... patterns, a rise in sea level, and a wide range of impacts on plants, wildlife, and humans. When scientists talk about the issue of climate change, their concern is about global warming caused by human activities. Scientists know for certain that human activities are changing the composition of Earth's atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere ... all things, whether they be natural ecosystems or human settlements, are equally sensitive to changes in climate. And finally, nations vary in their ability to cope and adapt to global warmi...

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... ? The true energy crisis is that of an ecologically sane and stable means of obtaining sufficient energy without destroying our environment. The energy crisis exists because our common global methods of obtaining energy are still primarily through fossil fuels and highly detrimental to the environment. Nuclear energy eventually creates large quantities of radioactive waste and can contaminate the ... surrounding environment (Macfarlane). Burning coal creates massive amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causing illness and aiding global warming. Burning fossil fuels like oil create...

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... released into the atmosphere, contaminate the air, causing procession of acid rain and a resultant increase in the ground level ozone. All of these effects result into the controversial problem of global warming. We have already warmed the planet by 1 degree. It may seem like not much, but we've seen an upswing in extreme weather events. Hurricanes, droughts, floods, forest fires, ocean ... ...

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