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Extreme weather events and ocean warming as evidence of global warming

Many of these weather patterns are related to El Nino or La Nina storms, which are two-to-eight-year weather patterns where changing wind streams pick up warm surface water from the oceans and increases humidity, according to Tim Flannery in his 2005 book The Weather Makers.

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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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Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and environmental awareness activism

Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim and featuring former Vice President Al Gore as he attempts to raise social awareness regarding the growing effects, and future consequences, of global warming.

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Environmental and economic impacts of banning deforestation in the United States

As a brief description to the study, deforestation pertains to the removal or eradicating forest in a particular area and then coverts the place into an urbanized community for settlement or for economical value.

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Hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative energy source for Singapore

The research proposal here offers a rationale for a more intensive investigation of the prospects for adoption of hydrogen fuel cells as a primary sources of alternative fuel in Singapore.

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Greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on global warming

Global warming is the trend with which temperatures across the globe are increasing beyond the range of normal fluctuations. The effects of global climate change are real and will result in serious consequences for the generations to come if nothing is done to solve this problem.

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Human causes of global warming: carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases

In the past twenty (20) years, human society has consumed and emitted yearly total emissions of about 6 billion metric tons of "carbon dioxide equivalent" gases worldwide, according to National Geographic (2011).

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Christian environmentalism and Craig Sorley's eco-evangelical mission

The seas are rising. The glaciers are melting. Don't drive -- take the bus. Recycle. Turn off the lights. Adjust that thermostat. Save the polar bears! Reduce your carbon footprint!

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Global hunger: causes, statistics, and the crisis in Afghanistan

The number of people in the world said to suffer from chronic hunger is estimated to be 1.02 billion by the United Nations Food and agriculture Organization. This works out to about one in seven people or 13.6% of the world's population.

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Global warming, greenhouse gases, and rising sea levels impact

Rising sea levels, resulting from global warming, may have a potentially important impact on human culture. Recent evidence supports the contention that increases in greenhouse gases are linked to rising sea levels.

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