It is a bold statement that we have explored less than five percent of the Earth's oceans and seas (Earl 7). ... In 2012, the world record for holding one's breath under water was set at 22 minutes. ... Scientists and explorers have mixed views about the best ways of progressing with deep-sea exploration. ... I believe the development of project NEPTUNE would make a tremendous positive affect on the world. ... So why have we explored less than five percent of the Earth's oceans and seas? ...

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As the sea retreats the pools become isolated from the ocean and they become open to incredible environment fluctuations. For instance a pool that has a lot of sea water splashed up and into it on a hot day can become massively saturated by salt as evaporating water leaves behind salt then more sea water enters till the conditions become incredibly salty. ... As the sea water warms the ability for it to dissolve oxygen decreases. ... The media claims the average world temperature is rising year after year. ...

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If we do not slow down our use of fossil fuels and stop destroying, the forests, the world could become hotter than it has been in the past million years. ... Coastal regions, where half the human population lives, will feel the adverse effects of rising sea levels as the ice caps melt under rising ocean temperatures. If the present melting continues, the sea could rise as much as 6 feet by the middle of the next century (Bassett 1-2). ... Delicate wetlands, where many species of marine life hatch their young, would be reclaimed by the sea. ... Since life controls the climate to some exten...

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Glaciers and sea ice are melting, which is rising the sea levels and ruining habitats. ... This has effected polar bears, whales, and sea plankton. ... Sea levels are expected to rise between seven and 23 inches by the end of the century. ... After that, illustrating the effects of global warming around the world with examples can be very effective. ... According to the "National Geographic: The Effects of Global Warming" (2012) website, global warming has an effect on earth temperature, sea levels, hurricane strength, precipitation, and has a negative impact on several animal and plant specie...

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The thought of a world without the sun probably makes you think of the end of the world or mass chaos, but the truth actually may surprise you. ... Of course most of the fish, corals, and other sea creatures would be dead, along with most, if not all, terrain based life. ...

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These include the drying out of the Aral sea, the fourth largest inland sea in the world. ... Another extraordinary case is the death of millions of starfish due to radioactive military waste in the white sea. ... In fact, global warming is expected to rise temperatures quicker in the polar regions than in the rest of the world. ... Due to the rising sea level (due to global warming) about 10 million people in Bangladesh will lose their home; it is believed that 60% of the population in Florida will have to be relocated for the same reason. ... It burns a hole above Antarctica and depletes the...

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The sea carried up a thick, fiery breath. ... Albert Camus" prose used in the passage illustrates the strain the physical world places on Meursault, as well as the contrast between his former life, and his new life after the murder. ... The drawing of the Arab's knife blinds Meursault, and along with the stress of the physical world accumulates to him pulling the trigger. ... He continues by personifying the sea carrying up a "thick, fiery breath" and that it seemed to him like the sky has split open from end to end to "rain down fire." ...

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Some of the natural sources that emit this gas are rotting vegetation, volcanoes, plankton, rotting animals and sea spray. However, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, do not help the situation and are largely to blame for approximately half of the emissions of this gas in the world. ... In that cycle, water evaporates from the land and sea into the atmosphere. ... Other sea dwellers such as amphibians are also affected by acid ran. ... Acid rain is a huge problem which affects every person living in the world in some sort of way. ...

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Opinion Paper #1 Fuel Cells from Sea to Shining Sea In this particular article, it talked about Daimler-Chrysler's newest journey into fuel cell technology. ... Not to mention the eco-system is drastically changing for the worse, due to more and more people being born into this world, and societies high demands to have an automobile. ...

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The early Greeks considered "air" to be one of four elementary substances; along with earth, fire, and water, air was viewed as a fundamental component of the universe. By the early 1800s, however, scientists such as John Dalton recognized that the atmosphere was in fact composed of several chemical...

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Fossil fuels will disappear if the world doesn't do any thing about it. Experts predict that global warming will cause temperatures to rise, melting the polar ice caps, raising sea levels to flood coastal areas and resulting in large-scale changes in climate and agriculture around the world. ... A lot of places in the world will find global warming as a positive thing, such as the Sahara Dessert it will get rain so plants can grow. But the world could also be inhabitable if the temperature drops by five degrees. ... Dispose of the rubbish round the world. ...

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Throughout the last century, our world, reshaped by dams, irrigation, logging and so forth, has seen the human population grow. Technology produced an industrial age that transformed the land, sky, and waters of the worlds" nations. ... El Nino is "a natural, quasi-periodic increase in the sea-surface temperature of the ocean currents off the coast of South America, which can affect climate worldwide." ... (Parsons 209) It brings about warm temperature while its contrary, La Nina, causes cool sea-surface temperature. ... A rise in sea level will also have less arable land for people to live a...

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In my opinion we people of the whole world should try and slow down the emmission of greenhouse gases and/or find ways to balance the gases so the climate doesn't change so rapidly. ... With the high temperatures the polar ice caps could melt and cause the sea water level to go up 1 to 3 feet. ...

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There are many forms of acid rain that are seen around the world. ... It effects sea life, forests, air, us and our health, and also nonliving things. On sea life, acid rain damages all the plants and animals living inside a body of water. ... As the world's population we should take care of our environment. ...

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The world assembled a place where humans can live, work, and accomplish wondrous things in space. ... Closer to spacesuits, a deep sea diver will die if the suit fails. Unlike the deep sea diver, which fights compression, a spacesuit is built to withstand expansion. ...

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Even though global warming affects the entire world population the only way to fight the dilemma is for every town or city to work together to solve this problem and it is every communities responsibility to deal with this serious crisis that we have brought upon ourselves. ... Glaciers are melting around the world, mountaintop snowcaps are becoming smaller, and coral reefs are dying off because the seas are becoming to warm. ...

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Visible sunlight allows us to see the world around us, but there is invisible sunlight, too. ... Even a little rise in temperature might lead to at least a small amount of melting of the polar ice caps and then a major rise in sea level, along with other environmental problems. ...

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Visible sunlight allows us to see the world around us, but there is invisible sunlight, too. ... Even a little rise in temperature might lead to at least a small amount of melting of the polar ice caps and then a major rise in sea level, along with other environmental problems. ...

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Air weighs about 2 pounds per cubic yard at sea level. ... Sulphur Dioxide and Sulphur trioxide are some of the emissions that are made that react with water and produce the acid rain you can find around the world. ... OZONE: ITS ORIGIN The oxidant you will be almost sure to find in air pollution around the world is ozone-O3. ...

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Acid rain can also contaminate drinking water, damage vegetation, and destroy sea life. ... One of the most important things that is neglected is the fact that, there may not be a hugely visible affect of pollution where you are but in other parts of the world there is plenty; in other words, we have only one Earth. ... These systems are present at many gas stations in highly polluted areas.1 Some cities around the world are very dangerous to live in because of car pollution. ...

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Natural sources such as volcanoes, sea spray, rotting vegetation and plankton are all contributors to acid rain, but burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil which are referred to as dry emissions are largely to blame for more than half of the emissions into the world.2 Nationally, one hundred and twenty tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are emitted into the air each day.4A. ...

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