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Public perception and scientific debate surrounding global warming

Global Warming appeared within the strata of social understanding as a major and serious environmental issue, it has been the subject of contentious debate. The question of whether or not it actually exists as an environmental phenomenon is perhaps the most hotly debated topic of the past century.

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Alternative energy strategies for reducing tourism industry emissions

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. In 2010, international tourist arrivals increased by approximately seven percent, to 935 million arrivals ("World Tourism Organization," n.d.). This figure doesn't include the millions of arrivals for national tourism.

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Climatic versus socio-cultural explanations for Mayan civilization collapse

The disappearance of the Mayan Civilization: socio-cultural or climatic collapse? The Maya Civilization was considered as one of the most advanced societies and civilization in the West, prior to the colonization of Europeans to societies located in southern and eastern Americas.

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Jonathan Schell's Fate of the Earth and environmental catastrophe

Unfortunately, even if someone could wave a magic wand that causes all of the nuclear weapons on earth to disappear, many believe that due to the depletion of natural resources, the earth would still be in danger of catastrophe, and humankind in danger of extinction.

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The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's approach to combating global warming

Global warming is one of the most urgent problems facing mankind today. It is also one of the toughest to address. Not only are there difficult technological and scientific issues surrounding a solution to global warming, there are political ones as well.

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Scientific debate over the causes and consequences of global warming

The Columbia Encyclopedia defines global warming as the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere due to the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution (Global pp).

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Lester Brown's Plan B and environmental crisis solutions

Lester Brown's Plan B. begins by laying out the problems that we face going forward. While grim and dire in tone, Brown accurately portrays just how bad the situation is, and how completely unable we are to deal with it.

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Global warming's financial impacts on the commercial insurance industry

People assume that every person on earth is in danger due to global warming, but what companies and industries have the greatest financial risk? And, which industry will have to assume the risk that others disregarded? Of course, the obvious answer is the insurance industry.

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Marginal costs and benefits of cap and trade policy

In the past few years, there has been solid scientific evidence that global warming or climate change is taking place. This has contributed to the birth of carbon emissions trading within the European region and the enactment of several mitigation initiatives at the state level.

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Sustainability leadership and responses to global challenges

Current global occurrences have posed a great challenge to the continued existence of living things on earth. At this stage in the history of man, humanity is struggling with a lot of challenges; and these challenges are not restricted to region or race.

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