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which are ice, trees, corals and sediments however this paper will take an in depth look at ice and corals. The period of interest is the Holocene, which is 10000 years ago when both of these

methane, which would cause Europe to cool. The problem is being caused by the copious excess amounts of water being in the NAO which is causing it to become inconsistent. This is a problem because as I stated earlier the climate will change to another ice age if the NAO becomes so erratic that it just fails. There are often people who wonder what is the difference between climate change and greenhouse warming. The differences between the two are vast. Climate change can either be hot or cold temperature

Information."). If Earth’s surface is warmed enough, it will also start to warm the bodies of water. The heating waters are currently the reasons for the melting of ice shelves. Luckily, the ice shelf melting is not as serious due to the water flowing and refreezing ("Global Climate Change: Research Explorer”). However if the ice shelves are melting too fast then that could cause complete changes in glaciers and the land mass in general. With the loss of land mass from mainly Antarctica, it means

the Industrial Revolution the temperature has been a roller coster, up and down it goes. Research has showed that the greenhouse affect is rapidly melting the polar ice caps, leading to increasing of the sea levels. Due to the fast melting of the ice, in five years or less the Artic can be ice free, no ice, none! Another result of having the ice melt rapidly, would be the increase of the ocean, this affect us really bad, but it can also ruin a trip to the beach. Due to the sea level rising, that means

Climate Engineering What if humans could find a way to combat climate change? This is where climate engineering would come into play. Climate engineering, also known as weather modification or geoengineering, is “the intentional alteration of Earth’s climate aiming to counter climate change” (Wikipedia par. 1). Some of the proposals for climate engineering include shooting dust into the stratosphere, putting iron dust in the oceans, and even placing mirrors in space to reflect sunlight. One example

The terms climate change and global warming have caused much confusion. 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 from the growing use of fossil fuels. Together these two issues have begun to change the habitats as humanity knows them and could devastate the world if allowed to continue. Many studies support the idea of the changing climate

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a gothic novel that was wrote during the 1800s, or other known as the enlightenment era. During this era, the ideas of discovering the natural law of the universe and the thirst for scientific knowledge were being spread all across Europe. Mary Shelley incorporates these ideas with Victor Frankenstein's thirst for dangerous knowledge, and through allusions of Prometheus and the Genesis story. Shelley not only incorporates other supplementary readings into Frankenstein

animals and melting our polar ice caps at a extremely high rate.1 Our atmosphere is heating up because of the greenhouse gases (CO2) and killing our animals.1 This causing animals to go extinct and melting our polar ice caps. The melting will kill all our cold weather animals which will cause all the animals to go extinct.1 How will the polar ice caps affect us?1 The polar ice caps are melting too quickly and not giving the animals a chance to adapt. When the polar ice caps melt the climate will rise

global climate change is occurring much more rapidly than originally predicted, because of feedback loops, and that the polar ice caps may be entirely gone by 2020, not by 2050 as was earlier predicted. The world’s leading scientists also say that delayed action will increase the risk of adverse environmental effects and will likely increase the cost. The melting glaciers and ice caps will have, and in places are already having, major impacts on coastal and inland communities, cause social and economic

down? 1) Over the last century our planets temp. has risen 1 degree. I know that doesn't sound like much but it's been enough to melt a lot of the polar ice caps and glaciers. A) The hottest years ever recorded were in the late 1990's and early 2000's. B) In 2007 there was a massive polar ice melt and the amount of glaciers and sea ice has decreased quite a bit since the 70's. This has already caused the sea levels to rise. C) The U.N. panel on climate change projects