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    Facts about Global Warming and Climate Change We know of no other habitable place in the universe comparable to planet earth. But the climate change poses obvious threat to all forms of life in the planet and no living creature is exempted. Extreme and unpredictable weather events and catastrophes are too overwhelming. Sometimes, people may need international aid to stand up. It’s quite alarming how global warming affects the world. Imagine the world’s coolest places, the Arctic and Antarctica with

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    because the nutrients would not be becoming spread out through the flow of the currents not to mention more fish would die since the oxygen supply would decrease if the ocean currents were to collapse fully or partially.The food chain would go off balance because if some animals were to die, their predators would have no prey to eat on so those animals would die of starvation which could lead to extinction and all ocean life being threatened starting with the phytoplankton that uses photosynthesis

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    Since 2000, 9 out of the 10 warmest years have occurred, bringing into reality the effects of global warming. Climate change is the global and regional changes in the environment when compared to the models of the late 19th to 20th centuries. America is not as invested as it needs to be in the Environment, and many citizens are ignorant to its causes and consequences. Becoming environmentally aware is a choice that we must make that will fight climate change when it rears its ugly head. Some people

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    Climate change has become a big issue in the past 20 years due to the new technological advances we have made. With this technology we have created comes a great deal of responsibility, we can use this to our benefit along with benefitting our Earth or we can emit more harmful gases into the atmosphere. During the industrial revolution machines were made that could do things 20 strong men couldn’t do, this being said these machines needed fuel. People looked for fuel to work these machines and many

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    more floods, droughts, or flooding rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves which can cause wildfires. Oceans and the Antarctic Ice Glaciers have also experienced changes in oceans that are rising temperatures and are becoming more acidic. The Antarctic ice glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising destroying many habitats along the ice glaciers such as penguins and polar bears. As these changes frequently occur in future decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and

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    The Dangers of Mount Everest and How to Be Safe When Encountering the Dangers By: Prisha Patel Have you ever thought about what it would be like if you could climb Mount Everest? Well, I will tell you one thing, it is a long, tedious, and dangerous expedition. Even though people have reached the top of Mount Everest, usually one or more person dies on the way. There are so many dangerous things that could happen to you when you are climbing Mount Everest. Well, I can tell you most of the things

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    The country of Chile came under the rule of Spain in the mid-16th century. In order to achieve its independence Chile came to the realization that it would need to control the sea, and that a naval squadron was a necessity in order to defeat Spain once and for all. Bernardo O’Higgins, one of Chile’s patriot leaders, is quoted as saying after a battle that “This triumph and a hundred more will be insignificant unless we control the sea” (Worcester 8).This realization of the importance of the sea is

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    temperature has increased by between 1 and 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit. While this may sound like a small number, it has heavily impacted other aspects of our global ecosystem, and it is continuing to rise at a faster rate. Arctic ice is vanishing and glaciers are melting; as a result, polar bears, penguins, and other animals have begun to suffer. The recent frequency of heat waves, intense tropical storms, and natural disasters has also been partially attributed to trends in global climate change.

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    temperatures have risen an average of 1.4˚ F since 1880. Sea ice in the Arctic has thinned as well as decreased in the last few decades; the Greenland, in additional to Antarctic ice sheets, are diminishing in mass. The North and South Poles are warming faster compared to anywhere else on the globe. Glaciers are retreating on mountains all over the globe. Spring snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere has decreased over the last 50 years. It is infact a simple as well as a beneficial experiment to add more confirmation

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    Ocean is the largest water body that covers 70% of the Earth’s surface. In this giant pool, thousands of known and unknown species thrive and create massive food web and environment. For several centuries ocean had and still is providing us with seafood, salt, minerals, transportation, and even leisure. However, in return, humans had leaked toxic chemicals, dumped trash, over-captured fishes and sea organisms, and destroyed environment and geography. Also, due to humans’ ever growing carbon usage

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