Previous assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have shown multiple lines of evidence that climate warming is happening across our planet, largely as a result of human activities (IPCC, 2013). Compelling evidence of climate warming derives from observations of long-term temperature changes in the atmosphere, land, and oceans. Strong evidence shows increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The Global Mean Surface Temperature has increased since the late 19th century with each of the past three decades being successively warmer. The globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a linear trend, show a warming of .85°C, over the period 1880-2012. The IPCC has calculated that the Global Mean Surface Temperature will increase between 2°C and 6°C by the end of the 21st century. Forests play an important role in regulating the earth's temperature and weather patterns by storing large quantities of carbon and water. This regulatory function has a profound effect on both the local and the global climate. Forest trees have the ability to slow the rate of climate warming by absorbing the heat and carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere (Jackson, 2008). The living tissue of a tree is a storage sink for carbon, which would otherwise contribute to the greenhouse effect and global climate change. Forest trees are the solution to climate warming. A greater number of trees on our planet will lower or stop the rate of climate warming (WWF, 2014).
Close to our college town of Madison, Wisconsin lives the boreal forest, the largest forest in North America. The boreal forest is the world's largest terrestrial biome, making up 14% of the world's forest area, and consists of aspen, pine, spruce, and larch trees. It is located mostly in Canada but also extends into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York.
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Hearing whos! and holding triple sling jiggers Dr. Seuss has captured the interest and hearts of countless children. But today, since your kindergarten years, have you read the books that entertained and taught you as a child? If so there is probably a little confusion. Not in the simple lyrical co...
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Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss is one of the most well known children's authors of all time, and for good reason at that. With classic books such as Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish , Blue Fish, and Dr. Seuss's ABC's, children and adults alike are drawn to his imaginative stories and catch...
Single Author: Dr. Seuss The Changes in the Writing During the Fighting How Dr. Seuss' Writing was Influenced by WWII "I had no great causes or interest in social issues until Hitler,"" Theodor Geisel told biographers (Morgan and Morgan 13). It's true: the works he wrote after the war are qu...
How a person thinks from childhood on can drastically alter their future. The right mindset may not always be tangible but it is a key factor to success. Everyone will go through failures in their lives, having the right attitude and maintaining a positive mindset through adversity is what will make...
In the Cat in the Hat's "The Lorax," the Once-Ler is a green-handed creature so greedy with greed that he cut down all the Truffula Trees! Once-ler means one chance. One chance is all anyone gets when dealing with nature. The Once-ler took advantage of his surroundings and never let nature grow b...
