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    Only Good for Toilet Paper “With all of the hysteria‚ all of the fear‚ all of the phony science‚ could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it‚” said James M. Inhofe a member of the U.S. Senate. Could this be the true? Many facts behind the controversial issue of global warming prove this statement to correct. Global warming is not caused by human activities. Global warming cannot be completely caused by human’s emission

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    Penguins are‚ in one word‚ clumsy. They fall over constantly as if they were newborns learning how to walk on their own. This can be observed by watching a video of penguins interacting with their environment. They topple over onto the hard rocks‚and right themselves without any issues. It is easy to wonder if the animal is okay after tumbling off a cliff‚ and they usually are. The keys to their success are their unusually sturdy bones and fat bodies. Since they are flightless birds‚ penguins

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    hypothesizing that it had an ancient civilization of intelligent beings living there”(Carberry). “In the nineteen nineties‚ scientists said that they found evidence of what might be a microbial remnant in a Martian meteorite that had fallen to Earth in Antarctica”(Carberry). In two thousand four‚ with vastly improved instruments and capabilities‚ scientists have learned that there were ancient riverbeds on Mars and that it once had bodies of saltwater. They have also confirmed that there are remains of significant

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    Penguins..

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    of America‚South Africa‚New Zealand‚Australia‚Chile‚Peru‚and the Galapagos islands‚all of these places are south of the equator. Penguin homes differ; some are cool places where trees and plants grow‚others warm dry areas. Many penguins live in Antarctica where the land is always covered in ice and snow. Penguins spend most of their time in the oceans around their homes many enjoy swimming in oceans because the water is cool‚or cold. Penguins live all over the world‚if you keep your eye open you

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    Atmospheric issues in today’s society are worse than ever even though precautions have been taken in highly developed countries. While many have taken steps to reduce these issues‚ them and many under developed countries still continue to pour out bad pollutants in the atmosphere. Today I will show you more about ozone depletion and how it relates to indoor air pollution. According to our text ozone "is a naturally produced‚ essential component in the stratosphere‚ which encircles our planet some

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    widespread that it is possible only to make the most general statements about their life history and ecology. They may be found on the tops of mountains‚ the bottom of the deepest oceans‚ in the guts of animals‚ and even in the frozen rocks and ice of Antarctica. One feature that has enabled them to spread so far‚ and last so long is their ability to go dormant for an extended period. Bacteria have a wide range of envronmental and nutritive requirements. Most bacteria may be placed into one of three

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    In the mid-twentieth century the earth’s average temperature is increasing due to the fact that global warming is taking place. Global surface temperature has increased about a degree in the past century. The progressive gradual rise of the earth’s surface temperature thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect is responsible for changes in global climate patterns. An increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures is widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse

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    The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Recently‚ global warming has moved to a serious scientific issue. Because sunlight is constantly falling on the earth‚ the law of physics say that the planet has to radiate the same amount of energy back into space. Infrared radiation is sent out by the earth through the atmosphere‚ where molecules (carbon dioxide) hold outgoing radiation for a while‚ warming the surface.1 The molecules are kind of like glass in a greenhouse which is why this process

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    Getting a Little Help from Ancient Astronauts The first thing that comes to mind when the word “UFO” is mentioned is more than likely “hoax.” Philip J. Klass‚ a noted UFO investigator and skeptic would agree. Klass passed away in 2005‚ but he lived in a time where UFO sightings were popular; a time that allowed technology to trick the naked eye‚ and a time that has no solid evidence that UFO’s are real. Klass was investigating the wrong time period. If he would have visited ancient places

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    Elephantiasis: Case Study

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    is mostly affecting the tropical countries where insects are a huge problem. In most other climates the insect population is killed off almost completely with the colder temperatures especially frozen temperatures‚ hence why there are no bugs in Antarctica. In tropical areas insects live to grow and mature all year round which offers them uninterrupted life cycles and makes the disease infected insects so much harder to eradicate. Elephantiasis is caused by a couple of different things such as the

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