a gas state over and over again. It begins in a process called evaporation which is “the process of

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    Glacier Lab Report

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    Hoeung 1  Tiffany Hoeung  Ms. Braceras  Honors Earth Science  4 March 2015  How Does Slope Affect the Movement of a Glacier  Purpose:​  The purpose of this lab was to find how slope would affect glacier’s movement‚  and whether the movement was at a constant rate or changed.  Hypothesis:​  If the slope is more steep‚ then the glacier’s movements will be faster than a  less steep slope.  Materials:   ­ Flubber          ­ Glue          ­ Water          ­ Borax  ­ Long tray  ­ Timer  Procedure:   1

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    Melting Ice Caps

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    Melting Ice Caps The Arctic is global warming’s canary in the coal mine. It is a highly sensitive area which is profoundly affected by the changing climate. The average temperature in the Arctic is rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world (nrdc.org). Because of this‚ the ice cap is getting thinner‚ melting away‚ and rupturing. Here is an example of this; the largest ice block in the Arctic‚ the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf‚ had been around for 3000 years before it started cracking in 2000 (nrdc

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    9/13/11 Our Iceberg is Melting By John Kotter ‘Our Iceberg Is Melting’ is a story about a penguin colony having to adapt in an ever-changing world. Based on the award–winning work of Harvard’s John Kotter‚ it is a story that has been used to help thousands of people and organizations. This charming story illustrates key truths about how to deal with the issue of change: handle to challenge well and you can prosper greatly: handle it poorly‚ and you put yourself at risk. The characters in this

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    Arctic sea ice loss Main articles: Polar ice packs and Climate change in the Arctic The decline in Arctic sea ice‚ both in extent and thickness‚ over the last several decades is further evidence for rapid climate change.[60] Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. It covers millions of square miles in the polar regions‚ varying with the seasons. In the Arctic‚ some sea ice remains year after year‚ whereas almost all Southern Ocean or Antarctic sea ice melts away and reforms

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    understanding of glaciers and how they can support and sustain many communities around the world and the connection to global warming. What really caught my attention when the clips also tells you that the ice is trans-parent and reflects blue light and absorbs all other colors. Yet it tell you about other colors you only see the blue ice. The park shows you Icebergs that looks like mountains and the part of the park that trees is still there and how

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    GLOBAL WARMING AND IT’S EFFECTS ON GLACIERS Global Warming The average global temperature has raised more than expected in the past few decades. Many prefer to use the milder term ’climate change’ instead of the harsher ’global warming’ to describe this change in average global temperature. The main cause of global warming is thought to be the ’greenhouse effect’ that is mainly caused by us humans. With an increase in temperature glaciers worldwide are melting faster than the time taken for

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