Web. 16 Jan. 2014.)The earth's temperature is predicted to rise to an average temperature of up to 4 degrees with certain regions experiencing a rise of 16 degrees. ... It is predicted that in Africa by 2020 up to 220 million people will experience increased water stress. By 2020 it is also predicted that up to 50% of yields from rain-fed agriculture be exposed. They also predict that agricultural production, including access to food, may be compromised. ... The death rate will significantly increase due to disease linked to floods and droughts are predicted to rise in certain regions. ...

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Its effects are predicted to be catastrophic: dramatic climate changes, leading to the melting of the polar ice caps and great rises in sea level. ... The warming of 2 to 5 degrees Celsius that scientists predict will occur by the middle of the next century is an increase in the average global temperature. Almost all climate models predict that warming will be greater at higher latitudes (nearer the poles) than at the equator. ... This will be especially true in summer time, when temperatures are predicted to soar to all new highs. ... It is predicted that thermal expansion alone will cause an...

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Copernicus could now predict where the planet's position would be with respect to the earths position. ... Of all the planets, the predicted position of Mars had the largest errors and therefore posed the greatest problem. ...

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Today, there is no one who can predict just how fast humans will spread out across the solar system or just how far we shall be able to explore it. ... Scientists predict that a century from now, the planet Pluto will seem closer to our grandchildren than the Earth's poles did to our grandparents. ...

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It is proposed that this upward trend will lead to higher average temperatures as well as to various other significant climatic changes that cannot be predicted at this time. ... One leading petroleum geologist, Colin Campbell, has predicted that the world is running out of oil. ...

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Due to the nature of these volcanoes, monitoring the nature gas out flow of vents in and around the area of a volcano can help scientists and geographers predict volcanic eruptions and warn local villages and/or towns. ...

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This may well be, as Jackson's discussion of the topic would predict because Beng villages are not organized around a single clan or lineage, hence clan ancestors, who would by their nature be divisive are not emphasized. ...

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There are many different views on the creation of the world and its peoples. Some of these documents from different civilizations have been saved and written down in order to show others their beliefs. Five of these creation stories are found in our book given to us to study and read. The first c...

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Global Warming Are you loosing sleep at night because you can not stop worrying about global warming and the affects it can have? It is probably highly unlikely. Is this something we should be concerned about? Or can this issue be thrown to the side? If you examine all factors: pollut...

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Careers in Geography As a geographer, there is a great deal of flexibility providing the options of many different careers. Most people do not realize all of the opportunities a degree in geography can give you. To start off, geography is the science of place and space. Some questions asked b...

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The decisions an events of the past in the United States has impacted and molded everything that we deal with today. With that said one could gather that the events and decisions made in the present time will be what the future generations will be studying and coping with in years to come. While ...

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Global warming is the warming near the earth's surface that results when the earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter than it...

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Global warming is the warming near the earth's surface that results when the earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter than it...

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