Essay Undergraduate 1,188 words

Alternatives to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

Examines the Kyoto Protocol's limited success, the role of the UNFCCC, and proposed alternatives for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.

Environment

~6 min read

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1,319 words

Glacial melting and rising sea levels from climate change

Though global acclimate change has been debated much over the last 20 years the debate seems to be coming to an end, with regard to the masses of evidence of its occurrence, at an extremely accelerated rate over the last 50 years.

~7 min read

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1,059 words

Evidence of global warming and anthropogenic climate change

Local or regional climate is the measure of the conditions of the atmosphere in a specific area over a long period of time while global climate is a measure of the conditions of the atmosphere over a long time period worldwide.

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 641 words

Ed Burtynsky's Environmental Photography and Climate Change

An analysis of Ed Burtynsky's large-scale photography series, exploring how his images of industrial landscapes document environmental destruction and climate change.

Arts

~4 min read

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Other Undergraduate 1,183 words

U.S. Climate Change Policy: Cap-and-Trade and Alternatives

A policy memo examining U.S. climate change strategies, including alternative energy incentives, cap-and-trade systems, and international cooperation approaches.

Politics

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 996 words

The Politics of Science: Global Warming and Climate Change

Explores how political interests distort global warming science, from ExxonMobil funding denial campaigns to Al Gore's data errors and conservative misrepresentation.

Politics

~5 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,187 words

Thorium Nuclear Power as a Climate Change Solution

Explores thorium nuclear power as a safer, cleaner alternative to uranium reactors, examining its advantages, challenges, and potential benefits for humanity.

Environment

~6 min read

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692 words

The role of greenhouse gases in climate change and mitigation strategies

As of late, global warming has been in the headlines. After Climategate questioned current assumptions about the main driver in Earth's climate, original decrees that "debate is over" have not held as much sway as beforehand.

~4 min read

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4,272 words

Ruddiman's argument that humans caused early climate change

Ruddiman's principal claim is that human effect on climate change did not begin in the 1800s as most scientists accept, but began thousands of years before in slow gradual changes whose impact equals that of the Industrial Revolution. He supports this claim in various ways.

~22 min read

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3,938 words

Oil industry strategies for responding to climate change and global warming

Over the last several decades the issue of global warming has been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this is the changes in the environment that are being seen around the globe worldwide.

~20 min read

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