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- 2051: Preservation of the Environment
- ... down, as is the growth rate of gases that cause global warming and the hole in the ozone layer. In Western nations, air, water and land are getting cleaner, and even China is showing new interest in environmental protection. Though the problems can't be minimized -- more than 5,000 plant and animal species worldwide are threatened with extinction -- environmental thinkers gathered for a major conference on the planet's future ...
- 2052: Environmental Issues Associated With Vehicle Use
- ... by providing us with plenty of car parking space, garages, repair shops etc.. The main reason why the government chooses to adopt this approach is because a large number of different groups have a vested interest in a rising demand for cars. They gain a lot of money from taxes associated with the motor vehicle. Big businesses such as the RAC and Shell Oil depend on car culture. Assess the measures ...
- 2053: The Effects of Over-Population on the Earth's Water Supply
- ... is water. The following four articles reveal that the water supplies that we all depend on are being used at an unsustainable rate. There is not enough fresh water on this planet for current growth rates to continue. The Public Broadcasting Company has posted on the Internet a timeline detailing the Earth's population at different years. According to this Population Timeline, the population in the "year 1954 was three billion ...
- 2054: UFOs Exist
- ... how the government has tried to hold back information on what they know about UFOs. "Secret Government agencies like the CIA deny the existence of UFOs" (Brookesmith 37). United States government has long denied any interest in UFOs yet keeps thousands of files on the secret list. When UFO researchers unmasked this secrecy, they revolved a bizarre CIA plot to mislead the public. In late 1952 the National Security Committee levied ...
- 2055: The Depletion of Ozone Layer
- ... the emission off greenhouse gases, they will continue to build up in troposphere. This in turn will indirectly affect the abundance of stratospheric ozone by modifying the temperature structure of the atmosphere and hence the rates of ozone destruction. Warmer temperatures in the troposphere are predicted to lead to colder temperatures in the stratosphere, which would allow ice clouds to develop beyond the Polar Regions, providing the surface for additional ozone ...
- 2056: What is Physics?
- ... physics. The fundamentals of classical dynamics were stated by Isaac Newton in his book Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis (1686). Newtons laws of motion and gravitation were sufficient to describe almost all motion of practical interest for over two centuries until 1905, when Albert Einstein proposed his theory of relativity. Einsteins mechanics extended Newtonian dynamics, to include motion at speeds approaching that of light. Later, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, and ...
- 2057: Psychology
- ... employment growth. Other factors spurring demand for psychologists include increased emphasis on mental health maintenance in conjunction with the treatment of sources, including the growing elderly population; increased testing and counseling of children; and more interest in rehabilitation of prisoners. Changes in level of government funding for these kinds of services could affect the demand for psychologists. Other openings are likely to occur as psychologists study the effectiveness of changes in ...
- 2058: Global Warming
- ... present rate of destruction, most of the rain forests will be gone by the middle of the next century. This will allow man-made deserts to encroach on once lush areas. (Bassett 1-2). Evaporation rates will also increase and circulation patterns will change. Decreased rainfall in some areas will results in increased rainfall in others. In some regions, river flow will be reduced or stopped all together completely. Other areas ...
- 2059: Human Cloning
- ... legislate bans on the cloning of human beings (Silberner, p 5). The presidents request was a response to the report that researchers in Scotland had succeeded in cloning a sheep. The news sparked worldwide interest and concern that the cloning of humans was just around the corner. Major world leaders have been getting involved in the dispute putting a 5-year ban on human cloning which, was signed by thirteen ...
- 2060: Religion & Evolution
- ... contents of that book completely, one must have unwavering faith in the validity of its concepts and the precepts upon which its religion is based. One of the striking and perhaps most intriguing points of interest that I have stumbled upon is the lack of education of creationism in schools. If the point was so very valid and without skeptical doubt, then why is it not being taught to our children ...
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