CHAPTER 1 WATER AND THE BLUE PLANET 1.1 Introduction Of “The Blue Planet” (The Earth) 71% of the earth is covered by water. 29% of the surface is covered by land. It is the only known planet with life. Fig1.1 the blue planet The earth is known as “Blue Planet” occupies a special place in the solar system. The earth consists of three spheres. They are known as Atmosphere‚ the Hydrosphere and the Lithosphere. The interrelationship that exists among these three spheres is the foundation
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SAVE WATER SAVE LIFE Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface‚ and is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth‚ it is found mostly in oceans and other large water bodies‚ with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor‚ clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air)‚ and precipitation. Oceans hold 97% of surface water‚ glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%‚ and other land surface water such as rivers‚ lakes and ponds 0.6%. A very small amount of the
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the old earth that we had. We ruined our planet through massive emission of greenhouse gases. And then in chapter two High Tide‚ he points out that we are necessary to change our habits that we had for the old one in adapt to our new plants—the Eaarth. For hundreds of years‚ people have grow with a concept of the more is better. The growth of nation economy makes more money and therefore a better quality of life. But now‚ things have changed. He descripted our new eaarth as “a played-out rock and
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do we save our natural resources? How do we show the younger generation that we wanted to save the world now? We need to show that we are saving our natural resources for the next generation and save the future of our planet we love so much. Do we love this planet enough to save it? What do you think of when we say save the planet? When we hear this we think of tree hugging people who want to do nothing more than tell us that we need to protect the trees. Well when we hear save the planet we should
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Global Warming: Isit to late to save our Earth? Global warming is a major cause of concern for today’s world. The effects of global warming are so dangerous that this issue has to be addressed immediately and the risks have to be minimized‚ even if they cannot be avoided totally. Global warming can be addressed as the increase in the temperature of the near surface atmosphere and the oceans. This will lead to large amounts of land vanishing into the ocean and the disappearance of many vegetation
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does not remain affected by our actions. Our actions are now threatening the health of our planet‚ the land we live and work on‚ the water supply‚ the ozone layer‚ the animal species as well as the health of our species. With this it is easy to say "The problem is too great and what can we do now?" Well‚ we can first remember and believe that we can make a difference. We can start with making a commitment to do a few things to save our environment. We can work wi ... Our earth is getting worse day
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grade school you were taught that our solar system has nine planets. Sadly that is no longer the case; in 2006 astronomers have decided that Pluto no longer qualifies as a planet. Pluto is now considered a “Dwarf Planet” and has caused a lot of controversy among astronomers. A dwarf planet is not even considered to be a planet‚ and there are projected to be hundreds of them in our galaxy. Pluto is being demoted to what amounts as a third class citizen in our galaxy. Thousands of textbooks will
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only planetary system that is known to man is our solar system. It is made up of nine planets. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets‚ which are also in our solar system‚ but they are unimportant compared to the nine major planets. Mercury‚ which is the planet that is closest to the sun‚ is the first and smallest of the inner planets. It is speculated that the heat from the sun
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ENG 101----proposal paper Rebecca Yuan Nov 28‚ 2012 Focus on Trash Island‚ Save Our Life Ignored by humans for decades of years‚ garbage floating on the ocean has become a trash island. The island consists of plastic bags‚ cans‚ tires and other plastic debris. The worse thing is that the trash island is still growing. The seawater in the center of Subtropical Airflow of pacific flows extremely slowly‚ with the addition of weather patterns‚ a large amount of garbage gather in this place. Year
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The Amazon Rainforest needs to be protected! If we do nothing to save the rainforest‚ our planet will be permanently damaged and there will be nothing we could do about it. The rainforest is basically the lungs of the earth. The carbon that will be released into the atmosphere will heat up the earth‚and possibly kill many plants‚ animals‚ etc. People are also doing things in the amazon that are killing many species of plants‚ animals‚ etc. Also‚ do do what is threatening these animals‚ developers
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