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- 701: El Nino
- ... years of studying to understand how the pieces of the puzzle, from ocean currents to winds and heavy rains fit together. During the 1920s a scientist was on assignment in India trying to predict the Asian monsoons. As he sorted through his records he discovered a connection between barometer readings at stations on the eastern and western sides of the Pacific. He noticed that when pressure rises in the west it ...
- 702: Global Warming
- ... help out, then it would be a longer process to keep the ozone layer healthy longer. But, nothing will be done until we as humans start helping out. Works Cited Bates, Albert K. Climate in Crisis: The greenhouse Effect and what we can dohttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=pcZ8g7DjAzA&offerid=6424&type=2&subid=0&url=http%253A//search.borders.com/fcgi-bin/db2www/search/search.d2w/Details ...
- 703: Human Cloning
- ... These include respect for the dignity of the human being (Harris, p 754). Should this result in a total ban of all technology? If that were the case, then this world would be a major crisis. After all, if technological advances are going to be discarded, the human race might as well be one large Amish community, as it attempts to hold back evolution (Marwick, p 14). It is feared that ...
- 704: Cloning and Its Impact
- ... entirety. Ultimately, because knowledge is still too limited, cloning will have more of a negative than positive effect on our society. Bibliography Anees, M.A. (1995, March). Human cloning: an atlantean odyssey?. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics. 1 November 1999. . Hawley, A. (1998, March 2). Cloning. 26 September 1999. . Wertz, D.C. (1998a, August). History of cloning. The Gene Letter. 26 September 1999. . Wertz, D.C. (1998b, August). Types ...
- 705: Greenhouse Effect
- ... aside, yet rather something to be worked on and studied. "The greenhouse effect displays that nature is not immune to our presence" (Kralijic, 1992). Ways must be found to lessen the threat of this growing crisis. If this effect were to continue and grow, the earths population would be exposed to serious threats. Carbon dioxide is essential for plants who use it for photosynthesis, yet too much can lead to ...
- 706: Nuclear Power: Worth the Risks?
- ... are being consume at an alarming rate. As these resources diminish, people will be seeking alternative sources by which to generate electricity for heat and light. The only practical short term solution for the energy-crisis is nuclear power. Nuclear power, however is not as safe as burning coal, gas or oil in a factory it is in fact, much more dangerous, There are dangers associated with a nuclear power plant ...
- 707: David Levinson: Seasons' of A Man's Life
- ... these stages. Levinson's first adult stage in his model is called the Early Adult Transition Period. This phase is similar to Erikson's psychological theory in that both concern the young adult's identity crisis or role confusion. It is during this phase that the young adult first gains independence (financial or otherwise) and leaves the home. This is a transitional stage because it marks the end of adolescence and ...
- 708: Nuclear Weapons
- ... a significant impact on world affairs since World War II. Nor have they been crucial assets in the cold war developments, alliance patterns, or the way the major world powers have acted in times of crisis (Cameron 64). The main question is, would there actually have been another world war if these weapons did not exist? In my opinion, probably not. A nuclear war would be costly and destructive (Cameron 65 ...
- 709: Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 and Its Impact on Global Climate
- ... The quantity of ultimately recoverable fossil fuels is limited by geology and remains a matter of suspicion, but the view of the 1970s that scarcity was imminent is still popular. It is the 1973 Oil Crisis marked the transition from abundant, low-cost energy to an era of increasing prices and scarcity. Today concerns over scarcity have been overtaken by the question of whether human beings can afford to meet the ...
- 710: Human Evolution
- ... creatures, and their evolutionary relationships to the living apes and humans, remain matters of active debate among scientists. One of these fossil apes, known as Sivapithecus, appears to share many distinguishing features with the living Asian great ape, the orangutan, whose direct ancestor it may well be. None of these fossils, however, offers convincing evidence of being on the evolutionary line leading to the hominid family generally or to the human ...
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