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Emergency shelter construction from natural materials and survival techniques

Firefly, 2004. A good, introductory text that is nevertheless not 'dumbed down' for meteorology students.

~5 min read

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Timothy Egan's The worst hard times and the Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan's book the Worst Hard Times is a chronicle of the American Dust Bowl, when drought combined over-farming and other poor agricultural practices lead to the complete depletion of the soil of the American West.

~8 min read

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Global warming and peak oil's impact on future human life

Each day I commute to school, travel to work, or take a short shopping trip, I tear away a little piece of the Ozone layer. Each time I turn up my air conditioner or power on my heater, I emit a little more CO2 into the atmosphere.

~3 min read

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Information technology and nanotechnology: convergence and interaction

The future of modem society is often referred to in terms of technology and particularly new and innovative technological discoveries.

~30 min read

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Mountaintop removal mining and environmental devastation in Appalachia

The issue of coal mining in the Appalachian regions has in recent years been the cause of much debate and contention. The central concern in this debate is the dramatic and severe impact that coal mining has had on the environment of the region.

~20 min read

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Impact of the European Union's emissions proposal on U.S.-based airlines

EU's Plans Contradict ICAO Guidelines roundtrip flight from London to New York reportedly produces approximately the same emissions an average EU family generates from heating their home one year.

~32 min read

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Human activities and global warming in California

Human Activities Contribute to California's Global Warming," research scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the University of California and other research centers have recently concluded that temperatures in the state of California "have jumped...by more than 2.1 degrees…

~3 min read

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The need for a public service campaign on recycling and green consumption

Recycling isn't a new concept in the U.S.; there are people and organizations that have been recycling newspapers, aluminum, steel and other materials for decades.

~8 min read

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Toyota's environmental strategies and commitment to sustainability

Environmental issues are of cardinal concern today, particularly in the light of the various climatic and other environmental issues facing the world. Global warming has been established as a critical issue that has been engendered by years of pollution and abuse of the environment.

~13 min read

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The European Union's Environment 2010 program and sustainability

In 1900, the beginning of the 20th century, the world population was 1,650,000. In July, 2007, the world's population had reached over 6.6 billion.

~9 min read

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