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Tag Archives: globalwarming
Climate Change – Act Now!
Climate change has already had many significant impacts on our world. Ice is melting globally, with glaciers shrinking and ice caps being broken up, causing rising sea levels. This alone is devastating for plants and animals. In case anyone would like to cry, here is a video of a starving polar bear on what is now iceless land. ThereContinue reading “Climate Change – Act Now!” Continue reading
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Climate Change & Global Warming
I believe that everyone knows that our planet’s climate is changing, and everyone has heard about terms such as “climate change” and “global warming”. Although it a very well known topic, I am not sure that most people are aware of why and what is happening, and how it affects our society. In this blog […] Continue reading
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Climate Change
Climate change is unfortunately vastly overlooked as a serious threat to our species today. NASA itself has a detailed list on its website devoted to the current evidence of climate change. The list includes the following phenomena: Sea level rise Global temperature rise Warming oceans Shrinking ice sheets Declining Arctic sea ice Glacial retreat Extreme […] Continue reading
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Climate Change
Climate change is unfortunately vastly overlooked as a serious threat to our species today. NASA itself has a detailed list on its website devoted to the current evidence of climate change. The list includes the following phenomena: Sea level rise Global temperature rise Warming oceans Shrinking ice sheets Declining Arctic sea ice Glacial retreat Extreme …
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Global Warming – Who’s to Blame?
Nowadays, the issue of global warming has been growing in controversy and concern. The effects of it are already very noticeable – rising sea levels, the melting of polar ice, endangered species, and so much more. Many people believe that the greenhouse gases are mostly to blame, but that is not exactly the case. Greenhouse… Continue reading Global Warming – Who’s to Blame? Continue reading
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Dying for Comfort: Mankinds’ Descent into Climate Change
Global Warming can be easily linked to human activities, all one must do is look at a chart of Carbon Dioxide concentration in the atmosphere on any of a number of time scales. Compare this with global temperature change, and it is clear that as CO2 emissions are rising so is global temperature. But … Continue reading Dying for Comfort: Mankinds’ Descent into Climate Change → Continue reading
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