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Greenhouse gas emissions and the long-term impacts of climate change

Introduction Climate change is occurring as the result of burning fossil fuels, which result in the emission of greenhouse gases that trap heat into the atmosphere.

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Arctic climate change and global environmental consequences

Global warming has reached alarming levels and the effects of the event are felt throughout the world.

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Historic climate change and national income across three centuries

The authors are attempting through their research to make a direct connection between the wealth and prosperity of nations when compared with the effects of long-term climate change, specifically temperature.

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Planning for climate change and social adaptation in American cities

The emerging social and cultural changes taking place in societies around the globe - due to the spectre of dramatic global climate change and what that will present in the way of challenges - are, in many instances, being planned.

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Woolworths' climate change strategy and sustainability commitments

Sustainable development seeks to balance social, economic and environmental objectives in order to secure the well-being of present and future generations. These objectives are interdependent and thus equally important.

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Weather patterns and scientific evidence in global climate change debates

Global climate change persists a hot point of contention on an international scale. This subject went from ridicule, mockery, and doubt to massive grassroots and nonprofit movements, heated debates, and media headlines.

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Arctic climate change and its effects on Inuit populations

The Arctic is located on the middle of the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean, the northern parts of Alaska, Canada, Norway, Russia, and most of Iceland, Greenland and the Bering Sea are included in the Arctic regions. The climate of the Arctic is categorized as polar.

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Natural and anthropogenic factors contributing to climate change

Over the last several years there has been a heated debate in both the political and scientific arenas regarding the validity and nature of climate change.

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Global climate change, human rights, hunger, and political corruption

The four unit course in Contemporary Global Environmental and Social Problems explores and critiques some of the most pressing global social / environmental issues and problems that are not limited to one nation or region.

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How climate change denial movements hindered global environmental progress

Technological and environmental progress has been a tremendous boon for humanity, but came at the price of environmental degradation and disaster.

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