Global warming is one of the most contentious political issues of our times. It was famously dramatized in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and remains a hot-button topic of debate. The majority of unbiased, legitimate scientific research supports the existence of human-generated global warming, although the question of what to do to slow the rate of escalating temperatures remains far from settled in the arena of politics. According to one recent review of major scientific publications, 97-98% of "the climate researchers most actively publishing in the field & #8230; supported the basic tenets of ACC (manmade global warming) established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" (Blakemore 2012).
The earth's climate and temperature has always been unstable, and there have been periods when overall temperatures have increased or decreased in the earth's history, before modern industrialization. But climate changes after the Industrial Revolution, particularly those since the 1980s, have been particularly rapid -- and troubling. The evidence suggests they are not 'natural' in origin. "Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase" ("Climate change: Evidence," NASA, 2012). Right now, we should be in a cooling period, according to solar patterns, but because of the "heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases" the earth's temperatures have risen ("Climate change: Evidence," NASA, 2012).
Since the 19th century, the thermogenic or heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide have been known and the earth has grown warmer since 1880. "Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years" ("Climate change: Evidence," NASA, 2012).There is a clear correlation: the greater the rate of industrialization and the more widespread industrialization...
Aristotle began as the student of Plato, but a reader is hard pressed to find any particular similarities between the worldviews of the two. In fact, if we have studied Platonic Dualism and Plato's accompanying Theory of Forms, it starts to look like Aristotle's philosophy is based upon the attempt to be as un-Platonic as possible. Plato believed in a double nature of reality -- the real physical world that
leader within the educational sector, it is critical that that qualities of good leadership be reflected upon the entire course of ones career.The management and leadership of academic institution is in deed a challenge that often results in poor performance in our contemporary schools (Schmoker,2001). In this paper, we present an elaborate reflection of my views on educational leadership principles that I have explored in the context of your
Breast Cancer How Genes Influence Breast Cancer Director of the National Cancer Institute How Genes Influence Breast Cancer Many environmental factors can affect a person's risk of breast cancer, but they are not the only issues to consider. Genetics also play a strong role in whether a person develops breast cancer or avoids it. A strong family history of the disease can predispose a person to breast cancer, but it is not a guarantee
Industrial Revolution: Impact in Middle Class And Working Class / Conditions of Middle Class And Working Class Under Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, was an advancement to new production processes in the period from 1760-1840. This advancement involved improving from the use of traditional hand production methods to the use of machines, modern chemical production and iron manufacturing processes, more efficient water supply, rising use of steam power, the advancement of
K-12 Curriculum and Instruction: Changing Paradigms in the 21st Century This is not your grandfathers' economy or his educational paradigm however; today's curriculum still appears as such and therein lays a very significant and challenging problem that presents to today's educators and leaders. According to Sir Ken Robinson, "We have a system of education that is modeled on the interest of industrialism and in the image of it. Schools are still
Management Accountant's Role In Total Quality Management Management accountants have conventionally focused on supporting corporate managers through providing relevant information that is utilized in the business planning process. This relevant information that has historically been provided by management accountants has largely been financial. However, the role of management accountants has changed in the recent past following the introduction of Total Quality Management (TQM). Total Quality Management is a relatively new management
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