Category: Information
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What Would Happen if the Arctic Disappeared
The Arctic is essential to helping the earth be habitable. If there was no Arctic, the planet would be much different than it is now. First, it will have a major impact on the climate. The Arctic reflects a lot of the radiation from the sun back into space, allowing the earth to stay at…
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How Climate Change Affects Human Health
Climate change affects human health in many different ways. One obvious one is high heat, since it could lead to heat related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heatstroke. This is especially true for people that are more vulnerable, such as older adults, children, and people with certain medical conditions. This is especially true for…
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The Environmental and Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy has been proven to be good in addressing environmental and economic issues, especially now when the impact of global warming is increasing more than ever. It is clear that energy sources, such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric power, have many advantages over power from fossil fuels. One example is is lowers the amount…
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Climate Survival III: Flooding
First, let’s talk about what flooding actually is. A flood is essentially where there is so much water somewhere where there usually isn’t water that it is dangerous to be there. One very common example is heavy precipitation. There are a lot of things that determine whether or not it will be heavy precipitation, but…
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How Rising Sea Levels Are Threatening Coastal Communities and Ecosystems
Due to climate change, coastal communities and ecosystems worldwide are increasingly threatened by rising sea levels. Global warming is altering the ocean water due to thermal expansion, melting glaciers, and melting polar ice caps. These all contribute to sea level rise. This process takes time, but many of the coastal areas have already started recording…
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How Climate Change is Impacting Global Food Security
Climate change harms agricultural production, which threatens food security around the globe. This is due to the temperature rising and the precipitation patterns changing, which lead to it being difficult to grow crops. In other words, some regions have crop failure due to extreme heat while others have crop failure due to excessive rain. This…
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The Impact of Melting Permafrost on Climate Change and Infrastructure
Permafrost, which is the frozen ground in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, is one of the many things that regulates Earth’s climate. It has a lot of carbon dioxide and methane, which are both greenhouse gases (GHGs). Global warming is causing permafrost to thaw at a very rapid pace. This speeds up global warming as…
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The Role of Urban Heat Islands in Climate Change
In this article, we are going to talk about what urban heat islands are and how they contribute to climate change. You might be wondering what an urban heat island (UHI) is. A UHI is the phenomenon where a city is much hotter than nearby rural areas. There are many reasons why these exist. The…
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How Climate Change is Increasing the Spread of Infectious Diseases
In this article, we will explore how climate change is increasing the spread of infectious diseases. There are many ways that this can happen. One thing that can cause infectious diseases to spread is warming temperatures. When temperatures are warmer, more insects are out. Some insects like ticks and mosquitoes can carry some sort of…
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The Impact of Climate Change on Global Water Resources
In this article, we will explore some of the many ways that climate change has affected our water resources. Spoiler: Didn’t help in any ways. Climate change is affecting precipitation patterns. First off, it causes droughts due to the hot air causing more water to evaporate, and second, it causes flooding due to heavy precipitation,…