What factors contribute to global warming A. Human activities: * The burning of fossil fuels due to industrialization, and vehicle use etc. * Oil spills * Logging – such as clear cutting forests down. B. Natural causes: * Ocean heat content * Water Vapor (Addition of a photo to illustrate activities that lead to global warming, and a photo to show the diminishing ozone layer) III. Relationship between Global Warming and Hurricane Behavior. A. World-wide
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start in the open ocean The size of a wave depends on the strength of the wind, the length of time that it blows, and the distance over which it blows Waves move energy, not water. The water in a wave does not actually move forward, just the energy generated by the wind. The wind affects the water at the surface more than it does the deep water. As waves approach the shore, the water becomes shallower. The bottom of the waves begin to touch the sloping ocean floor. Friction
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world's continents in the last century, with more rain in high latitudes and less rain in many tropical areas. Sea levels have risen approximately 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) worldwide in the last century, due to melting mountain glaciers and ocean expansion from warmer ocean temperatures. The Future—What Predictions Can We Make About
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The Ocean The ocean makes up around 70% of the Earth’s surface. It is divided into several separate oceans which interconnect bodies of salt water. The major oceans are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Artic Ocean. The ocean has many functions. It keeps the Earth’s temperature moderate by absorbing solar radiation. It is then stored as heat energy which is distributed around the globe by the ocean currents. This keeps the land and air warm during the winter and cools it down during
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Causes of Global Warming and its present and future impacts on South-West Western Australia Global Warming is an issue at the heart of modern civilisation. The prospect of a rapidly changing global enviroment is enough to cause considerable concern towards life on earth for future generations. Therefore it is important to understand how climate change works, what is causing the climate to change, what effects these changes are having, and how they may continue to affect the global environment
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the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. If there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere more rays from the sun are absorbed. This will cause the atmosphere and the earth?s temperature to warm. The warming of the earth will cause the oceans to become warmer. When they heat up, more water is evaporated, causing more carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere. Once this process starts, it is extremely hard to control. If the temperature keeps rising, more carbon dioxide will
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CHICKENS OF THE SEA Not long ago, a friend once told me that he heard Jessica Simpson say on television, that a brand of canned tuna called “Chicken of the Sea” literally means, chickens that live in the sea. As we all know chickens cannot naturally live in the sea due to their physical deficiencies in water. In other words, the only way chickens could live under the sea is if the company invested billions into undersea chicken farms. For example, They could build giant undersea domes just like
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oil and quantity of oil spills are controlled. Same materials and methods are used on two different simulate environments, Open Ocean and sandy beach. 50 mL of oil made from vegetable oil with a little bit of food coloring simulates the crude oil. Plastic tub with a bag and filling with 1900 mL of cold tap water simulates the ocean space. Sandy Ocean environment is the ocean space added a sand dune in one corner of tub made by a full cup of sand. In each environment, 50mL Formula 409 and 25 cotton balls
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The Prestigious Ocean World Waves hitting against the shore, gulls freely wandering around the sand, and sea creatures swimming liberally above or below the abyss are common characteristics which describe the world of the ocean. However, ocean life is by far too enormous to know its ceaseless evolution. Therefore, the nonscientist should gain knowledge through unbiased interpretations of the sea to know what occurs above the ocean or what it holds in its deeps. In Lost Woods, Rachel Carson attempts
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Birch Aquarium Report Humans cause threats to ocean life. Valuable fish stocks, as well as other marine life, are severely threatened by overfishing. People are taking far more fish out of the ocean than can be replaced by those remaining. It's not just the fish we eat that are affected. Each year, billions of unwanted fish and other animals - like dolphins, marine turtles, seabirds, sharks, and corals - die due to inefficient, illegal, and destructive fishing practices. Important reserves
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