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    GEOG 1003: Contemporary Global Environmental Issues Climate Change and Religions: The Importance of Religion in Climate Change Yeung Chung Yiu‚ The University of Hong Kong ABSTRACT Despite our deep scientific understanding in climate change‚ little is known about the relationship between religion and climate change. This paper argues that religion plays a critical role in climate change‚ by both the worldviews and values portrayed and emphasized by religions‚ and the reach and influence of

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    AIR QUALITY : Air pollution comes from many different sources: stationary sources such as factories‚ power plants‚ and smelters and smaller sources such as dry cleaners and degreasing operations; mobile sources such as cars‚ buses‚ planes‚ trucks‚ and trains; and naturally occurring sources such as windblown dust‚ and volcanic eruptions‚ all contribute to air pollution. Air Quality can be affected in many ways by the pollution emitted from these sources. These pollution sources can also emit a

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    hold his arms and one to pour it down his throat.’ This joke elaborates the common held opinion about the quality of English wine at the present day‚ but this will change as a result of climate change. The difference of climate and weather needs to be understood to comprehend this topic. Weather is defined as ‘The specific condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.’ Climate can be defined as ‘the statistics of weather over a set period of time‚ which is sufficient to determine

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    Air pollution consists of chemicals or particles in the air that can harm the health of humans‚ animals‚ and plants. It also damages buildings. Pollutants in the air take many forms. They can be gases‚ solid particles‚ or liquid droplets. Sources of Air Pollution Pollution enters the Earth’s atmosphere in many different ways. Most air pollution is created by people‚ taking the form of emissions from factories‚ cars‚ planes‚ or aerosol cans. Second-hand cigarette smoke is also considered air

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    Climate Change Paper Climate Change Paper Climate change has been a controversial topic over the last twenty years and its prevalence in today’s society has made it a household term. In fact‚ scientists are not only certain climate change is a fact and is currently taking place‚ but are 95% sure it is caused by human action (Bennett‚ 2012). Scientists theorize that human actions‚ like the burning of fossil fuels‚ have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere‚ and as a result‚ have

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    PEOPLE PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO AIR POLLUTION? Lesson Objectives : Students will be able to: 1. explain how air is polluted 2. state the causes of air pollution 3. describe consequences of air pollution 4. define haze and smog 5. explain causes of haze and smog 6. describe effects of haze and smog 7. suggest some control measures for various types of air pollution Phase 1-Sparking Curiosity What Colour is My Air? Can Air Be coloured? What makes our air coloured? Instruction: In this

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    INDOOR AIR QUALITY (PUBLIC AWARENESS) Indoor air is often considered safe and free from pollutants. But most people have the greatest contact with toxic pollutants not outside but inside their homes and offices. The modern consumer products like air fresheners‚ cleaning compounds‚ moth repellants‚ cigarettes‚ toilet disinfectants or deodorizers are the most common sources that laden the indoor air with toxic pollutants without anyone even suspecting them or their potential. Indoor air pollution

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    Climate Change Climate change is defined as a change in climate that persists over a sustained period of time. The World Meteorological Organization defines this time period as 30 years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2003 stated that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities”. These changes have led to the emergence of large-scale environmental hazards to human health‚ such as extreme

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    almost 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by human activity (“How do we contribute individually to global warming.” Global Warming: 2006. Web.12 Oct. 2011). That is the equivalent of 107‚700‚000 jet airplanes being in the air at once! This harrowing figure is the main cause of global warming‚ and has been increasing for the last 50 years. Global warming is caused by the increase of greenhouse gases‚ carbon dioxide and methane primarily‚ in the earth ’s upper atmosphere directly

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    Erin‚ F. 2008. Seeding the Sea Will releasing iron into the oceans to combat climate change help — or harm — the planet? GeoTimes. http://www.geotimes.org/aug08/article.html?id=feature_sea.html All We Need Is Iron Right? “Seeding the Sea” is a metaphorically appropriate title for this article. The purpose of this article is to inform more people of a different kind method to help fight global warming and climate change. Carbon dioxide is one of many green house gases that contribute to global warming

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