Each year, a large hole appears in it. It isn't an actual hole, like a hole in a pocket, but a layer getting thinner as it shows up on the satellite pictures. The "hole" is right over Antarctica, covering an area about the size of the United States. Experiments done in Antartica show that the hole in the ozone layer appears to let in twice as much ultraviolet radiation as normal, according to measurements researchers made there about two years ago. ... Scientists think that synthetic chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons are what is eating the hole in the ozone layer. ...

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Each year, a large hole appears in it. It isn't an actual hole, like a hole in a pocket, but a layer getting thinner as it shows up on the satellite pictures. The "hole" is right over Antarctica, covering an area about the size of the United States. Experiments done in Antartica show that the hole in the ozone layer appears to let in twice as much ultraviolet radiation as normal, according to measurements researchers made there about two years ago. ... Scientists think that synthetic chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons are what is eating the hole in the ozone layer. ...

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When in space Cooper and his ship mates are moving near the speed of light because they are near the black hole Gargantua, They travel to multiple planets that other explorers had landed on during the Lazarus Missions in an attempt to rescue them and find a stable planet to live on. After having no success Cooper decided to enter the black hole and make Brand go to Edman's planet where he hopes she finds a new world. Cooper enters the black hole and he discovers another dimension and gathers the information he needs to save the world. ... Cooper drifts off into the black hole and is no...

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That year, scientists noticed in the atmosphere above Antarctica something they termed the "ozone hole". This wasn't a hole, per se, but instead a thinning of the ozone in that region. ... The ozone hole is a seasonal phenomenon. ...

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In 1979 scientists detected a hole in the ozone above Antarctica. It wasn't a complete hole but merely a mass decrease. Each year since, the hole has grown in size. ... A similar hole appears to be developing over the Arctic in the Northern Hemisphere. ...

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Mina Loy's poem "Lunar Baedeker" starts by talking about the moon and referring to it as a silver Satan serving a drug in an abundant supply. Some sleep-walking adolescents are draped or covered in ridiculous clothes. The poem then darkens and is talking about preparing for a river in the underworld...

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When the cells catch photons, one electron is then set free causing a hole to be formed where that electron was. The electric field will send the electron to the negative side and the hole will be sent to the positive side. This causes disruption because the free electron will want to unite with the hole again. ...

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The ozone molecule is made up of three oxygen atoms making it O3, just one more oxygen atom than an oxygen molecule (O2). Although it is made up of oxygen atoms; ozone molecules are very unstable and will easily bind to other atoms. Ozone molecules can be found in the stratosphere and troposphere la...

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Modern agriculture is widely used all across the world. It makes large scale agriculture much simpler and less time consuming. So why do the Native American tribe of the Hopi refuse to use these techniques? To the Hopi, corn is the most important crop. Corn is a part of everything they create and ea...

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ecology In the past decades there have been drastic and irreplaceable disappearances in earth. These include the drying out of the Aral sea, the fourth largest inland sea in the world. The reason for its disappearance is that the water that poured into it has been diverted. Another extraordinary c...

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Topic: Water: preserve the cycle. Many individuals in society disregard how important water is to life. There are ruthless individuals who see little or no importance in preserving for the generations to come and thus waste tons and tons of water on a daily basis. Seventy-five percent of our body...

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Planet Earth has already lost 80% of its forest cover due to deforestation (Deforestation Statistics). Deforestation is a problem all over the world. It affects many different animals, and even humans. Deforestation destroys habitats and affects climate change, accounting for one-fifth of all greenh...

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The different civilizations in this section had an explanation of creation, which closed the large hole in explaining their culture and there very existence. The Winnebago Indians believe in the myth of the Earthmaker having to give man many things before he may speak. The Omaha Indians believe th...

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Science is what keeps our world constantly advancing. Today we now need science more than ever because we need it in order to survive. There have been many concerns regarding scientific claims such as "Global Warming" and "a hole in the ozone layer." Without science how would we be able to tackle...

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Man Rocks! Geology, the largest "supporter" of evolution, actually gives the theory the biggest problem. Many theories of rock formations and even the fossil record, which are based on the evolutionary model, are contradictions to the theory that they are supposed to support. The field of geology ...

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I agree with the congressional Office of Technological Assessment that the real amounts of toxic chemicals are much higher. Probably as much as double what the industry is reporting. I have no doubt that there are countless cover ups concerning chemical spills and intentional polluting. These peo...

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Many tanker captains deliberately flush out the holes of their vessels in foreign ports leaving the foul mess for other people to clean up, and the fines they pay if they are caught – which is not always the case – are literally peanuts. ... Some of the hydrocarbons that we release into the atmosphere, especially those from the aerosol cans together with the rockets that we launch into space, cause large holes to appear in the ozone layer above the Pole caps. ...

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Space Colonization The human race has always held an irresistible urge to venture out into the unknown for the benefit of man, science, and civilization. Throughout the ages the human race has always had an unquenchable curiosity for the unknown. We have always fed that curiosity by expanding o...

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They emerged into the present world through a small hole in the ground - the world's navel. ... It may be a hole made by a burrowed animal, a hollow tree stump, a spring or even a swamp. ... Spend a couple of minutes seeing the hole, without going into it. ...

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