Effects of Global Warming Essay

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    Global Warming The two terms that find mention in almost all editions of the daily newspaper and magazines are Global warming and Greenhouse effect. Our acquaintance with these words is a long lasting one. Right from the very first Environmental Science book in the primary classes on the perplexing topics of research, Global Warming has indeed become a day to day word rather than being an environmental science jargon. Ever since our first environmental science class, we have been told that the…

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    greenhouse effect is when the sun’s heat gets trapped in our atmosphere, causing global warming. Using renewable energy, burning less fossil fuels, and recycling anything that is not actual waste can help reduce emissions. When communities use urban farming, less transportation is needed to get product, thus less fuel is being burned and used. The purpose of this paper is to look at ways we can come together as a society and put into effect ways we can reduce the effects of global warming and…

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    Global warming has always been a thought in the back of scientist heads and they knew that it could eventually happen because of the heating of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but in the early 1990’s, scientists had discovered that global warming was quickly becoming an issue on Earth and according to many researches, 97% of those scientist say that humans are the reason for it. According to the PBS documentary, “the climate has gone up 4-5 degrees in just the last fifty years in Alaska,…

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    Polar bears have been alive for one million years. For the past thirteen years, global warming has been affecting climate change, and has hurt the polar bears’ habitat. Climate change has been fastly melting the Arctic. Greenhouse gases act like a sheet or blanket that keeps the planet warm. This protective layer keeps our atmosphere habitable. But over the past two-hundred years, have greatly increased the levels of greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere by burning fossil fuels like oil and coal.…

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    Polar Bear numbers have been decreasing and will continue from 2001 to 2010 there was a drop of about 40% in their population. In the wild there is suspected to be roughly 25,000 left. This can be explained by climate change. The increase of temperature there is a decrease in their habitat size and has been causing some strange behaviors in the polar bears. Polar bears have been observed saving food for later by burying it in the snow. The main food source for polar bears are seals, they have…

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    In order to have a better understanding of Global Warming it is crucial to have a clear perspective of how it is affecting society and our planet today. Rainstorms, droughts, record high temperatures, the significant melting of ice glaciers and lastly the rising of sea levels are just some effects that have become increasingly prevailing in our day to day lives. Heat waves amongst precipitation under global warming are major threats to human and animal health and safety. The ongoing days of…

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    a real thing and people did not just come up with it. Global warming is the increase of the overall temperatures of the earth’s atmosphere. It is mainly caused by the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the sun’s heat in the earth atmosphere due to different gases like water vapor or carbon dioxide. This process is causing permanent warming of the planet. Some people believe that global warming has only negative effects. The carbon dioxide emission is increasing, the ice…

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    Although animals might struggle to live under the two effects above of global warming for now, animal species completely cannot make it through for the rest of their lifetime because animals cannot improve their bodies’ structures to adapt the change in their habitat. For this effect, cold-blooded animals are specific examples; according to the article “Amphibians Don’t Cozy Up to Warmer Climes,” based on the information of researchers at Stony Brook University, warmer environment shortens…

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    Over the past century, our global temperature is increasing at an astonishing rate. Resources, such as lumber, and fossil fuels are overly exploited for industrial expansion, by which enlarge the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gas, which can intensify the greenhouse effect. Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide and other Greenhouse gases can trap infrared radiation emitted from our Sun and store it in our atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are not all bad, in fact it 's essential for us to…

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    Global Warming: The Underlying Effects Of Carbon Dioxide For many years, individuals have been drawn to the natural beauty of Hawaii. They travel thousands of miles to witness what is called paradise. These individuals bask in the warmth of the sun while relaxing on a sandy beach often unaware of a crucial problem right in front of their eyes. This highly debatable problem is known as global warming. It has been a pressing concern for quite some time. Global warming has affected many…

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