This can be seen as one of the first steps in the development of an ecosociety. ... A key step in the policy-making process is to define the problem to be remedied. ... Some air pollution is a result of natural processes such as forest fires, volcanoes or wind blown dust. ... The reason for this is to attempt to spread some sort of global awareness, but get citizens involved at a local level, hence having them feel that they are playing a key role and are important in the policy making process. ...

• Word Count: 3320
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

This can be seen as one of the first steps in the development of an ecosociety. ... A key step in the policy-making process is to define the problem to be remedied. ... Some air pollution is a result of natural processes such as forest fires, volcanoes or wind blown dust. ... The reason for this is to attempt to spread some sort of global awareness, but get citizens involved at a local level, hence having them feel that they are playing a key role and are important in the policy making process. ...

• Word Count: 3320
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

In many places seawalls and other human structures will prevent this process and the marshes will be destroyed. ... One is to take steps to prepare for the the effects of warming that already have begun. ... Governments that control building and other development along coasts must begin to plan for rising sea levels. ...

• Word Count: 776
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Other problems in the public's perception of environmental issues include the slow process it involves. ... If we took a couple of steps back we might see a completely different picture. ... This means that the explosion of population plus the industrialization process has increased greatly the amount of CO2 pumped into the air. ... But in reality none of them make much sense, they just try to keep the population under control and try to avoid causing stress. ...

• Word Count: 1670
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• Grade Level: High School

Beach nourishment is an effective coastal protection measure. Beach nourishment involves replacing sand lost through erosion by adding fresh sand brought from another beach or dredged from the sea floor. This method is capable of transforming a narrow, eroded coast into a wide, sandy beach that can ...

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This process raises the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth, which in turn raises sea level, increases evaporation and precipitation to affect global cloud cover; and thereby alters the distribution of climate across the surface of the planet. ...

• Word Count: 2775
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The documentary focuses on a global issue which threatens our planet: global warming along with the causes and the frightening possible effects of this unwanted process. While bringing some undeniable proofs and arguments that global warming is a real and dangerous process, this documentary is meant to have a moral and political impact, by raising the awareness of the viewer and dropping a hint on changing the "political will". ...

• Word Count: 6155
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: Undergraduate