Antarctica

Progeria, the name of a daunting rare and fatal disease can also be referred to more specifically as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, or the acronym of this term, HGPS (Chara, 2002; Guang-Hui et al., 2011; Gruenbaum, 2009). Progeria originates from the Greek word “geras” which means “old age” (Gulli & Mallory, 2002). The prefix “pro-” means to advance forward so the combination of these two terms create the meaning “prematurely old” (Wynbrandt & Ludman, 2000). Dr. Hastings Gilford is…

Ernest Shackleton grew up working on ships, beginning as a deckhand earning few dollars a month, and later becoming a highly respected full master allowing him to command a vessel. Shackleton’s first expedition to Antarctica, as third officer on Discovery, led him to a southern record of 82 degrees south. The second expedition landed him and three of his companions with a new record, coming within 97 geographical miles of the South Pole. His third and most notable trek was coined the Imperial…

The climate became cooler, drier, and more seasonal. Ice sheets were growing on Antarctica. Forests continued to recede, and grasslands or deserts replaced those areas. South America became linked to North America through Panama. Africa collided with Europe, creating the Mediterranean Sea. Sea levels also changed, exposing the land…

known as marijuana, has swept the globe as one of the oldest agricultural plants. Stemming from Eastern Asia, using exportation of goods and exploration as a tool to travel the world, it has left roots scattered across every continent (excluding Antarctica). Its use has varied from helping to reach a state of euphoria, to being used in textiles, which has helped countries such as China and Turkestan to develop as a nation. Marijuana is known as being the world’s most versatile plant, as it has…

“Chile, province fertile and marked / in the famed region of Antarctica / by remote nations respected / for its strength, nobility, and power” is part of the poem La Araucana, written by Alonso de Ercilla Zúñiga, and considered as the first work piece of literature in Chile. A Spanish soldier, he wrote his epic poem while he spent two years in Chile in the 16th century. As with other dimensions of Chilean social, economic, and cultural life, literature has also been influenced by the European…

The Horror Fiction novel called World War Z, is a book about an interviewer that catches stories from different places from around the world which forms into a giant story about the World War against this disease. The Plague starts slow and steady with not too many countries taking this threat into consideration. Overtime the Plague hits humanity when they least expected it, and drove the world into chaos. In Clarification, The reason the novel is called world war z is because it’s about the war…

Climate change is known to be the changes that happen to the normal climate pattern affecting the surface temperature, humidity rate, average density and rainfall rate, etc. climate change started to appear in the mid 20th century and onward. According to Noaa, (2016), data showed that the global temperature increased by almost two degrees. It seems to be not much but as scientists expected, it affected the global climate in a very negative way. Pollution, global warming, human activities and…

Marc Sheppard, a former environmental editor of American Thinker, explains that “In Antarctica, air temperatures have remained below zero and water temperatures have remained near freezing, contradicting assertions that global warming will impact polar regions the most” (Antartica). Earth naturally warms and cools. We have had multiple icehouse…

They have now spread to every continent, except Antarctica. Some of the places red-eared slider turtles have been introduced to include North and South America, Australia, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Red-eared slider turtles have even been introduced to small, isolated islands such as Mariana Islands, Guam…

The sun radiates energy in a wide range wavelength. Ultraviolet rays reach the earth surface in wavelengths that range between 290 and 400 nm. The impact of the wavelength to the surface of the earth is determined by size of the wavelength. When the wavelength is short, it causes a more energetic radiation that in turn creates more harm to the surface. Ultraviolet light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that is invisible to the human eye. The sun is a source of radiation that forms the full…