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Plastic pollution in the ocean: sources, effects, and mitigation strategies

Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Abstract Pollution is one of the leading harms facing the world today along with climate change, global warming, natural resource depletion, poor disposal of waste. Presently, plastics are used in covering various items because of their flexibility and durability.

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Wood frog adaptations to freezing and hibernation

Henry Fountain. “Why So Cold? Climate Change May Be Part of the Answer.” 3 January 2018. 9 January 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/climate/cold-climate-change.html The relationship between climate change and cold spells is not fully clear.

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Environmental concern and green product purchase behavior among German retailers

Environmental Concern on the Purchase of Green Products: An Empirical Study of German Retailers With increased popularity of climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation, consumers have become more aware of environmental issues, and consequently increased their preference for…

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Global warming's impacts on marine life and ocean ecosystems

(a) Global Warming (b) Effects on Ocean Life (c) Thesis: What are the impacts on marine life and on oceans as the global climate heats up (d) Key phrases: Climate change; marine life; effects on oceans

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Saul Griffith: inventor and environmental activist

Over the last several years, a host of individuals began to become more concerned about the impact of climate change. In some cases, you would see various people contribute mass amounts of financial resources to addressing the underlying problem.

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The Kyoto Protocol's origins in European Union advocacy

Kyoto Protocol and the European Union have a long and important connection. The Protocol was designed to reduce carbon emission and grew out of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change.

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Global warming impacts on coastal cities and rising sea levels

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found evidence derived from all over the world which shows people, plants and animals are being affected by regional climate changes, especially increases in temperature.

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Global warming's effects on ecosystems and human communities

Studies have shown that human activities like burning of fossil fuels and deforestation have a great impact on our planet, causing emissions of greenhouse gases and determining changes in the climate system: heat waves, increases in rainfall, increase in intensity of many extreme climate events,…

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Brain-friendly instructional practices and principal leadership in schools

Laura Erlauer-Myrah (2006) entitled "Applying brain-friendly instructional practices: one principal's advice: start with a group of motivated teachers to plant the seeds of climate change," the various approaches of successfully implementing a successful learning experience to the students are…

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The Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters: nuclear power's risks and benefits

There are positives and negatives with any energy source that humankind chooses to utilize. Coal, for example, emits pollutants that contribute to climate change, whereas hydropower can disrupt river flows and place man-made obstacles in the way of river life.

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