Turning the light on and the computer off doesn't dissolve my disturbed mood; nothing does until the outside can creep in and warm me. ... We are destroying the ozone layer, which allows life to exist on the Earth's surface, clearing the majority of the earth's forests, and disrupting countless ecosystems. ... If we do not slow down our use of fossil fuels and stop destroying the forests, the world will become hotter than it has been in the past million years. ... All around the world environmental activists fight to preserve our patches of rain forests and wetlands, as well as ...

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We are also adding small particles and droplets called aerosols that reflect light back into space and tend to cause some areas to cool. ... In addition, the clearing and burning of forests causes the pool of carbon which has been tied up in trees to be released. ... Satellite photos show smoke from the smoldering fires that are rising into the air over the forest. The desire of developed countries for inexpensive meat and forest products is another major contributor to deforestation. ... It is also released as a result of forest clearing, venting in association with oil production, an...

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The greenhouse effect is also intensified by the process of deforestation, which is the conversion by humans of forest land to other uses (such as farming). ... When tropical forest is cleared for pasture land, there is an immediate loss of carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. ... The historic example usually cited is the substitution of coal for wood as the principal fuel of Western Europe, after the forests there became depleted. ... This layer normally filters out a harmful form of ultraviolet light from the sun, known as UV-B. ... Acid rain has also been implicated in the depletion...

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They survived during the times when much of the earth was covered by immense large bodies of ice that buried forests, fields, and mountains, but rapidly became extinct after the ice began to retreat and melt. ... The left over carcasses of these animals were often burned for light and heat in the frigid climate. ... The rapid environmental switch from glacial to interglacial caused the forests and grasslands to shrink for a period of time. ... But with the retreat of the ice came a dry period and many spruce forests were replaced by pine and hardwood. This crisis seemed to effect...

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The induction scene from Taymor's film, where Max and other people are carrying the statue of liberty and destroying the forest is another example of the power of brainwashing in the new world. ... Destroying the forests symbolizes the destruction caused by brainwashing. ... "Images of broken light, which dance before me like a million eyes, they call me on and on across the universe" uses personification and symbolism for hope and joy. ...

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What Shamanism Is By the Silver Circle Shaman (pronounced SHAH-maan) is a word from the language of the Tungus people of Siberia. A Shaman is a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness at will. The Shaman does this to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality to acquire kn...

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