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Global warming is defined as a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, Chlorofluorocarbons and other pollutants. (https://www.google.co.za/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+is+global+warming). It can be argued that people have different views on the issue of global warming as to its effect which may be either good or bad. prominent believe that global warming is caused by human activities…

The concrete is the second most used product world-wide after water. The construction industry is one of the vital sectors in the nation’s economy. The concrete mainly contains ordinary Portland cement as a primary binder and production of ordinary Portland cement causes 7% of the total greenhouse gases in to the earth’s atmosphere (Malhotra 2002) and production of the ordinary Portland cement produces carbon-di-oxide in mainly two ways , they are burning of fossil fuels and the other is…

Learning to Die in the Anthropocene The key idea in Roy Scranton’s book Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, is the chapter titled Carbon Politics. Carbon politics talks about what it exactly sounds like, the worlds governments are having problems with global warming. Some countries presidents or royalties want to fund research for global warming. While many other countries do not think they should invest in the research. Carbon emmision is being released into the air and producing global…

Did you know that global warming is severely impacting Alaska's ecosystem? Overtime global warming has effected Alaska's ecosystem in numerous ways, including wiping out approximately 40% of Alaska's polar bear population. The effects of global warming are not only harming the wildlife and the environment, but they are also hurting the native people who live and hunt on the land. Global warming is a very disastrous result of human pollution. Hopefully with the use of effective substantial…

In Roman Krznaric’s article, Empathy and Climate Change, Krznaric talks about the disasters caused by climate change in India. Throughout the world, there are many countries deeply affected by the subject of climate change. The concept of climate change according to NASA is defined as “a change in the typical or average weather of a region or city.” However, climate change is also a change in earth’s overall climate (NASA). Varying changes in temperature and precipitation patterns is a result…

Can We Stop Ocean Acidification? It is hard to believe but, ocean acidification is caused by us. We cause it by what we normally do, breathe. We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, we can’t stop ourselves from breathing. But, we can do many other things to stop ocean acidification. Other examples are, fossil fuels and factories. Ocean acidification is a big problem not only in America, but all around the world too. We know the cause of this great environmental problem, now, we just have to…

Weather plays the greatest role in T.C. Boyle A Friend of the Earth. The novel jumps back and forward between past and present, allowing readers to see the effect weather change has not only on the environment, but the lifestyle of society. Climate change sets the motions for all future events, bringing Tierwater to his current life purpose, and contributing to his mentality as an environmentalist who witness the destruction of the planet. The ecological changes in weather has dramatically…

COMPOUND DISASTER EFFECTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Speculation regarding compound disaster effects is a hot debate topic in the industry as beetle kill in the early 1990’s is now entering the grey phase where the effects of such devastation are being seen to the end result. Researchers are attempting to calculate the precursor relationship between beetle kill and catastrophic fire in those areas. In addition to beetle kill, many researchers are addressing climate change in relation to fire regimes,…

In this TED Talks video, presenter Alice Bows-Larkin presents statistics and consensus regarding climate change and the impact of greenhouse gases. Bows-Larkin presents that our actions, choices and behaviors are the reason greenhouse gasses are raising and there is a profound negative impact. We can choose to take climate change seriously and cut greenhouse gas emissions or ignore and choose to adapt in the future to the severity of issues that will arise from the ignorance. Likewise, we do not…

Sea levels are rising, cities are flooding, and the world’s greatest powers are not working hard enough or efficiently enough to fix the problem. Due to the devastating effects of Climate change NASA has had to spend massive amounts of time and money trying to fully understand and combat Climate change, yet Congress and their budgetary refinement system has been infringing on NASA’s best attempts to put their best foot forward. NASA employees are highly qualified to fight the ever growing…