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Kevin Williamson writes in his essay “Apocalypse Soonish: The End Times Roll On” regarding the evergoing discussion of climate change and humanity 's’ love for apocalyptic drama. Williamson is an excellent writer who knows how to engage the reader with humor and wry comparisons as well as point out some obvious trends within the past that show how dramatic civilization can be. However, his frequent disregard for the consequences of the warming 's effects, inability to keep a concise argument and…

In order to understand the effects that Global Climate Change has had on weather we need to first understand the difference between weather and climate. Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere, on a given day and location. Examples of such include temperature, wind, and precipitation. On the other hand, climate is more of a broad, generalized condition that covers a region during a longer period of time. Examples of such include warm, cold, wet and dry. In the past decade, with only a…

It goes without saying that change is hard. Regardless of the circumstances, whether positive or negative, it is an instinctual habit of people to generally seek the easiest and laziest way out of a problem. Especially when it comes down to a huge modern day issue like that regarding the consequences of inaction to human-caused climate change, a large majority of people are so inclined to finding an easy solution that they will simply adapt to or even ignore the effects of climate change so…

Majority of the educated population, agrees to some extent that global climate change is a real and serious issue. The evidence that has been gathered for decades from various organizations, to include the ICCP and NASA are endless. In the past, the debate was whether global climate change was a real phenomenon and whether humans were the sole purpose of the cause. Unfortunately these debates are still covered through social media sources, such as Fox News and CNN. Presently, these type of…

average can make long-term trends even more noticeable which is important when discussing climate changes. Climate is characterized by long-term weather patterns (Bloom, 2010). The disadvantage of using the long-term running averages is that they do not show the year-to-year variations which may be important when discussing other aspects of weather…

coerced into staying in the colder regions, they might find that their breeding grounds have been occupied by resident birds, or the resident birds might not have a breeding grounds at all due to the migratory birds not leaving the region when the cold weather begins. This would increase competition between the two species for food and breeding grounds, and if the resident bird population eventually began to decrease in population, it would cause an interruption in the local food chain during…

In 2014, the National Climate Assessment conducted a study on the effects of climate change across all the regions of the United States. Three areas of concern that were induced by the study conducted in the Southeast region are rise in sea level, extreme heat, and decreased water availability. These matters bring devastating impacts on their own, however when observing the state of the Southeast, it is discovered that they are exacerbating problems the Southeast is already facing. The rate…

preferences for the seasons are diverse within the emotions of the youth. Leisure time is important to teens and as the time of year alters the activities differ. The weather is a huge aspect in an individual 's point of view, not everyone prefers the cold weather, however some beg to differ and not everyone enjoys the hot weather while a fair variety of individuals do. The outdoor presentation to the community also impacts their outlook in a way that catches their attention, such as color…

Sometimes life is miserable. It might be because of hardship, plans changing, or even just the weather for the day turning out horrendous. At times like this, it’s hard to stay positive or even consider having a good time. But, I experienced first-hand that even during the gloomiest of times; you can still find a glimmer of happiness. It all started when I was four and my family was vacationing at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I was seated securely in my stroller as my family traveled down…

It started off as just another typical trip to the beach, but little did I know that after this my opinion of the beach and everything associated with it would be completely altered. It was a thunderstorm to remember, I still remember it to this day and it was over ten years ago. I had never felt so small and powerless until the trip to the Outer Banks, where I had truly discovered the real power of nature. Our family for the past couple years, had taken trips to multiple different…