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    Ian Alberts, BIOL118 Dr. Hochwender: Glacier change in Antarctica Looking specifically at the temperature changes in Antarctica, the last 120 years have seen a noticeable rise (Davies 2017). Normally, such drastic changes could be explained by Antarctic Oscillation, defined as different winds changing strength and direction, but these temperature changes are too drastic to blame it on anything we have ever witnessed in history. Greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere since the industrial…

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    Antarctic is relatively disregarded, or announced misleadingly.The science, nonetheless, is clear: environmental change is as of now contrarily affecting Antarctica. The West Antarctic Landmass is one of the quickest warming regions on Earth, with just a few territories of the Cold Circle encountering quicker rising temperatures. In any case, since Antarctica is a major place, environmental change isn't having a uniform effect, with a few zones encountering increments in ocean ice degree.…

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    Australia was once part of Antarctica and slowly made its journey towards north, I am going to focus on the landscape history of Australia after its separation from Antarctica starting with the Permian period. At this time Australia was still located near South Pole and slowly moving north, during this period Australia was covered by ice, regions in Australia began to wear off forming sedimentary basins on land. By the time it was Cretaceous period Australia was a low and quite flat continent…

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    Antarctica is one of the regions in the world most affected by climate change .It is depleting itself from the world because of how warm it is. A growth of moss in Antarctica over the last 50 years has occurred because of the temperatures increasing. The continued retreat of glaciers will make Antarctic, which has been warming at a faster rate than the rest, a much greener place in the future. In addition, even though plant life only exists on a tiny fraction of Antarctica, about 0.3 percent. It…

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    uses any means necessary to scare its own people in doing what they want them to do. Writers of dystopian novels often write stories set in the future to warn us about the potential hazards of the choices we are making TODAY. The novels, Surviving Antarctica, and Legend both depict a future in which government has become dangerously powerful. If we look closely at governments around the world today, we can see that many share the same traits as the ones described in these novels. In both a…

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    in an arctic desert, books have evolved into extraordinary feats. How could novels of such great distance ever be similar, one talks about communism and the other expresses the idea of relying on each other for survival. In the novels Surviving Antarctica by Andrea White and Animal Farm by George Orwell the theme perseverance; if u try hard enough you will eventually succeed is shown by the animals fighting for independence, the animals and the kids from both books living through incredible…

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    I will like to highlight some of my skills by using the UK Antarctica Heritage Trust Core Values as my guidance. I believe it fits perfectly into my own values as well as qualifications needed to become a Port Lockroy Assistant. Teamwork has been an essential method I had learned to endure within every aspect of life, from work experiences as well as personal matters. An example was my liaison involvement, where I collaborated successfully among different entities. Also, the opening of a Call…

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    Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Antarctica The objective of the article is going in depth how carbon dioxide effects the Antarctica. According to Student Science sources having higher amounts of Carbon dioxide in the Antarctica causes the environment to cool. Carbon dioxide absorbs and creates radiation stated in the article. The Carbon dioxide blocks radiation from surfaces. The article doesn’t provide necessary evidence because the article is mostly talking the Antarctica climate not how carbon…

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    RSA, especially with specialized work like BIM, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Sustainability/LEED Certs. 3. Experience in Antarctica – Most of RSA’s experience in Antarctica is Dick Armstrong. If he is not going to be their lead, RSA will likely have limited Antarctica experience. We have a lot of experience on our team, including people who physically worked multiple seasons in Antarctica. We have also done capital facilities…

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    On May 17th 2016 last year there was a dog sled race in Antarctica and I wanted to join but I didn’t have a sled racing dog so I need a sled dog, and I am going to bring you with me to tell you how that happened and the adventured me and my malamute pup Taya went through. It all started when I saw an ad in a catalog about a dog sled race in Antarctica and I thought that I could get a sled dog and join in on the race. I went to bed that night and woke up in the morning and I went straight to my…

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