Final Project January 19‚ 2010 By Robert Reightler For Undergraduate Program Kaplan University Instructor: “HU345-01: R. Dean Davenport‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D.” Global Warming Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? 2 Global Warming is the hottest topic of the global environmental movement in the last decade. While warming trends have affected weather patterns causing drought conditions‚ polar icecap meltdown‚ and severe storm cycles like those that spawned hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ scientists
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In the mid-twentieth century the earth’s average temperature is increasing due to the fact that global warming is taking place. Global surface temperature has increased about a degree in the past century. The progressive gradual rise of the earth’s surface temperature thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect is responsible for changes in global climate patterns. An increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures is widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse
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Adrian Grahams nd. Global Warming Causes‚ Effects & Solutions Retrieved February 27‚ 2013 from http://www.ehow.com/facts_7226273_global-warming-causes_-effects-solutions.html Global Warming Causes‚ Effects & Solutions Cause Climatologists‚ who predict short and long-term climate trends‚ believe carbon dioxide and other emissions‚ mainly from industrial and commercial activity over the last two centuries‚ have altered the Earth’s atmosphere. This change has caused a "greenhouse effect"
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People are all carrying an umbrella when they step out of house as they cannot stand the blistering heat. This is caused by global warming‚ isn’t it? Global warming has resulted many negative effects and they are mainly caused by human activities. Hence‚ we‚ humans should stop global warming. Human activities produces 75% of annual carbon dioxide emissions. Firstly ‚the greenhouse gases has caused temperatures to increase. Since 1861‚ the average temperature has increased by 0.6 Degree Celsius
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Global Warming (A False Ideology) Global warming is defined by Google as “A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide‚ CFCs‚ and other pollutants”. The “greenhouse effect” is essential to life on Earth. If there were no greenhouse gases‚ the temperature of the air would be about 32°F or 18°C colder than it is now. The earth would pretty much be a frozen wasteland. We need greenhouse
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increased by about 4.5 degrees (Guggenheim). This may not seem like a lot‚ but on a global scale‚ it can have a huge impact. Global Warming is a serious problem‚ and it should be taken very seriously. Unless we take action now‚ we will have major consequences to deal with later on. These include‚ but are certainly not limited to‚ extreme weather‚ a decline in polar life‚ and effects on human health. It seems like Global Warming has become such a political issue that people tend to take a side based solely
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A GLOBAL PROBLEM: RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change is a tangible problem and its existence can no longer be denied. It is one of the most important scientific‚ economic threats facing to the earth. There are many factors lead to climate change‚ such as greenhouse gases‚ carbon dioxide‚ fossil fuels. Although it would be self-deception to believe that humans had nothing to do with it‚ the fact is that human activities caused negative effects on climate change. More people exploit
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Contemporary Social Issues 9 December 2011 Global Warming: True or False? When one encounters the concept and idea of global warming‚ we inquire a wide range of opinions‚ facts‚ assumptions‚ and philosophies. As the general population of the world‚ the idea of our temperature of our earth may seem meaningless to some. Although‚ to others global warming is a growing epidemic that is defined as the possibility of our planet becoming too warm and becoming very dangerous for human existence. So when
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continue to be broken‚ and the phenomenon of global warming can not be ignored anymore. Looking back in history‚ this phenomenon not only appeared in recent years‚ in the past‚ the losses global warming brought to us were innumerable‚ and we can not possibly think what will happen in future. The direct losing in economic was by natural disaster which caused by global warming‚ and the indirect losing was impossible to measure yet. Now global warming is getting more and more serious: the greenhouse
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Global Warming‚ an everyday problem. Name: Vanessa Abel Class: IBMS2A Course Code: CU11609 Date: 04-10-2012 Teacher: Mrs. Heertjes Table of contents Introduction The purpose of this report is to teach us students how to write a proper and complete report. There are a few steps which had to be taken in order to make sure this report will be as complete as possible. This involves the searching‚ gathering‚ reviewing and referencing of two scientific articles/reports and ten other information
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