Humanity is solidified through the globalization process as people from developed countries come together to help the ones in need. The photograph of the Dong family in the living room of their one-bedroom apartment in Beijing showed that their week’s worth of food consist largely of meat and vegetables (Menzel and D ’Aluisio 2007). It is interesting to see how much processed food‚ as well as fast food people in China eat every week. Of the $155 the Dong family spent on food for the week‚ almost half
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A Potentially Habitable Planet? A team of astronomers led by Steven Vogt of the University of California‚ and Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington have found a rocky earth-sized planet that might be habitable (Haghighipour‚ Nader 2010). The new exoplanet called Gliese 581g orbits the red dwarf star Gliese 581 in the constellation Libra and it is the sixth planet that the astronomers have found around its star. Gliese 581g is about 20 light years away‚ which is roughly 117.5 trillion
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Does the film “Blue Planet” support or oppose our definition of geography? I believe it supports our definition of geography‚ for both the film’s and definition’s main points/ideas are in relevance to a cause(human activity) and effect(on natural environment) type system. Global warming‚ an obvious interaction/problem between human activity and the natural environment is also covered in this film. It states that there is a hole in the ozone above Antarctica‚ larger than Europe caused by chemicals
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is "Is there life on other planets?" Since the first famously documented UFO sighting in 1947‚ the idea of extra-terrestrial life has been debated almost non-stop. The subject has inspired many TV programs‚ such as The X-Files‚ and films (Mars Attacks‚ Independence Day‚ and the Men in Black films to name but a few). Scientists have come up with many new ideas and ways of trying to either prove or disprove the existence of life elsewhere. Mars is a very similar planet to earth in relation to size
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Our planet is in great danger. For the last one hundred or so years‚ the people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth. Some of these plans I will discuss in this essay‚ many of which can be executed by any one. Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them. Problems like oil spills‚ hazardous waste‚ loss of rain forests‚ endangered species‚ acid rain‚
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Once known as the ninth planet of the solar system‚ Pluto is now the second-largest dwarf planet. Composed primarily of ice and rock‚ Pluto took part of our Solar System for 76 years. It was discovered on January 23‚ 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Tombaugh was an American astronomer who worked at the Lowell Obeservatory. Tombaugh had been working on a project when he came across a moving object in photographs he had taken of the celestial sky. After observing a lower quality picture taken of the mysterious
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life on other planets around the universe more possible. First‚ many earthlike planets have been found throughout the universe. One particular “Super Earth‚” a large earthlike planet‚ is 50 percent bigger than our Earth and seems to have water pooled and stable on the surface (Spotts). In addition‚ the star of solar systems like our sun must be able to provide the right amount of sunlight to an inhabitable planet. The white dwarf supporting the “Super Earth” is close enough to the planet that the planet’s
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Inevitably‚ the human population remaining on this planet will eventually lead to our demise. Our population is growing exponentially and there will soon not be enough resources to keep us alive. Spreading to other planets‚ whether using its resources or living there‚ can help sustain our species longer. When our planet is out of resources‚ we can rely on another planet to keep our life going. We could also change the way we live on earth‚ because when scientists in exploring the space they keep
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Frankiln Scaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) is an epic science fiction film that stars the late Charlston Heston. The film begins as a group of Astronauts led by Taylor (Heston) in the would-be present crash land and end up on a seemingly alien planet a few thousand years into the future‚ via suspended animation. After trotting around and exploring the planet‚ they soon discover it governed by simian hominoids who hunt down and experiment on primitive humans who have lost the ability to speak.
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In Planet of Slums‚ Davis discusses the roots of slums in relation to urban poverty in the post-modern era as well as its social‚ political‚ economical and ecological consequences. This essay might ring a bell to many as a duplication of the famous UN-HABITAT’s report in 2003 on the challenge of slums; however in my opinion‚ what Davis is attempting to do here is an exploration to the roots of urban poverty on a global scale rather than within local state governance‚ and also with references to the
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