atmosphere that is causing climate change. To illustrate‚ the following diagram depicts the cycle of carbon in the atmosphere. The effect of carbon emissions on the atmosphere can be seen by observing increasing CO2 levels. From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I (“IPCC WGI”): “The global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased from a pre-industrial value of about 280 ppm to 379 ppm in 2005. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in 2005 exceeds
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uk/news/science/environment.com/ [cited 10 Dec 2010]. Guggenheim‚ D.‚ 2006. An Inconvenient Truth. [DVD]. Los Angeles: Paramount Classics. IPCC‚ 2007. Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. [online]. Switzerland: Geneva. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Available from: http://www.ipcc.ch/ [cited 14 Dec 2010]. IUCN‚ 2010. About Climate Change. [online]. Switzerland: Gland. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Available from: http://www.iucn.org/ [cited 2 Dec 2010]. McCarthy
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ratification by Russia on November 18‚ 2004. 2006 — Former U.S. vice president Al Gore releases An Inconvenient Truth‚ a documentary that describes global warming. The next year‚ Gore is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) for this and related efforts. — The BBC’s "Climate Chaos" season includes Are We Changing Planet Earth?‚ a two-part investigation into global warming by David Attenborough. — The Stern Review is published. The British Prime Minister
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Everywhere you look right now you will hear about the pheonomia of “global warming.” To understand global warming you need to understand the difference between climate and weather. Climate‚ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is “the average course or condition of the weather at a place over a period of years as exhibited by tepemperature‚ wind velocity‚ and precipition” while weather is the “state of the atmosphere with respectto heat or cold‚ wetness or dryness‚ calm or storm‚ clearness or cloudiness”
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and domestic organizations who are considered to be the authority on the matter. Internationally they include the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)‚ the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)‚ and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Here in the United States the organizations include the United States Geological Survey (USGS)‚ the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‚ National Aeronautic Space Institute (NASA)‚ and the U.S. Census Bureau. Carbon Dioxide
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Climate Change and Biodiversity How Global Warming Affects the Life on Earth Climate change is the changing of patterns in climate‚ and the most obvious changes are usually the average temperature and the average precipitation. Climate change will also affect the timing of seasons‚ as well as causing extreme events to happen‚ for example‚ drought‚ fire‚ hurricane‚ etc. Since climate is defined as a certain region’s long term atmospheric conditions‚ the change of climate will have a great impact
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states that temperature increases are the result of CO2 increases produced from burning fossil fuels. (Hansen) James Hansen of NASA Goddard Space Institute of space studies first presented this hypothesis to congress in 1988. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1989. It was set up by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of climate change
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Commentary: EU to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels. Free trade versus protectionism is a topic of great debate in internal economics. The former takes place when there are no barriers to trade established by the government or international organizations. On the other hand‚ protectionism is the use of barriers to imports in a determined country and it is usually applied to protect domestic employment and firms. According to the article‚ China is being accused by the EU of
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resource usage (connects to Dan Guide speech on supply chain‚ figure out how) - Climate Change (just know from a corporate standpoint climate change is managed by the UN and that the scientific side of the UN is the IPCC) 3) IPCC = International Panel on Climate Change - The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific‚ technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research
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Cited: “Gore‚ U.N. Climate Panel Win Nobel Peace Prize.” 12 Oct. 2007. MSNBC. 20 April 2009 < http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21262661/>
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