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    unpopular, which led to the Geneva Protocol (Hacken, 2009). The protocol states "the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices, has been justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilised world.” and multiple countries signed it, including Germany and Austria in 1925. During World War 2, new poison gases were introduced which were deadlier than sulfur mustard, and despite maintaining large stockpiles neither the Allies or the…

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    climate change refer to an increase in average global temperature is another impact. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is caused primarily by increases in greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide. Changes in…

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    emissions comes from energy production, transportation and industries. Other contributors include agriculture and land use. There are several gases that are considered to be greenhouse gas emissions. They include Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and Hydrofluorocarbons are the most common. Carbon Dioxide is considered to be the worst of them. When these gases enter the atmosphere, they act as a barrier that traps radiation under them. The radiation heats the surface of the Earth more than…

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    We have introduced many pollutants into the atmosphere that are actually increasing the gases that cause the greenhouse effect. Lutgens and Tarbuck (2014) stated that Americans are responsible for nearly 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions from our industrial life styles. The majorities of Americans have homes, drive cars, and…

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    This radiation is then recycled and emitted as long-wave terrestrial radiation. Gases, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, absorb this radiation, detains it in the atmosphere, and therefore maintains a warmer temperature within the Earth’s atmosphere than it would otherwise be if there wasn’t an atmosphere. This is what meteorologists…

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    There is no doubt about it climate change and global warming exist today. Climate change is a present world issue that is causing damage to our planet. Humans actions are the cause of global warming. Even though we will have to change our lifestyles tremendously, people need to reduce and change their negative impact on the environment because we will have to suffer from the consequences of climate change that is harming our planet. Climate change has begun and our world as we know it is…

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    hour, one day, or for a lifetime, we need to lessen our impact, and it will help many generations to come. One of the obvious benefits of turbine is that they are a clean energy source that does not emit any pollutants, which produce the greenhouse gases that destroy our atmosphere. It does not matter the opinion of either the supporters side or the objective side the fact of wind energy being better the alternative (“Wind Vision: Continuing the Success of Wind Energy,” 2015.) The term…

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    Trevino, Elva What causes the Aurora Borealis? As electrically charged particle collisions from the sun enter the planet’s atmosphere and encounter atmospheric gases, a light show spectacle is displayed around the magnetic poles of the earth. The aurora phenomenon occurs at poles of both the northern and southern hemispheres of the planet. They are most commonly known as the “Northern Lights” and “Southern Lights”- Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, respectively. However, since the southern…

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    THE GREENHOUSE GASES TRAP HEAT AND INCREASE THE CLIMATE CHANGE Exposition The climate of this planet is constantly changing and evolving. The present average annual temperature is approximately as low as 59 degrees Fahrenheit and as high as 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. The other types of resources suggest that today’s 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit is much warmer than the past temperature periods. Climate change is mostly caused by the human activities, which causes an increase of greenhouse gasses.…

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    stays down instead of goes really up but now that you can see in the 0 it just goes completely up it almost stopped for a second but then it goes even higher all the way to 400 And if you didn't know 400 stand for carbon dioxide level. Are greenhouse gases are what is almost killing our planet and causing climate change but some people may say that climate change is not real but i think it is real cause we as in me have facts that may change your mind like how The…

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