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Major mass extinctions and greenhouse gas effects on planetary climate

The bookmarks indicated the following six events: · Formation of the earth and moon 4.6 billion years ago · Earliest life, 3.9 billion years ago · Early land plants 420 million years ago · Largest mass extinction 248 million years ago · Dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago · "Lucy", early…

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President Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal: progressive taxation and climate investment

President Biden’s Proposed Budget: Expectations vs. RealityPrior to conducting in-depth research on exactly how much money President Joe Biden wants to spend, I was somewhat convinced that it would stay under the $5.5 trillion mark.

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The Port Huron Statement's enduring relevance to American social change

Port Huron Statement's themes, issues, and concerns in light of the relevant American history of the last forty years.

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Methane hydrates: formation, distribution, and climate implications

Methane ice is crystalline solids which look like ice, and which occur when water molecules form a cage-like structure around smaller methane molecules producing methane ices (Thomas).

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Sustainability initiatives and environmental impact in the global hotel industry

Climate change is no longer a theory to be debated on talk radio and cable TV -- it is a fact of life. Many venues in the hotel industry are using whatever tools and technologies they can to reduce their use of energy, water, and otherwise present a green experience for the traveler.

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The Kyoto Protocol's effectiveness without United States participation

An analysis of the effectiveness of an international agreement to mitigate the consequences of Climate Change without the involvement of the United States

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The motivations of global warming believers and deniers

Global Warming is a controversial topic largely because of its sprawling prediction of worldwide catastrophe, an image which is far exaggerated from the reality of global climate change.

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Global warming and increased severity of winter storms

Quite often, when people comment upon the effects of global warming, they comment that winters can still be quite severe. The fact that blizzards are still frequent occurrences is used as 'proof' of the persistence of climate change.

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Anthropogenic activities and scientific debate on global warming

Climate change can no longer be denied... And action can no longer be delayed. – U.S> President Barack Obama, 2015 As reflected in the epigraph above, there is a growing consensus among climatologists that anthropogenic activities have caused the entire world to become hotter and some experts even…

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Global warming and greenhouse gas emissions: environmental impacts and policy responses

Global climate change is one of the most important environmental challenges facing the world today. The steady yearly average temperature increases measured by scientists worldwide serve to destroy ozone which in turn pokes significant holes in the earth's ozone layer.

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