March 5‚ 2017‚ Paper #1 Climate Change and Anthropomorphism According to NASA‚ for hundreds of thousands of years the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has risen and fallen between 180 and 300 parts per million. But just in the past 67 years‚ we have seen an incredible rise to over 400 parts per million and still rising. Scientists contribute this from the industrial revolution and the amount of fossil fuels we burn into our air. This has caused global climate change to include the average
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Climate Change in Victoria What is Climate Change? The Earth’s climate has changed over the last century. Increases in average temperatures have been seen around the globe and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed of the last 50 years is due to human activities. While climate change is a global issue‚ it will affect us all. Climate change has the potential to adversely affect our environment‚ our communities and our economy unless we take action now to reduce our
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First of all‚ you should know that weather and climate are not the same thing. WEATHER IS: • Short term • Limited area • Can change rapidly • Difficult to predict WEATHER is what’s happening outside your window right now. CLIMATE is the average of many years of weather observation. CLIMATE IS: • Long term • Wide area • Seasonal changes • Measured over long spans of time Climate is affected by many factors ABIOTIC FACTORS: BIOTIC FACTORS: Latitude Transpiration Altitude Respiration Ocean
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE = GLOBAL WARMING In the last past years‚ the Earth has been experiencing increasing temperatures‚ leading to harmful consequences on our planet and its habitants. This has been researched and analysed‚ concluding to name such changes as Global climate change. As explained by the US agency‚ the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)‚ there are 7 indicators that would be expected to increase in a warming world‚ and 3 indicators would be expected to decrease.
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movements of energy like wind and precipitation. Climate is the generally prevailing weather patterns of a region. The climate of a region is made up of the different weather patterns. The weather patterns are usually repetitive according to the seasons. Where I’m from in southwest Nebraska it snows in the winter‚ rains in the spring‚ and is hot in the summer. The question is‚ has the weather and climate always been like this in Nebraska? We have proof that climate has changed in the past. Seventy million
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Polar bears are large‚ white-furred bears which can weigh a maximum of 650 kg. They are the largest bears in the world. Interestingly enough‚ however‚ although their fur is white‚ their skin underneath is actually black. This allows them to absorb the sunlight in order to warm their bodies. This is a very useful feature‚ as they live in the cold climates of the Arctic. Polar bears are also capable of standing upright on their hind legs. Polar bears can live up to thirty years‚ but the average life
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Climate is a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature‚ humidity‚ atmospheric pressure‚ wind‚ precipitation‚ atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. Climate is different from weather‚ in that weather only describes the short-term conditions of these variables in a given region. A region’s climate is generated by the climate system‚ which has five components: atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ cryosphere‚ land surface‚ and biosphere
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Comprehension of Climate Change: A Debate which burns hotter than the Sun itself Tom Foulger’s view on climate change: A threat to global security. A threat bigger than anything we have ever encountered before. And most dangerously‚ a threat that is beyond our control. Words like ‘unprecedented’ and ‘extreme’ are the words which are increasingly used to describe the weather around the world today. Unprecedented flooding‚ unprecedented amounts of rainfall‚ unprecedented melting of ice. Extreme droughts
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On Environment Degradation & Climate Change Date of Submission: 21/11/2011 Definition: Environmental degradation is a result of the dynamic interplay of socio-economic‚ institutional and technological activities. Environmental changes may be driven by many factors including economic growth‚ population growth‚ urbanization
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Climate Change – Who’s Responsible to tackle climate change? I chose this topic because currently the world’s undergoing a major threat in which even the lives of humans can be at a high risk. Surely‚ humans are one and only cause of the change in these conditions. The world’s increasing the usage of fuels and petroleum day by day increases the world’s average temperature. I agree that they have a major role in our lives and I also agree that we need them to do our daily chores but this increase
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