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    article explains how climate change has been rapidly melting the Arctic over the course of a few years. As a result‚ the faster the arctic melts the more damage will be done to the ecosystem‚ planet‚ and humans. A few examples of how drastically climate change has shaped the North are that the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean began to decrease in size when it should have been increasing in size. Also‚ temperatures at the North Pole rose more than 20 degrees Celsius. These changes are causing polar

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    Climate Change Proposal

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    Climate Change Proposal Dear politician: I am writing to you because of our environment and how important it is to conserve for our environment especially because it will help to provide a brighter future that is not for just us as human beings but to all living life forms on this planet‚ it is past time for all of us individuals to start changing our ways of life‚ to start such things as burning less coal and oil in order to help reduce and hopefully eventually help to eliminate the human carbon

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    potential impacts of climate change on Queensland come under three main factors‚ health‚ environment and economics. HEALTH Effects such as the Mosquito-borne dengue fever and increasing heatwaves pose a threat to Queensland under the health factor. The future distribution of mosquito’s carrying dengue fever will be determined by climate change‚ it is expected that the disease will expand further south extending to New South Wales and even the Northern Territory. Climate change will also impact the

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    Climate Change Speech

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    concerning topic of Climate Change. Climate change is a serious global challenge. Temperature increases‚ which many scientists attribute to human activity‚ are likely to bring widespread and unpredictable changes around the world. Climate change is the gradual increase of the temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans. It occurs when greenhouse gases‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ nitrous oxide and methane trap heat inside the earth’s atmosphere. Australia is vulnerable to climate change. We occupy the driest

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    Climate Change and China

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    producing the most overall greenhouse gas quantity annually. The Energy Information Administration predicts that China’s emissions will grow at a remarkable 4.2% per year between 1990 and 2030 a growth rate that is higher than any other emitter. The climate problem in China is very serious; if China’s trend toward producing greenhouse gases still increases in the future‚ Earth’s environment will be further stressed and other nations’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gases will be cancelled out. China’s action

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    Impacts of Climate Change On Water Resources In Istanbul Tuğba CANGEL (1) (2)‚ Pelin KARAÇAY(2) Kocaeli University‚ Hereke Ö.İ.Uzunyol Vocational School‚ the Gulf-Kocaeli‚ Turkey. (1) Istanbul Technical University‚ Civil Engineering Faculty‚ Division of Hydraulics‚ Maslak‚ Turkey. ABSTRACT In many regions of the world‚ increasing and decreasing trends are observed on volume of river flows. Climate change has different effects in different regions. As an effect of the change of rainfall

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    Causes of Climate Change

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    Causes of Climate Change Climate change is a long-term shift in weather conditions identified by changes in temperature‚ precipitation‚ winds‚ and other indicators. Climate change can involve both changes in average conditions and changes in variability‚ including‚ for example‚ extreme events. The earth’s climate is naturally variable on all time scales. However‚ its long-term state and average temperature are regulated by the balance between incoming and outgoing energy‚ which determines the Earth’s

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    Youth in Climate Change

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    To what extent should the youth be worried about climate change Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our times. Recent events have emphatically demonstrated our growing vulnerability to climate change. Climate change impacts range from affecting agriculture‚ further endangering food security‚ to sea-level rise and the accelerated erosion of coastal zones increasing the intensity of natural disasters‚ species extinction‚ and spread of vector-borne diseases. This issue

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    In Climate Change the style of writing warns the reader about how dangerous it is for our planet. Firstly Kate Ravilious really wants to engage with the reader to bring them in the middle of the action. She does this by using a rhetorical question: “But what are its implication? And is mankind really to blame?” The reader really feels that he is implicated and it will make him worry more about the threat. Furthermore the frequently asked questions: ”What is global warming?” as subheading is a really

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    Climate Change Awareness

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    Climate Change Awareness Between different Year Level and Gender Adalin‚ Edgar Jericho Almerol‚ Son Roy Decio‚ Louel Bernard Pascual‚ Ray Christopher Tonzo‚ Anjo John Abstract People are generally unaware of climate change. The government has put into action activities that will help raise awareness of this such as the “Earth Day”. This may provide information to most but‚ people in rural areas seem to be less educated on climate change than those in city areas who are most affected

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