One major disturbance that effects the way trees grow are ice storms. Ice storms can be deadly for many trees but trees also can not be damaged at all because they become resistant to the ice. ... An ice storm can produce up to 2cm of ice on power lines, telephone poles, and tree limbs. ... Lemon had also studied the effects of a glaze storm in New York, but he mainly focused on forest ecology of ice storms. ... All these forms of research can determine if a tree species is susceptible, or resistance to an ice storm that may produce up to or more the 2cm of ice on tree limb....

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One of these theories suggests climate change occurs due to the rising temperatures at the earth's poles leading to the melting of ice caps. As the ice melts the water is not protected from temperature changes. ... Some scientists accredit the stronger storms we are experiencing today to the change in water temperatures. Although meteorologists also concur that the melting ice caps cause climate change. ... Weather experts conceive when the ice caps melt into fresh water, and the sun changes the temperature this affects the wind patterns or jet streams. ...

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In the frozen heart of the last ice age, 18,000 years ago, the temperature was only about nine degrees Fahrenheit colder then today. ... In the United States, billions of dollars have been spent to replace send eroded from beaches, and to help owners of beach front homes rebuild after storm damage. ...

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Ice cores, sediment layers, and tree rings tell us about what the Earth's climate has been like in the past. ... At the peak of the last ice age (18,000 years ago), the temperature was only 7 ∘F colder than it is today, and glaciers covered much of North America! ... A glacier is a large sheet of ice that moves very, very slowly. ... Oceanfront property would be affected by flooding, and beach erosion could leave structures even more vulnerable to storm waves. ...

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The first movie that I chose is "Three Kings" which stars George Kluny and Ice Cube. ... As they are about to cross the citizens into Iran, a storm of American airplanes stop them and put them under arrest because they left the base without permission and they had no right to cross them over to Iran. ...

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He formed the first circulating library in America, helped organize their fire department, and suggested ways to light streets, deepen the rivers, dispose of garbage, and keep people from slipping on ice. ... Just to name a few of his more famous inventions, he made a stepladder stool with a seat that turned up, his "Y-stick" that allowed him to reach books on high shelves, the Franklin stove, a clock with three wheels for hours, minutes, and seconds, bifocal glasses, made "magic squares", and made very helpful contributions to science by risking his life to find out more about electric...

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