If you have closely observed what is happening to the Earth over the past decade and a half‚ week in and week out‚ you may take a dark view of the future. People are not looking after the environment. The Earth is under threat as it has never been before. From the activities of a world population which doubled from three to six billion in four short decades and will probably increase by three billion more. These activities are now wiping out ecosystems and species across the world. • The
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The Amazon Rainforest needs to be protected! If we do nothing to save the rainforest‚ our planet will be permanently damaged and there will be nothing we could do about it. The rainforest is basically the lungs of the earth. The carbon that will be released into the atmosphere will heat up the earth‚and possibly kill many plants‚ animals‚ etc. People are also doing things in the amazon that are killing many species of plants‚ animals‚ etc. Also‚ do do what is threatening these animals‚ developers
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or being done. Recycling is one of the best ways for you to have a positive impact on the globe which we live. “Why should you recycle you ask?” Well‚ according to massrecycle.org and recycling-guide.org UK‚ recycling is crucial because recycling saves our environment‚ energy‚ natural resources‚ and it is critical to the people. Recycling is effective by reason of reducing greenhouse gasses and help end the source of global climate change. For example‚ on August 28th‚ 2005 hurricane Katrina hammered
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Yein Park Dr. Wiltse English 1301 26 September 2010 Help Save the Green Planet Do people want more green in the world? Then help save the planet and go green! Going green is an effective way of lessening consumption on natural resources that people use every day. One does not have to be a treehugger and change one’s lifestyle‚ just try to make a change in doing something different everyday to help save the planet. In the United States‚ Americans consume many resources and discard many
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Earth Day Some people who talk about the environment talk about it as though it involved only a question of clean air and clean water. The environment involves the whole broad spectrum of man’s relationship to all other living creatures‚ including other human beings. It involves the environment in its broadest and deepest sense. It involves the environment of the ghetto which is the worst environment‚ where the worst pollution‚ the worst noise‚ the worst housing‚ the worst situation in this country
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necessary to maintain the lives of animal species‚ who through exhaling return carbon dioxide in atmosphere‚ completing the cycle .Greenhouse effect is a natural process which made life on Earth feasible. The temperature of Earth’s atmosphere is regulated by a process in which the quantity of energy Earth gets from the Sun is poised by the amount returned back into space. Greenhouse gases in atmosphere let the energy in and prevent it from escaping‚ directing it back to Earth’s surface . By
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the first and upper most layer of the Earth. There is Continental Crust which sits on top of Oceanic Crust. This layer is made frequently from granite rocks and is solid. Continental Crust is approximately 32km. Below the Continental Crust is Oceanic Crust. It is about 8km. This part of the Crust is made from basalt rocks. The Crust is most of lithosphere and is the coolest layer by far. Mantle is like silly putty consistency. It is the largest layer of Earth sitting under the Crust. It is made
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Table below shows the layers of the Earth : Layer Composition Depth Properties Crust Oceanic crust Continental crust Basalt Granite 7-10 km 20-70 km Cool‚ rigid‚ and brittle Cool‚ rigid‚ and brittle Lithosphere Lithosphere includes the crust and the uppermost portion of the mantle Varies; the crust and the mantle have different compositions About 100 km Cool‚ rigid‚ and brittle Mantle Uppermost portion of the mantle included as part of the lithosphere Asthenosphere
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Earth is changing Introduction We often think of the Earth as a stable and safe place to live. The landscape we see seems timeless and impossible to influence. At the same time‚ we know there are a lot of forces that affect our planet and change it. Some changes are quick‚ such as when earthquakes and volcanic eruptions break the ground or covering it with lava. Other changes may take millions of years‚ such as wind or the abrasive forces of water. The hunt for food‚ searching for land to cultivate
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As the reader is reading‚ they know that the Earth is round. In recent times‚ the rumor of a flat Earth has come up. These rumors are supposedly supported by science and the Bible. They think that there is no question that the Earth is flat. In fact‚ there is even a Flat Earth Convention every year to talk about the flat Earth. Although many people think the world is flat‚ science shows that the Earth is round. Some people may have thought that people in the Middle Ages thought the world was flat
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