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Arctic amplification is expected to cause arctic warming through the year 2100. This warming corresponds to a trend of decreasing in sea ice area and extent through the end of the century. Despite this anticipated trend, inter-annual variability in arctic sea ice extent remains relatively unpredictable. The variables affecting sea ice growth include, but are not limited to, large-scale atmospheric circulation, local meteorology, and dynamical surface fluxes, thus the forcing on arctic sea ice is…

earthquakes in regions that utilize fracking. As a result, the Arctic Sea ice has melted to its lowest level ever, “reced[ing] to less than half the average level of the 1970s” (Easton, 174). Furthermore, past research shows that in November 2012, Greenland and West Antarctica “lost more than 4 trillion metric tons of ice over the last two decades, contributing to sea level rise” (174). This serves as a shock to scientists because these events suggest that the “sensitivity of the earth system to…

Before its entry to World War II, America’s president Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced the issue of whether to stay neutral, or allow United States to intervene and take action in Europe. There was pressure coming from both those for and against intervention throughout the United States to remain neutral or take action respectively. Eventually the United States found itself in the midst of the war for a number of reasons. The chief of these reasons being firstly that President Roosevelt was…

This past November of 2016, the citizens of the United States elected its 45th president, Donald J. Trump. A common comparison in several reactionary articles was that the election of Trump was a sign that the United States was falling, just as Rome once had. The modern United States falling condition, in spite of selected similar situations, is not quite as vast in scale to that of the Rome of Late Antiquity. Several generations of authors and historians have had their own opinions on the…

The Warm Blue Dot: Evidence for Anthropological Global Warming Introduction Throughout the long history of the Earth, the global climate has fluctuated drastically, ranging from tropical to glacial. In the mid-18th century, the Industrial Revolution began, and humanity began a bilateral campaign: one waged with the goal of achieving a prosperous, industrialized future, and another, inadvertently waged against the environment. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the influence of…

It is strange to think that climate patterns affecting people across the world can affect entire civilizations spread oceans apart. It can be said that the challenges of the Little Ice Age were brought over to Early Colonial Mexico, but more so its effects. One region’s success in going out to venture, trade, and colonize; epitomized by the Dutch’s accomplishments in those three aspects proved to be another regions apocalypse. Due to Europe’s conditions, both climatic and situational led to its…

As once said by British novelist Anthony Burgess; “Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason. But who is going to spread it among the colonizers?” This emphasizes some of the main problems with space colonization, and how prevalent it has been in history. This concept can be seen in the novel Nemesis by Isaac Asimov, which explores the development of colonies in space, and how different individuals react towards colonization. Within the novel it is shown that humanity is a species…

to 35 tonnes. These ships allowed Vikings to carry heavier things such as livestock, timber and silver. “The ships were also strong, enabling them to travel through the rough rapids of European rivers and to journey long distances, as far away as Greenland” ("Vikings as Traders."). Towns typically popped up around these trading destinations, where it was easy to reach by land and sea. But this proposed a problem, they were easy to attack. So the towns and trading posts had to be strategically…

Who Really Discovered “The New World?” What if Christopher Columbus wasn’t the first European to visit the North America? What if everything that has been taught about the pilgrims and Indians and the Mayflower is a lie? Who really “discovered” The New World? The answer may lie inscribed in a seemingly ordinary boulder also known as Dighton Rock. From the ancient Phoenicians to the Native Americans, from a Portuguese Scouting ship to the Norse Vikings, there are many speculations about where…

Human beings often wonder what their fate is, whether good or bad, only time will tell. In the historic tragedy of the Titanic, nobody predicted the fate of the ship to be so disastrous. Tragic stories are told about how the Titanic sunk, thousands died for something they could not control. Many argue about the causes, misconceptions or implications on why/how it happened but all proof points to mother nature. The Titanic has a rich history, overcoming many difficulties shaped the ship to what…