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A part of me always knew that I’d have to tell the story of the big quake- and I always hoped that I would never come to that. When it happened, my mind froze. I was sitting on my couch, reading ‘The Kite Runner’. I was trying to prepare myself psychologically to get up and knock some things off the to-do list; picking up my sister from work and before my mother got home to a house that would be hopefully clean. As I was sitting on the couch, flipping through the pages of the book that I had…

Global Warming The climate system of Earth responds to changes in external factors that are able to push the climate towards warming or cooling. These factors include changes in atmosphere composition (concentration of greenhouse gases), volcanic eruptions, and solar activity changes. All of these factors combined create current tendency of climate change that is described by the term “global warming”. Global warming is the continuous rise in average temperature of Earth's climate system.…

No Impact Man: A Journey of Self Discovery Summary The brainchild of history writer Colin Beavan, No Impact Man is a life experiment, an online blog, and personal narrative. The story opens with a worried and frustrated Colin who preaches liberal environmental politics to those who impetuously wreck our environment without recognizing he as well is complacent about his own behaviors. Instead, he is on the spectrum of liberals who feel superior with their intellectual resources and acknowledges…

Entering the modern world, the earth experienced big changes caused by the modern civilization of human, and accordingly, several issues occurred. There are environmental issues, unusual weather issues, and some health problems brought with the civilization. One of the causes of the environ mental problems is using environment-unfriendly energy sources such as fossil fuel, so green energy and renewable energy are getting spotlight globally. Solar energy, one of the green and renewable energies,…

the sense of accomplishment is so satisfied. Conquering the mountain is not easy, but the trip of conquering will gave the most precious experience. It was the first day of May, the sky still sleeping, and the sun hiding on the other side of the earth. The world is still quite, people are still in their wonderful dreams, I, my brother and my grandpa have already wake up and ready for the mountain hiking. I wake up early and use my fastest speed finishing…

coming home from school when I heard the news was on and they were having a special broadcast about information about the earth. They showed all of the endangered animals, and I mean all of them. All of the sea animals and especially the amphibians which were dieing and going extinct a lot more so than any other type of animal. They had a lot of facts and statistics about how the earth was becoming warmer and how this was affecting everything around us. They said that if we continued to do what…

Ready for Blastoff Curiosity constantly leads me to new adventures and memories, and combined with my passions, it eventually led me to Chabot Space and Science Center. Driving up the windy hills and past the redwood trees for my first field trip in fourth grade, the magnificent sight of grand telescopes overwhelmed me once my class arrived at Chabot. At each exhibit, I felt like an explorer in space where I could do anything from walking on the moon to discovering another planet with life. As…

even common sense, but I believe there is nothing more important in the world than the decisions we make. Every day there are billions of decisions being made that all effect one another and everything around them, deciding what will happen to the Earth. Every decision is important and can decide the fate of the world, such as the decision of a British soldier named Henry Tandey in World War I. His one small decision to be humane and spare a German soldier, a young Adolf Hitler, caused the death…

2011. Earth mysteries. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.britannia.com/wonder/thehenge.html. [Accessed 09 August 15] David Levin. 2010. Astronomy at Stonehenge? [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/astronomy-stonehenge-au.html. [Accessed…

place to measure changes in global atmospheric CO2 levels? Mauna Loa was selected as the best place to measure changes in global CO2 levels because of it’s the best location to see large atmospheric averages. The volcano rises to 3400 meters in the middle of the ocean and, as a result, the air mass being sampled is already well mixed due to the inputs and outputs of CO2 that is far below and away. Additionally, the site is located on a volcano, meaning the lava will burn all nearby plants and…