Wildfire

According to the article Startling Finds on Teenage Brains, “The loss [ of brain tissues] was like a wildfire, and you could see it in every teenager. Gray matter, which brain researchers believe supports all our thinking and emotions, is purged at a rate of 1 to 2 percent a year during this period”(Thompson 7). The author is saying that teenager’s brains…

The Skies Can’t Keep Their Secrets! Benjamin Franklin wrote in Poor Richard’s Almanac, “Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.” Franklin wrote this truth, and it represents that no one can truly keep a secret. Secrets spread like a disease. If they come into contact with people its spreads faster and faster. It can be eradicated but only when everyone gets bored of the secret. Then the secret becomes mute. It’s better not to ever know the secret and avoid the deadly disease, and…

During the late 1800s, a unique mass culture began to develop in the United States. Immigrants were pouring into the country. Along with them came their own cultures and practices. Eventually, these cultures and practices influenced the creation of new inventions, which helped urbanize America. This period of time was known as the Gilded Age. Culture in America began to change and grow at this time. Along with culture, many concepts and ideas changed too which contributed to the culture. Art…

Most people have heard of the Black Death, but not many of them know all of the facts about it. The Black Death was a plague that killed an estimated 25-50 million people in a short time period of about five years in the fourteenth century. In this time period, 1346 AD - 1353 AD, about 33% - 50% of Europe’s population was killed by this horrible disease. If you think about this horrible number, you will be able to realize how important the Black Death was in human history. Now, some people would…

Social Networking. Positive or Negative? In 2014, over 2.8 billion people around the world signed on to the computer or a phone and used a website. While in 2000, only around 400,000 people signed on and used a website. The first social network ever made, “SixDegrees.com”, let people make personal profiles and keep a list of their friends. The internet has hundreds and hundreds of social networking websites that kids and adults use on a daily basis. Social Networking takes a huge part in the…

Are human impacting weather? With the help of manly meteorologist and other scientist we can find the answer. What is meteorology? Meteorology is the study of the past, present, and future atmosphere. Meteorologists do anything from forecasting the weather to being climatologists. Weather can be predicted by many factors, like temperature, air saturation, orography, and the environment. The environment is a big factor. Silent Spring, a book written by Rachel Carson, explains the effects of…

A Cry For Freedom “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” (Jefferson 1776). A prominent and well-known proverb world-wide and an even more common train of thought; this ideal served to largely influence and spark The American Revolution. The British established superiority over the colonists time after time, and this led to an outburst. The atmosphere of revolution had even been floating about in the air for many years prior to the declaration of the…

Although there is no clear and set definition of drought, to some extent it can be summed up to explain that drought occurs when a region has received less than normal precipitation which results in dryer than normal conditions for that particular region. However, people in different areas and environments have varying views on what drought is and when it is occurring, “characteristics of drought differ significantly between regions such as North American Great Plains, Australia, southern…

Global warming and the world General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of global warming and its impact on our planet Central Idea: The growing concern of climate change and the rising sea level due to globe warming has been a big discussion in many parts of the world Introduction I. Attention-getter: How’s the weather outside? Many of us many not this but the earth is growing hotter as the years goes by. Did you know that this year may be hottest year ever record?…

), the average temperature of the Earth has shockingly “has increased about one degree Fahrenheit during the 20th century.” This temperature fluctuation has had a serious effect on the Earth’s climate including, but not limited to: more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought, increased intensity of tropical storms, melting of the polar icecaps, shrinking of glaciers, shorter periods of decreasing levels of ice cover, movement of plant and animal ranges, and disruption of the timing of…