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está generando cada día más que es el calentamiento global, el cual se debe al Dióxido de Carbono y el efecto invernadero, los cuales se atrapan en la atmosfera de la tierra, la cual hacen que calienten el planeta donde al liberar más gases el calentamiento aumenta; estos son producidos por nosotros mismos cuando quemamos combustibles fósiles en vehículos, centrales eléctricas y por perdida de bosques y zonas cultivadas. El calentamiento global está causando consecuencias que son irreparables como

ecological system operates” (Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore). Former Vice President Al Gore made a documentary movie called, “An Inconvenient Truth.” He talks about how global warming is affecting our way of life and how it is affecting the Earth. He mentions facts about the misconceptions that surround global warming, which is very surprising to see and hear that our Earth is being affected by the things we do in our every day lives. With the facts from the movie and what we have learned

But the question is how does climate change affect our fauna and flora? According to most climate scientist the main cause of the current climate change is due to global warming which is caused by “human expansion of the "greenhouse effect" -- warming that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space” (Global Climate Change, 2014). With this trapped heat, Australia’s average temperature will gradually increase by an extra 1.5ᵒC by 2020 (Cooper & Dorey, 2013). Although this

Set in the late 19th and early 21th century, Looking Backwards is a utopian novel discussing the advantages of socialism, a political philosophy that many disenchanted intellectuals of the 19th century believed in. Edward Bellamy, the author, is included in that class of intellectuals. By being transported to the "modern day," Julian West, the protagonist, is able to contrast the two societies he has lived in: the capitalistic 19th century and the utopian, socialist 20th century. Julian West,

of several greenhouse gases (GHG) mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide emissions account for 80% of global warming of GHG emission, as compared with 57% in the 1980s (Lashof & Ahuja, 1990). Panwar, Kaushik & Kothari (2011) also states that excessive fossil fuel consumption will have adverse impacts on the environment, and increase threat of global climate change. Fortunately, more and more countries are starting to be aware of climate change, which comes as a result of

Are Humans Responsible for Global Warming? A REVIEW OF THE FACTS APRIL 2007 AUTHORS James Wang, Ph.D. Bill Chameides, Ph.D. Are Humans Responsible for Global Warming? The case for attributing the recent global warming to human activities rests on the following undisputed scientific facts: • Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere. • Since pre-industrial times, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased from about 280 parts per million (ppm) to over 380 ppm. Current

Climate change, a global scale challenge that is most important due to its present and long-term dangers, deserves not only much discussion, but attention as well. In particular, one former president who wanted to fight this challenge head on was Al Gore. When speaking to this challenge, former President Al Gore stated, “It is wrong to use the sky as an open sewer, it is wrong to condemn future generations to a lifetime haunted by continual declines in their standard of living, and give them a world

ECO/ENVIRO ISSUES Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Alaska, 1989 On March 23, 1989; a 987 foot Exxon ship was carrying 53,094,510 gallons (1,264,155 barrels) of North Slope crude oil and was headed for Long Beach, California. Before that day, they transported more than 8,700 times over 12 years without problems.The Exxon Valdez grounded at Bligh Reef that day, rupturing 8 of its 11 tanks. These spilled about 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound (Gulf of Alaska). No human lives were lost

Wildfire is a huge uncontrollable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Based on the type of vegetation where it happen, there are some types of wildfires. They are grass fires, brush fires, hill fires and forest fire. Most of forest fires are caused by people. When doing their activities, they are often careless. For example, they do not put out a campfire or sometimes they drop a lighted cigarette. Sometimes forest fires are caused by arson, which is intentionally and illegally setting fire

Rainforest Destruction Rainforests are being destroyed at a rate of 150 acres a minute. If this fact doesn’t astonish you then understand that that means a total of 78 Million acres a year. While this is in itself a horrible act it is also causing many species to go extinct thanks to loss of habitat. The main culprits of this are large corporations such as McDonald’s and Burger King. The greed of large corporations leads them to mistreat earth’s largest and most inhabited forests, leaving many