Atmosphere

It seems you cant swing a stick without hitting a global warming activist these days. Now, when I first started reading about this phenomenon, I was pretty skeptical. After all, it was only in the 1970s that scientists were warning of another ice age. So I read a book called "The Skeptical Environmentalist" by Bjorn Lomborg. Bjorn is a mathematician and he digs into the available environmental data and starts to evaluate much of the published environmental literature. He finds that a…

What is Climate Change? According to ‘oxforddictionary.com’ Climate change is a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels. Climate change is already beginning to transform life on earth since around the globe, seasons are shifting, temperatures are climbing and sea levels are rising. Climate change is…

) The greenhouse gas effect is when sunlight warms the earth some of it is consumed which warms the ground and is reflected once again into space. The land and seas consume whatever remains of the sun’s energy. When the heat goes back towards space some of the heat is caught by greenhouse gasses in the air, making the earth temperature rise. Greenhouses gasses in the air absorb the heat and afterward divert some of this warmth back towards the Earth which means that the more greenhouse gasses in…

Meggan Uyeda Professor Michael Morshed Muir 40, Section A#025 (906858) MCCU, Final Draft 23 October 2017 Generating Public Awareness to Climate Change Ever since Earth came into its existence, its climate has always been shifting. From the boiling lava of the earth’s crust in its early developing stages to the Ice Age thousands of years ago, the earth’s weather has never stayed consistent. However, no one can truly pinpoint as to why the climate is changing or the its effects. In Joseph F. C.…

Part One: The Gaia Hypothesis, proposed by James Lovelock, suggests that everything on the Earth makes up a single, living organism. It suggests that if something on the Earth changes, other things on the Earth with evolve to accommodate that change. This is similar to how, if you begin running, your heart will start beating faster to provide more oxygen to your muscles. Lovelock describes Gaia as, “…a complex living entity…which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on…

1. Introduction The Thera Catastrophe is a topic of debate for many scientists around the world. The eruption happened around 3500 years ago. The main issue today is how disastrous was the impact of the of the eruption and the resulting tsunami. 1.1 Santorini Island The Thera volcano is located in the west part of the Mediterranean on the island of Santorini in Greece. (Figure1) The disaster had a massive impact on all aspects of the region. The consensus in the scientific community is the…

Global warming has turned into a household term. You may trust that it is real or you may have questions. In both cases you will be misled by the myth of melting glaciers, extending temperature. You put on a mask to take a breath of oxygen and stay inside not to be air polluted. You are sweating hard. You don’t see anything around you. You are looking at your death. Yes I am right you are going to die. If we don’t keep these things in our mind, the end is not far. I have gotten the reports on…

Ray Bradbury “A Sound of Thunder” is a cause and effect story which relates to my topic about the gradual rise in earth’s temperature caused by greenhouse gases. They relate because “A Sound of Thunder”, is a story about travelers going back in time, which causes their present to change when they return by just doing a microscopic damage. The impact of global warming can be seen in sea level, crop rainfall, and human health. Therefore, certain adjustments take place as a result of global warming…

1. What are the eras of the Phanerozoic? Name one important evolutionary event in each of those eras. Paleozoic The big incident of this era is the Cambrian explosion that happened 540 million years ago. Mesozoic Angiosperms were diversified during this era Cenozoic Mammals increase in size 2. Define/explain the following terms: Ediacaran, diagenesis,…

I watched the documentary “Chasing Ice” from 2012. This film follows a National Geographic photographer James Balog, who was always interested in the interaction between humans and nature. He explains how he thought it was “not probable” that humans could effect the earth’s climate and that he believed it was based on computer models. James eventually learns about the ancient ice cores and decides travel north to photograph the effects of global warming first hand. He visits areas such as…