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    greenhouse gases in the atmosphere led to the retention of a larger amount of thermal energy in the Earth, affecting all its operation and system. Global warming affects the planet seriously in several ways including climate change,  melting polar ice caps and widespread extinctions of species.   One of the most immediate and obvious effects of global warming is climate change.It is a major and permanent change in Earth’s climate pattern of temperature, snow, humidity, rainfall level and wind speed

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    Energy is a huge part of our daily lives and over the years we have seen energy consumption rates raise significantly. It really isn 't much of a secret that global climate change is happening. From the melting of the polar ice caps, to record severe temperatures, rise in natural disasters, rise in pollution, greater number of vector-borne and water borne illnesses, and much more. Unless there is something done to change the current technology being used to provide energy to the human population

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    Ever since the 1980’s Global Warming has been an intriguing topic among citizens, scientists and government officials. It’s ironic to think that only years earlier in the 1970’s the phenomenon was global cooling, now on a dime it suddenly shifted from intense glaciation to excessive carbon dioxide emissions that raise the temperature of the planet. A large number of influential scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are necessary. This is simply just another

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    All that needs to be done for a person to see that climate change is upon the world is to look outside. The seasons that used to be defined by their drastically different weather have started to blend into a year-long battle for hot and cold, along with unusual rainfall during typically dry spells. Climate change is the change in global or regional climate patterns. Global warming is the idea that the world is being heated by a few degrees every year brought on by an increase in carbon dioxide levels

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    Is Global Warming going to be very harmful to the Earth in the future? Outline I. Window 1: Can global warming be stopped A. Temperatures have ascended 1.”Temperatures on earth have risen approximately 1.4°F since the early 20th century”(Global Warming) a. According to that study, the increasing of the atmospheric climate over time is a direct result of human activities that cause significant and harmful climate changes including. Therefore in this manner numerous countries confront that immediate

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    Arctic has been warming faster than any other region on the planet: Greenland's ice sheet has experienced a steady melting and will along with the Arctic's ice caps contribute to the rise of the global sea levels. Climate change will affect the natural environment enabling the exploitation of oil, gas and minerals, the melting of the Arctic ice caps will open new and more cost efficient trading routes namely the Northern Sea route and the Northwest Passage, in which Greenland will play a strategic role

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    Geographic News: Reporting Your World Daily"). The ice polar caps are quickly melting at a faster rate than ever. The polar caps aren’t the only ones that are melting, it also includes ice on mountain glaciers, Arctic sea ice, and ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland ("Global Warming Puts the Arctic on Thin Ice"). When the large blocks of ice start to melt, the ability to reflect sunlight is lost. Usually when sunlight hits the polar ice caps, it is reflected back into space ("Global Warming Puts

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    Global Sea-Level Rising: Polar Ice Caps Essay

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    (Gardiner) The melting of the polar ice caps affects the whole world. Coastal lands, agriculture, weak permafrost, increase in disease, weather patterns, ocean circulation, and biodiversity are few elements affected by this emergency. There is major concern for coastal flooding. IPCC estimates

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    that SPF mumbo jumbo. You know that without an O-zone layer there’s going to be nothing strong enough on the market to protect our delicate skin. They’ll probably have some kind of pill I can take instead. Even if some of the polar ice caps do melt, that just means more beaches for us on our new glorious days of sunshine. So what if a few million people drown? I suppose earthweek is just another form of the government keeping us down. We have become far too brainwashed when we start

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    people. ( the way it is presented to the American people is not feasible to many) For instance telling them that the planet is getting warmer 1 degree Celsius every 100 years is such as vague presentation that many won’t grasp.The usual images of ice caps melting, and a lonely polar bear on a block of ice peddling through the ocean, seem so distant to the average American. So why should the average American care?. In simple words, because America is on Planet Earth. America is the most powerful country

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