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has caused an increase in the amount of water flowing into the ocean causing the sea level to rise. The most iconic glaciers are disappearing faster the most. Between 2003 and 2009 ice has been lost at a rate of 259 billion plus or minus 28 billion tonnes per year. This increase is enough to raise the sea level by about 0.7mm per year. These extreme sea level events cause both social and economical impact on low-lying coastal communities, which often result in the loss of lives and numerous…

The First World War was the first conflict that had a truly global reach. It was also one of the most deadly, with 35 million casualties, of which 14 million were killed. It was a brutal war of attrition with thousands of soldiers killed and seriously wounded every day; indeed, the true casualty numbers are very difficult, if not impossible, to comprehend for those of us who were not actually there to witness the carnage. It was also a war of technology and of invention. The science of killing…

Introduction: With the constant rise for global energy, there is a huge demand for environmentally clean and cheap energy sources. Now, for many years power generated by nuclear power plants has been a reliable source for energy but the current amount of uranium, which is the fuel will satisfy the energy requirements for the next 200 years. Also, the nuclear reactors are not very efficient as not all of the uranium mined is being used to generate power. In this essay, I will discuss an alternate…

Global warming has been taking effect on the Earth’s environment since the 1950’s creating dramatic changes and dangerous new records. In the last three decades the Earth’s average surface temperature has each been successively warmer than any previous decade since 1850 as a result of increase greenhouse emissions (IPCC 2014). This temperature rise is impacting some of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet such as the polar regions, coral reefs and tropical rainforests. Climate change can…

instance, Sweden and the USA. Even though some provinces in Canada (Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia) have started the carbon pricing, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau recently announced his plan to introduce the carbon fee of $10 per tonne of carbon emission in 2018 to other provinces; there will be an increment of $10 every year until it reaches $50 in 2022. It is hope that the funds generated from the carbon pricing will be paid back to households as rebate to offset their…

General Eisenhower contributed positively to Operation Overlord indeed to counter attack the Nazi German’s. In April 1943 the COSSAC, chief of staff to the supreme allied commander was established (Facts on File). A year later, general Eisenhower led 100,000 troops over the English channel into Nazi-occupied France, to liberate all lost territory (Britannica). From June 6th till June 9th, Eisenhower miraculously invaded Normandy and sparked the downfall of Nazi Germany. Operation Overlord was…

for the improvement of the International System of Units, which now serves as the worldwide standard. As a result of this, the norms of the CGS framework were progressively supplanted with metric benchmarks joined from the MKS framework. The metre–tonne–second or MTS arrangement of units is an arrangement of physical units. It was concocted in France, subsequently the unit names sthène and pièze, and turned into its legitimate framework somewhere around 1919 and 1961.It was embraced by the…

Volkswagen and BMW increased in debt to equity ratio indicates that both company has been aggressive in financing their growth with debt, while BMW able to maintain a steady cash flow over the years, this is not the case for Volkswagen. Overall, Solvency and liquidity analysis are equally important in financial statement analysis. Volkswagen low debt to equity ratio combined with low financial leverage and its ability to meet long-term obligations indicates lower risk of insolvency. On the…

1.1 Introduction With heightened concerns about global climate change, energy consumption and carbon emissions, many countries all over the world have encouraged the public to choose public transportation rather than private vehicles to travel. In different modes of public transport, cycling increases in popularity in many cities, which brings healthy and environmental advantages(Goodman and Cheshire, 2014). Particularly for short distances in city, bicycle is regarded as an alternative…

ELIMINTATING WORLD HUNGER Brad Go Religion 30S October 20, 2014 “Let us pray that the Lord gives us the grace to envisage a world in which no one must ever again die of hunger. And asking for this grace, I give you my blessing.” The Church does not like to see that the world has to suffer or die because they deprived or can’t afford food. They are making an effort to prevent that from ever happening. The Church does not support world hunger and are helping organizations such as…