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    SCI102-06 Term Paper Prof. Tabatabai The Impact Humans Have On Planet Earth Overpopulation, pollution, global warming, climate change, genetic modification, ocean acidification, water/soil pollution, deforestation, acid rain, and ozone depletion are among some of the main factors that have a negative impact on the planet. Overpopulation is one the most concerning environmental issues currently. Overpopulation is defined as the human population of a specific area exceeding the carrying capacity

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    Consequences The Earth’s oceans contain up to about ninety-six percent of all the water on the planet, while roughly the other four percent is in the air as vapor, in the ground as soil moisture, in frozen glaciers and ice sheets, and even stored in the human body. Humans depend on water for basic survival needs and without water would perish within a few days shy of a week. Water is not only accessed by humans but terrestrial and aquatic animals and plants as well. All living biotic organisms need

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    Kingsman: The Secret Service was a film released in 2014. This film was about a secret organization that was looking for new recruits at the same time when there was a global threat by an intelligent, yet conniving man. This film provides a good example of the film formula because it clearly identifies the significant components, which are including a hero with motivation, a villian that contributes to the conflict of the film, and how the hero overcomes the obstacles in order for a positive ending

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    the survival of the human race? Astronomers approve this theory and say yes space is the answer to humanity 's survival. This is because the earth is running out of time due to the greenhouse effects. The greenhouse effect is radiation that is emitted by the sun that destroys our atmosphere. Without the atmosphere, there will be no air, and without any air humans and almost all other species will not survive. There are ways humans can save the human race. Finding a new planet to live on is astronomers

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    Earth is filling up rapidly with people, and soon enough people will be struggling to find space, food, and water for everyone. Also, Earth is, without a doubt, heating up and changing drastically with many species going extinct. There are many habitable planets in space that have been discovered and could possibly keep the human species alive in another world. The faster humans search and find another earth, the better because Earth is dying no matter what angle it is looked at. In order to keep

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    of the world around us. People started observing stars and needed a way to look closer. The telescope was invented and more and more discoveries were made. Questions were being answered but other questions arose. Could humans leave Earth’s atmosphere? Are there other planets like ours? Where are we in this universe? And are we alone? Questions were being asked. Some were answered and some were not. Time moved along and space exploration grew. People were experimenting and researching. Robert

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    second the Earth may be causally orbiting around the sun, functioning normally, and the next, it could be sucked into a rogue black hole, without anyone even knowing until it is too late. In this small world, mankind may seem powerful and unstoppable. However, in the bigger picture, humans are just tiny specks on some miniscule planet, somewhere in the middle of the universe. The real question is, what if humans weren’t just specks on one tiny planet, but were specks on two planets, Earth and Mars

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    migrates to another planet, it might be a wonderful trip to start a new life. However, we also know that it is a trip full of risks and challenges, and a trip that might result in the loss of numerous lives. Some scientists argue that the Earth will soon be unsuitable to inhabit because the Earth is being heavily polluted and the natural resources are being excessively consumed. For instance, air pollution, which is caused by car exhaust or fumes from factories, damages the Earth 's atmosphere, being

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    As humanity continues to progress and drain the Earth’s resources, the planet has started a downfall of degradation--something that should have taken millions of years under natural conditions. Species are going extinct and the greenhouse gas levels are reaching high levels because of advanced civilization. The current sustainability projects humans possess are neither long term nor effective. As resources decrease and greenhouse gases increase, many scientists are looking for alternative places

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    A man named Robert Laughlin once said, "The Earth is very old and has suffered grievously: volcanic explosions, floods, meteor impacts, mountain formation and yet all manner of other abuses greater than anything people could inflict. Yet, the Earth is still here. It's a survivor." Laughlin clearly believes in this quote that the Earth can take care of itself. The Earth has been through worse disasters than just pollution, and extinction of species and plants. Roderick Nash, an environmentalist and

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