... different effect to our world. For example, the smoke which is emitted from the cars and the factories, are effecting our environmental balance. The excess carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide forming is creating a layer in the atmosphere that is preventing the heat energy of the sun from leaving the atmosphere, thus creating global warming. When the process of global warming starts, the atmospheric temperature would rise, melting the polar ice. This ... But still did the emission of smoke top--- NO! and probably it wouldn't until we destroy our own world with our own hands. Well, looks lik...

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... more harmful "greenhouse gases" being placed into the atmosphere, instead of the temperature staying at a constant, its rising. What are many of the dangers of the Earth's temperature rising? First of all it cause many of the glaciers that are floating in the Arctic and Greenland to melt. This in turn causes the sea levels to rise around the world. In the last hundred years alone the seas around the planet have risen anywhere from four to ten ... inches. I know it does not sound like a massive change but being able to raise all the seas in the world a whole ... ...

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... M. Woodell states that "deforestation is the second biggest source of carbon dioxide, only the burning of oil, coal and gas produce more.. If [global warming] is to be slowed, the world, must not only stop cutting and burning large forests, but replace many millions of acres that have been destroyed." So you may be asking yourself "what's the big deal? -- What are the dangers of the Earth's temperature rising?" Ok, let ... more tropical storms, stronger hurricanes and an increase in the average number of tornadoes. The warming would also cause an irreversible melting of glaciers and ice...

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... , but it is not the only one" (Ecological Consequences 2). The deforestation of the world's forest is a second major cause of global warming. "The actual burning of such forests release methane" (Bernard 71). When trees are burned they release an abundance of methane, which is in all of the black smoke above the forest. The " methane [released] is responsible for about one eighth" (Bernard 71) of the global warming process. This ... one eighth doesn't seem like it is much, but in fact it really is. Furthermore, much evidence exists showing effects of global warming. One effect of global ...

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... scenario has projected a global increase in surface temperature for the year 2100 to be in the range of 2-4 degree Celsius (Anderson 2012). The main reason stated by them is an increase in greenhouse gases and aerosol. Alaska, western Canada and eastern Russia are warming at twice the rate as the rest of the world ("Global warming science"). The reason for this is because air temperatures increase faster ... over the land than over the sea, and most of the northern hemisphere is covered by land mass. I feel that if you compare day-to-day temperature changes to ... address this issue. Ri...

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... 57F, but on any given day the mercury will almost certainly fall short of that mark or overshoot it, perhaps by a lot. Manhattan thermometers can reach 65F in January every so often and plunge to 50F in July (Lemonick 24). Glaciers are melting around the world, mountaintop snowcaps are becoming smaller, and coral reefs are dying off because the seas are becoming to warm. These are ... just a few of the many problems that are arising from the effects of global warming. The ... main causes of this warming is thought to be the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, wh...

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... heat, as well as the large amounts of body heat. The reason why this information is not well known is also very simple. The scientists who try to prove that global warming is happening are receiving funding from multimillion dollar organizations, as well as from over seas interests. Where as those who attempt to disprove this myth do not receive the funding. The pro-global warming lie ... has always received more attention from not only the press, but politicians as well. Global warming is a hoax which is taking money and research away from issues that are actually effecting us today. N...

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... to survive in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such changes in the environment as cloudy waters or extreme temperatures. The stress on the corals can cause them to expel their algae, a phenomenon known as bleaching(Futurists, 1993). With the algae gone, the coral skeleton is visible and eventually it dies. Died corals lead further on to the death of the reef. There are four environmental ... shore. This also makes it hard for all of the species which use the coral reef to survive. Coral reefs are home to perhaps one-fourth of all marine species. This in tur...

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... to survive in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such changes in the environment as cloudy waters or extreme temperatures. The stress on the corals can cause them to expel their algae, a phenomenon known as bleaching. With the algae gone, the coral skeleton is visible and eventually it dies. Dead corals lead further on to the death of the reef. There are four environmental factors that ... example, Pacific Islanders obtain up to 90% of their animal protein from reef fish without affecting the reefs and without depleting the fish and affecting the ecosystem. S...

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... to survive in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such changes in the environment as cloudy waters or extreme temperatures. The stress on the corals can cause them to expel their algae, a phenomenon known as bleaching(Futurists, 1993). With the algae gone, the coral skeleton is visible and eventually it dies. Died corals lead further on to the death of the reef. There are four environmental ... shore. This also makes it hard for all of the species which use the coral reef to survive. Coral reefs are home to perhaps one-fourth of all marine species. This in tur...

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... to survive in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such changes in the environment as cloudy waters or extreme temperatures. The stress on the corals can cause them to expel their algae, a phenomenon known as bleaching(Futurists, 1993). With the algae gone, the coral skeleton is visible and eventually it dies. Died corals lead further on to the death of the reef. There are four environmental ... shore. This also makes it hard for all of the species which use the coral reef to survive. Coral reefs are home to perhaps one-fourth of all marine species. This in tur...

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... to survive in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such changes in the environment as cloudy waters or extreme temperatures. The stress on the corals can cause them to expel their algae, a phenomenon known as bleaching(Futurists, 1993). With the algae gone, the coral skeleton is visible and eventually it dies. Died corals lead further on to the death of the reef. There are four environmental ... shore. This also makes it hard for all of the species which use the coral reef to survive. Coral reefs are home to perhaps one-fourth of all marine species. This in tur...

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... out of the five earliest thaws on the Tanana River occurred in the 1990's" (Global, Impact). With the melting of glaciers, icecaps and global warming the sea-level is expected to rise even more than it currently is. The rise of seas will cause the loss of coastal areas due to flooding. Areas such as the Chesapeake Bay and the costal area of the Gulf of Mexico are especially vulnerable. "The current rate of a sea ... warmer air and water temperatures sea-life along the coast California is moving northward (EPA, Impacts). With the decline of habitat nearly 50 percent of Adelie penguins ha...

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... due to global warming. Firstly, it causes many glaciers and polar ice caps to melt because of the increase in temperature. This in turn causes the sea level to rise around the world. In the last century alone, "the seas have risen from about four to ten inches" (qtd. in Reid: 149). It may not sound like a massive impact or change, but it eventually causes a big problem around ... the world. Sea level rise will make the situation worse for low-lying land. For example, this can cause a problem on islands that are located in the middle of the ocean because ... such a sea rise could cause ...

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... an alarming rate, bearing enormous impacts on the health of earth. Our oceans and seas are being polluted and overfished. Our atmosphere is injected with increasing amounts of carbon dioxide, which hurts the entire planet. All of these problems can be traced to our vast, rapidly expanding population, which has stressed our world far too greatly. Our Population In 1994, the world population was 5 602 800 000. This population ... had a doubling time of only forty-one years (De Blij ... ...

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... is no longer a balance between the amount of carbon dioxide being added to the air and the amount of carbon dioxide being removed. As a result, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is steadily increasing. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels is not the only thing that we humans are doing to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In many parts of the world today, forests are being destroyed at ... tropical storm activity. The hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean is expected to start earlier and last longer. Storms will be more severe. Changing wind pa...

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... is no longer a balance between the amount of carbon dioxide being added to the air and the amount of carbon dioxide being removed. As a result, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is steadily increasing. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels is not the only thing that we humans are doing to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In many parts of the world today, forests are being destroyed at ... tropical storm activity. The hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean is expected to start earlier and last longer. Storms will be more severe. Changing wind pa...

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