In the book‚ Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown‚ he talks about a plan to move energy away from coal to a cleaner form of energy such as wind‚ solar‚ and geothermal energy (Brown 125-132). Mr. Brown then talks about how if Plan B is put into action‚ then by the year 2020‚ the world’s carbon footprint would be down by 80 percent (23). Mr. Brown then goes on to talk about how much energy that the world could save by the year 2020 (80). Then in chapter 5‚ Brown talks about
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Homes destroyed‚ property damaged‚ and water supplies polluted. This is all from oil companies fracking into our planet. Many may ask‚ “why has fracking become such a big deal when the process has been around since the 1940’s?” Oil companies have designed a new way to frack to get the most of the oil and natural gas out of the earth; this process is called horizontal drilling. Horizontal drilling has made fracking become a problem all around the globe (Brantley). This process has enabled engineers
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Some may ask what the Anthropocene is. Before this moment‚ I had never heard of it. The Anthropocene is very important because it is able to show just how humans have impacted the earth‚ and how we have changed it. As humans‚ we are pushing the wildlife into smaller areas as we create new homes‚ and disrupt their habitat. The earth is facing its sixth extinction‚ and studies show that humans are to blame. This does not mean every single animal species has suffered a loss of 25%. Some are impacted
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Spinacia oleracea‚ is a highly adaptable organism‚ with the ability to grow virtually universally. While S. oleracea can tolerate a relatively high range of growth temperatures‚ it generally thrives in cooler environments of approximately 20ºC. As global warming becomes an increasing issue of global concern‚ it is becoming increasingly essential to determine the effects environmental temperature change will have on these globally depended upon organisms. The process of photosynthesis allows plants
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The ‘best’ policies that respond to climate change are the ones that go beyond addressing global warming‚ they also need to take greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into account‚ since GHG’s pose a greater threat to society than that of global warming. Thus‚ the best policies will cut emissions and stabilize the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The best policies to address climate change revolve around four categories: economic action‚ innovation‚ performance standards‚ and innovation
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Probably the most worrying threat to our planet at the present time is global warming. We burn fossil fuels like coal‚ oil and natural gas for energy or cut down and burn forests to create pastures and plantations and overloads our atmosphere. This leads to melting pole and changing season. Even though there are numerous ways to tackle the issue‚ but two stands out: reducing depending on gasoline and recycling. First solution is that we should diminish the amount of gasoline since gasoline is the
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Methanol- Yes or No? Do you agree on building the world’s largest methanol plant in Tacoma‚ WA? Many people disagree‚ because the negative impacts far outweigh the positive ones. One negative impact is the plant would take up too much resource. In addition to that‚ the methanol plant will also change the environment. Here is how the two negative points can affect the world today. The first negative impact is the methanol plant will take a lot of resources. One detail to support the claim in “Redline
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From his stance on climate change to a rise in xenophobia after his inauguration‚ the effects of Donald Trump and his current presidency of the United States has the power to change the future. The impacts Donald Trump’s decisions have over the next four years during his presidency can have great effects on not only the United States but the future of the world. Firstly‚ one effect Trump’s candidacy has had in the United States is a rise in xenophobia and hate crimes. The news site newyorker.com
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Run Away from Oil – Not even Trump can Save the Oil Industry Millions of people displaced‚ starving‚ and fighting each other to survive. This is the future of humanity in a world ravaged by climate change’s effects. Without taking action‚ powerful storms‚ droughts‚ and food shortages will only grow more severe; experts predict that 250 million will flee their countries by 2050. Sea levels will rise by almost two feet‚ flooding major coastal cities and leaving millions without access to food‚ water
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To be able to determine mass and distribution of the volcanic emissions‚ a simulation with the Lagrangian Flexible Particle Dispersion Model‚ or FLEXPART‚ while using a beforehand assumed emission term for ash sources‚ as well as an inversion technique‚ was used to improve the results of ash distributions against findings in ash columns1. Since volcanic emissions contain large amounts of different substances‚ “ash” in this case is defined as a particle with radius smaller than 125 µm and is divided
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