Kayla Richards 3/12/14 1A “Global Climate Change Essay” Global Climate change is a term used to describe a gradual increase or change within the average temperature of earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. Global climate change is a rising issue in today’s society. There are various factors as to why the climate is changing; the factors are both human and natural. The human activities that cause climate change are burning fossil fuels‚ driving cars‚ and deforestation. The human causes are widely
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Climate is the typical weather conditions in a particular area and it is different for different seasons. Climate is different from the weather. The weather is the temperature and other conditions such as sun‚ rain‚ and wind. The weather is a mixture of events that occur every day in our atmosphere and the weather will change everyday or just a few hours. The weather is different all over the world. It may be hot and sunny somewhere in the world‚ but it is cold and snowy in another place. Although
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One of the most current issues concerning modern times would be climate change. Because of this issue‚ it has caused controversy among many people. In recent times‚ many scientists have agreed that climate change is a real phenomena. However‚ despite the current scientific backings by a number of accredited scientists‚ very little has been done to try to solve this predicament. To me‚ the problem of addressing climate change would be due to a variety of political reasons. Many politicians around
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pretty irrelevant in the world today‚ its break off from the ancient supercontinent Gondwanaland 30 million years ago‚ played a crucial role in stabilizing the climate for human life. In particularly‚ Its separation from South America created water gaps which allowed winds to sweep around the world.In addition‚ the separation created a cooler climate more stabilized for human life (Linden‚ 35). It was not until 5‚000 years ago when urban societies developed laying the foundations for civilizations.
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does that have to do with climate change? As China and its neighbors economies grow‚ the need for more energy increases. In order to meet their energy demands‚ industries have to use fossil fuels for energy. Fossil fuel burning accounts for 75% of the total global energy use (Ciserone‚ 2000‚ p. 1). When fossil fuels are burned‚ greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere thickening the air‚ trapping heat and other pollutants increasing the chances for climate change thru human induced activities
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higher? Today‚ environmentalists and the common people fear of this future to come and the reason for it is climate change. Climate change is having negative impacts on our planet. Climate change can have devastating alterations to the environment‚ but to every problem‚ there is a solution. To summarize‚ climate change although it will have terrible effects can be averted. To start‚ climate change is the emission of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Greenhouses gasses‚ such as carbon dioxide and
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topics in the U.S today is whether climate change is manmade or naturally changing. This scientific subject has turned into a political game and is now flooding the mainstream media with lies about this idea. Climate change is real‚ you see it happening from season to season‚ but it’s not because of us‚ the Earth is just naturally changing. It has been for thousands of years. There is no evidence it’s man made and lies are serving through the people. Climate change isn’t our fault‚ the Earth isn’t
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Climate change is rapidly becoming the largest and most complex challenge facing the world today. The politics‚ along with climate change skeptics associated with this rising danger‚ continues to sabotage efforts to curb and control this environmental crisis. As large hurricanes‚ catastrophic floods‚ and colossal earthquakes obliterate entire nations around the world‚ the need of the hour is for the various factions to reconcile their differences and come together to deescalate the effects climate
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Have you ever wondered about how or when the temperature started rising on the earth? Well‚ let’s just get straight to the point. I’m talking about climate change. It may not seem like an important topic but it is. It’s an immensely important topic. My goal today is to tell you about climate change and how it all began… All of this began in the 1800’s when the “Industrial Revolution” took place. When this happened‚ people started to make goods in factories‚ rather than making them by hand and because
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Why don’t democrats like climate change? Do you feel the same way about democrats? “Democrats believe that climate change poses a real and urgent threat to our economy‚ our national security‚ and our children’s health and futures‚ and that Americans deserve the jobs and security that come from becoming the clean energy superpower of the 21st century.” If climate change continues‚ it will melt the polar ice caps. Climate change also interferes with the quality of the air. It is a national security
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