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    Inuit Tribe Case Study

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    now that global warming is starting to affect the Inuit tribe no one knows anymore if the ice is even safe enough to put a toe on it. As you can see, this is how global warming has affected the whole Inuit tribe. Global warming is significant to the inuits because, many of the Inuits could lose their homes or even their land. How I know this is in the video it states that, “The way of life is being impacted.” This tells you that there lives could get worse because of global warming.…

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    What we are doing about an issue as large as global warming is not enough. We pollute the air to an extreme extent, and we aren’t doing anything about it. The first step in reversing the effects of climate change is to realize how dangerous it truly is. Then, people will realize what our society has to do. Everything we do affects something else- for example, putting too much CO2 into the air causes an increase in temperature, which then causes ice to melt, etc According to NASA, the National…

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    fear to spread his belief of global warming and its effects on our world. Initially, Al Gore wanted to become the President of the United States, a platform he planned to use as a way to warn the public about global warming. His attempts at presidency failed, but he did succeed as Bill Clinton’s running mate in the presidential elections of 1992 and again in 1996. His new role of Vice President of the United States aided his goal of educating the people about global warming. In 2006 Al Gore…

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    Carbon Footprint Essay

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    In this process of calculating the global warming potential, we compare the amount of heat trapped by a fixed mass of GHG with respect to the heat trapped by the same mass of CO2. This is the process of normalizing the heat trapping capacity of a gas with respect to carbon dioxide equivalent…

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    More and more citizens have global warming on their mind but continue to choose not do anything about it. Scientists find threating evidence of global warming and believe human activity and our choice of vehicles are to blame. We know one solution to help prevent global warming is driving ecofriendly cars and on the contrary, Christian Science Monitor blogger John Voelcker indicated over ninety-nine percent of consumers will remain interested in buying a traditional gas operated vehicle…

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    These changes are threats for the entire planet but residents of islands are in great threat because of the rising sea level. Pointing out this fact, “Prime Minister SaufatuSapo’aga told the United Nations last year that the global warming threat in no different from” a slow and insidious from of terrorism against us” (Allen). It does mean that the human anthropogenic activities are not less than the terrorism because these activities are the major cause of destruction that takes…

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    The USEPA definition of global warming is, “The gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is permanently changing earth’s climate.” When carbon dioxide is released, it traps heat and steadily rises the Earth’s temperature. Climate…

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    and have no water? That is exactly what China is going through. There are three main causes of China’s water scarcity crisis, population, pollution, and global warming. Of these, the biggest driver is pollution. One reason for China’s water shortage is global warming. Glaciers are shrinking 7% a year, and it is all because of global warming(Document A). If the glaciers keep melting, there will be no water during the dry season(Document A). Glaciers provide water by melting seasonally to…

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    Annotated Bibliography: Global Climate Change This is an annotated bibliography for research on the causes of global climate change. I am researching on human activities that are responsible for global climate change. Watson, Robert T. ‘’Human Activity Causes Global Warming’’ Global Warming. Ed. James Haley. San Diego: Greenhaven press, 2002 Opposing Viewpoints in Context.Web.3 Aug.2015. Global climate changes, including episodes of global cooling and warming, have occurred many times…

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    natural gas for fuel, too much carbon enters the atmosphere at one time. The carbon combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases are contributing to global warming because they trap more of the Sun's energy in the Earth's atmosphere therefore, this causes global warming. Burning of coal and diesel releases sulphur dioxide gas. This gas is extremely corrosive and suffocating in nature. Petrol gives off oxides of nitrogen. The oxides of sulfur and nitrogen…

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