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    In 2009, James Cameron released his film Avatar. It was an intense mix of sci-fi and adventure, with plenty of action intertwined in its storyline. The story is of Jake Sully, who is a paraplegic marine who is sent to a distant moon called Pandora. There Jake fills the position of his deceased brother, becoming an Avatar of the native peoples the Na’vi, and is working for the government as humans mine the planet for precious metals. Jake is at first operating under the orders of the military…

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    Jeff Vandermeer creates an obscure and intricate ecological system in his 2014 novel Annihilation, and names it Area X. The main character, a female biologist, joins an expedition to investigate this expanding and changing zone, and finds out “the Event,” which appears that humankind will eventually be transformed into other organisms in Area X, is “arriving like a kind of wave” (190). Many critics see Annihilation as an allegory for humanity’s situation in the face of a rapidly changing…

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    Globalism In District 9

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    District 9 and The Globalism District 9 is a movie described an extraterrestrial race landed on the Earth, which created tons of social, economic and ethical conflicts. The pivotal role is Wikus Van De Merwe, who is an agent accidently exposure to the alien biotechnology and becomes the only person who perfectly combined the alien genes and human’s. In this film, the settings are creative, the aliens become the disadvantaged party due to illness, and human beings become the privileged party who…

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    Creationism Is Correct

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    Evolutionists have some well thought-out logical arguments that creationists cannot back up with the argument. One logical statement made by Bill Nye during an online debate saying that kangaroos do not live in the Middle East, where Noah’s ark supposedly landed, but in Australia (2014, Peale). The reason why Nye brought this statement was to prove that there is no explanation for how animals came to the natural habitats they are in today when Australia is an island…

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    made with radiation with more time on Mars. Many astronauts are willing to assume the risks of Mars Mission, so they know the costs of this greater good. By learning about Mars and going there, new technologies will be made to make life better on Earth too. Why not accept the newer, exciting challenge of going to…

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    Los Angeles River Essay

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    have arrived as early as 5000 B.C.. At this time there was an abundance of both vegetation and wildlife surrounding the river ranging from berry bushes to bears. Hundreds of years later the city began to grow when Europeans settled the area in the middle of the 19th century. At this point the river was tame for most of the year but during the winter the river would flood frequently. In fact, the river was so lively that its mouth shifted as drastically as from San Pedro Bay to Santa Monica Bay…

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    Imperialism Of Africa

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    We all live on Earth, a world that houses a collection of many diverse nations, individually connected and powered by the personal connections with one another. These continents that make up the earth all possess something special to offer up to all other nations. Africa is one such continent that offers a great deal of prosperous goods to this world. Some things that Africa offers include a wide collection of religions, languages, animals, and environmental resources that are readily available…

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    La Nina Effect

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    La Nina is a climatic pattern that distinguishes the cooling of sea surface temperature along the tropical coast of South America. La-Nina is described as the opposite to El-Niño which distinguished by warm sea surface temperature in the equatorial region of the Pacific ocean. The Southern Oscillation (SO) is a change in air pressure between the western and central tropical Pacific. The pressure variability changes the strength of the trade winds, that results in affecting the surface ocean…

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    Al Gore’s book Truth to Power explains a climate crisis. The author explains how one problem can affect another, thus causing a domino effect on different places of the world. He explains how a climatic problem can affect millions of people, livestock, and businesses. Al Gore really makes the reader think once he or she begins reading his book, it helps the reader to be more aware of the conditions around him or her, and understand that his or her choices can harm another without even knowing it…

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    Today the planet faces an immense problem , overpopulation. Overpopulation is not something that is fictional, it’s real and it’s happening. There are some who believe that overpopulation is not a problem ,and that we as a human race can handle it. It’s true that as humans we can handle most things because we adapt to our situation whatever it may be, by letting it change us or we change it. However this particular situation, overpopulation is something that can and will conquer us. To find…

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