Current Event - Global Warming 1 Current Event - Global Warming Efraín Vázquez Rodríguez Keiser University BSC1050 Dr. Danette Young April 15‚ 2012 Article: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html Current Event - Global Warming 2 Introduction Global warming is a problem caused by us‚ humans and is one of the main issues being discussed worldwide in all forums because the consequences could be catastrophic. We can define it as an increase of
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Final Project January 19‚ 2010 By Robert Reightler For Undergraduate Program Kaplan University Instructor: “HU345-01: R. Dean Davenport‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D.” Global Warming Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? 2 Global Warming is the hottest topic of the global environmental movement in the last decade. While warming trends have affected weather patterns causing drought conditions‚ polar icecap meltdown‚ and severe storm cycles like those that spawned hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ scientists
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Air Conditioning and Global Warming Air conditioning systems use energy to remove heat from a given location‚ transferring it to the exterior in the form of exhaust. Some of the energy is invariably wasted as heat‚ and this additional heat must also be exhausted. Thus‚ air conditioning results in net heat release to the environment. The warming effect is aggravated‚ moreover‚ because higher forms of energy such as electricity are used to power air conditioners. Generating and transmitting this
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Global Warming‚ an everyday problem. Name: Vanessa Abel Class: IBMS2A Course Code: CU11609 Date: 04-10-2012 Teacher: Mrs. Heertjes Table of contents Introduction The purpose of this report is to teach us students how to write a proper and complete report. There are a few steps which had to be taken in order to make sure this report will be as complete as possible. This involves the searching‚ gathering‚ reviewing and referencing of two scientific articles/reports and ten other information
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Global Warming And Climate Change – An Issue Over the past ten years global warming and climate change has become an issue. Although is it an issue that people need to be concerned about? I believe that it is something that humans should pay attention to and be concerned about‚ but I feel that we have no impact or control over this issue. Instead of blaming people we should pay attention to the sun making a difference on global climate then maybe it could prove that it has a bigger impact than
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GLOBAL WARMING – CAUSES AND EFFECTS Global warming is defined as an increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere. It is one of the most serious issues that the world is facing today. This essay will discuss the main causes and effects of global warming. One of the main causes of Global warming is the carbon dioxide emissions‚ which comes from the burning of gasoline from the engines of cars‚ buses and other vehicles. Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam is considered to be the most seriously
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GLOBAL WARMING AND IT’S EFFECTS ON GLACIERS Global Warming The average global temperature has raised more than expected in the past few decades. Many prefer to use the milder term ’climate change’ instead of the harsher ’global warming’ to describe this change in average global temperature. The main cause of global warming is thought to be the ’greenhouse effect’ that is mainly caused by us humans. With an increase in temperature glaciers worldwide are melting faster than the time taken for
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Global Warming Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Many people across the country have been convinced that global warming is affecting us more and more with each passing day. Because of numerous campaigns by the likes of famous politicians such as Al Gore‚ the common citizen has been convinced that drastic action needs to be taken in order to stop global warming. However‚ contrary to
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Day by day our planet earth is being destructed and affected by one of the most important and concerning issues‚ global warming. Many scientists and researchers have shown and proved the great number of disadvantages that this problem is causing and will cause in a near future. The main problem of global warming is the lack of consciousness among the people‚ and the careless attitude they take toward this topic. It is very important to be aware of the bad effects and the great damages and destructions
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Computer History 3 A Brief History of Global Warming April R. Baumgartner Earth’s climate constantly changes‚ and many scientists believe that the temperature rises we see in this decade are a natural phenomenon that occurs every so many years. Around 25‚000 years ago‚ it is believed that earth was covered by large areas of ice. And then‚ about 7‚000 years ago‚ temperatures began to rise and the "Ice Age" came to an end. Second Ice Age In the 14th century earth experienced
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