concerning topic of Climate Change. Climate change is a serious global challenge. Temperature increases‚ which many scientists attribute to human activity‚ are likely to bring widespread and unpredictable changes around the world. Climate change is the gradual increase of the temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans. It occurs when greenhouse gases‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ nitrous oxide and methane trap heat inside the earth’s atmosphere. Australia is vulnerable to climate change. We occupy the
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in the arctic leading to increase sea levels and dangerous threats towards coastal cities. Hurricanes and typhoons pummel wet‚ hot climates such as the U.S. Gulf coast‚ the eastern seaboard and parts of Southeast Asia. The cities and infrastructures that we built in the past are deteriorating‚ clearly not created for the purpose of survival in this foreign climate. It is too little too late for the political sphere to attempt to make changes. They have ignored the warnings my colleagues and
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UNIB10007 Introduction to Climate Change Climate change: Is there a problem? Professor David Karoly School of Earth Sciences‚ University of Melbourne Some views from leaders • Ban Ki Moon “Climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity. It threatens to undo 50 years of our development work and it will impact the poor in the greatest sense.” • Barack Obama “We will respond to the threat of climate change‚ knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future
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By the global conveyor belt transferring heat‚ it affects the climate. The Gulf Stream is a part of the thermohaline circulation‚ it is another current that allows Western Europe to be warmer in winter then any other country at the same latitude. The La Niña can be referred to as the extensive cooling of the Pacific Ocean‚ it is often accompanied by much warmer sea water then the surface temperatures (SSTs) in the western Pacific Ocean‚ and the north of Australia. The El Niño is currently the best
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Climate Change Proposal Dear politician: I am writing to you because of our environment and how important it is to conserve for our environment especially because it will help to provide a brighter future that is not for just us as human beings but to all living life forms on this planet‚ it is past time for all of us individuals to start changing our ways of life‚ to start such things as burning less coal and oil in order to help reduce and hopefully eventually help to eliminate the human carbon
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opportunity to move forward as a nation. Climate change is not something that will happen‚ because it’s happening right now. I was born and raised in Australia‚ under the hot summer sun‚ where a cool breeze was the only solace to the prickling heat. However‚ for Boulia a town in Queensland the heat seemed never ending. The residence of Boulia suffered 25 days of over 40 degree temperatures
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August 2015 talk in Belmont‚ NH‚ Governor John Kasich expressed his views regarding man-made climate change. He stated he believes climate change to be authentic and that an uncontaminated ecosystem is compatible with financial development‚ but he also mentioned that he assumed citizens will get thrown out of work by climate change policies (American Bridge 2015). Ultimately‚ Kasich’s views on human-induced climate change are consistent with scientific findings‚ but his theory regarding the consequential
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Laudato Si (2015) "A Prayer For The Earth" and the website catholic climate covenant. Through these two sources they display various examples of how the Catholic Church feels about environmentalism. Laudato Si explains environmental issues including pollution and climate change impacting on the Earth’s environment and the world. These environmental issues are one of the greatest concerns that impacts the world globally as climate change can cause many issues including rising sea levels. The Catholic
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On Earth‚ climate change is a major factor that is happening and affecting everything. Climate change is also affecting Canada’s many primary resource industries. One specific primary industry is the forestry industry in British Columbia. Out of all the industries in Canada‚ I think that the forestry industry is the most impacted by climate change. Climate change is affecting British Columbia severely because of the mountain pine beetle. The mountain pine beetle is a bug that is native to the forests
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the bees aren’t that important and that we will be fine without them. It’s said that this is just a myth that we need them‚ but there are facts surrounding why that is not true and why this is a huge world issue that needs to be addressed. My Side Climate change has a part to play in the decline. When the temperatures change‚ they kill the bees and even wipe out colonies. The decline effects our diets majorly‚ One-third would suffer. That may not sound like much but that includes fruits and vegetables
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