Lovelock saw in this project, that maybe the atmosphere of Mars caused there to be no life on it. ... Nitrates can then be fed of to plants with fungi in there roots, and then are released into the atomosphere, or are then eaten by animals. ... Atlthough this is a fairly good explanaition for the Gaia Theory, there were people who did not believe a word of what Lovelock said. ... The dasies were evenly distributed over the world. ... If there were other organisms that could have helped maintain the homeostatis of earth, then the daises might have survived. ...

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This affected climates to produce ice ages and heat waves that were the result of natural variation caused by sudden fluctuations in the sun's emission of radiation, volcanic eruptions and other affects. ... If the water were to warm up by only three degrees, trout could be threatened with extinction, and salmon would become endangered" ("Causes of Endangerment"). ... Are there any alternatives to power people's houses, cars, and etc? ... Pipes or channels are then used to direct water from the storage to the stations. ... But there are disadvantages to hydropower. ...

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In 1997, representative met in Kyoto, Japan and produced an agreement known as the Kyoto protocol which is an agreement that commits agreeing countries to reduce their greenhouse gases by the year 2012 to the levels that they were at in 1990. ... The acceptance of the Kyoto protocol is one of two steps; in 1997, countries who accepted the purposes of the accord as valid goals signed the protocol and then had much time to deliberate and suggest amendments to the protocol. ... While fresh fruit is completely biodegradable, and poses no threat to the environment, the plastic containers and cardbo...

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We have fouled our own lair as no 'unintelligent' species ever would. ... Clearly there is a difference between environmentalism and development. ... Since then, evidence that it is causing harmful climate changes--including the flooding of some island nations and a depleted food chain in Antarctica--has increased. But there's precious little U.S. leadership in making the global changes that could slow the warming trend.[3] The United States did agree to an international treaty in Kyoto, Japan, pledging that by 2010 it would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 7% below wha...

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Fossil fuels were reported to contribute the most greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, with approximately 29 Gtonnes of CO2 in 2006 (Brennan 2010). ... Then, the paper will discuss different factors that can contribute to the algal biofuel productivity, such as strain selection or bioprospecting, and improving microalgae lipid content. ... The paddlewheel introduces algae broth and substances into the pond, and then travel throughout the loop to the stage of extraction and harvest (Brennan 2010). ...

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If present trends in the release of CO2 to the atmosphere continue, the preindustrial level of CO2 will increase another 30% in 50 years, and then double by the year 2100. ... Based on scientific experiments, if atmospheric CO2 were to double, the average global temperature would rise by between 3.5 and 4.5 C. ... If global temperatures were to rise by 4 C, the potential evaportranspiration would increase 30-40 percent, while precipitation would only increase 10-15 percent. ... Studies are conflicted, there are biogeographic models that estimate that desert shrublands could increase by as m...

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The data gathered and the trends of different climatological graphs were well introduced to the public for better comprehension. ... Together with this, many catastrophic events were said to start intensifying resulting to many losses for instance, Hurricane Katrina, the largest and most destructible storm that occurred in the U.S in 2005,recording a huge number of victims and millions of dollars in damage. ... The differences of the facts were caused by this intriguing global warming that alarmed all the people in the world. ... Gore's explanation of many factors that cause global warmin...

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This has greatly reduced erosion rate greatly, protecting the homes and livelihoods of the people living there. ... Also, no new materials are carried and deposited on the downdrift side, eventually eroding the beach. Large amounts of sediments were eroded on the downdrift side of a groyne built along Sandy Hook in New Jersey, United States of America. ... They allow water to pass around them, meaning no powerful backwash is generated. ... The increase in magnetic activity is in turn caused when there is an increase in sunspots. ...

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