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Discussion #7: Hurricane

          The hurricane forms exactly in the Atmosphere and it is the cause, because water vapor in the clouds forms the hurricane. The temperature of water is needed to cause the hurricane and it has a close relationship with the … Continue reading

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Discussion #6: Montreal Protocol & Kyoto Accord

          Montreal Protocol is an international treaty created to preserve the ozone layer by ending the production of a number of substances that are responsible for the ozone depletion. On the other hand, Kyoto Accord is an international treaty and … Continue reading

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Discussion #5: Waste Disposal

          There are numerous problems associated with landfill sites. The biggest problem associated with landfill sites is regarded as the conflict between nimby (Not in My Back Yard) and pimby (Please in My Back Yard). Also, it can be seen … Continue reading

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Discussion #4: Japan Tragedy

Seeing tragedy in Japan, what did you guys think of this disaster? I found an interesting article from today’s newspaper and I just wanted to share this with you guys! The article points out that establishing nuclear power plants are on hold … Continue reading

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Discussion #3: Investing Socially Responsible Investments

I chose two companies  and analyzed them to explain why it is considered either “good” or “bad”. –Starbucks Corporation: This Company is considered as “good”, because Starbucks has three goals to be achieved by 2015. First off, Starbucks plans for 100% ethical … Continue reading

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Discussion #2: Air Quality

As you already know, we need to deal with air pollution in order to address global warming! I created a comparison chart to examine Ozone, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Total reduced sulphur compounds, Carbon monoxide, and Fine particulate matter. As … Continue reading

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Discussion#1: How do you use the resources of the environment?

Hello, guys! In order to deal with global warming, I think we need to consider how we use the resources of the environment day by day! So I just wanted to have a discussion on this topic..:) Let’s check around … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Ozone Layer Depletion and Global Warming

It is found that continuation of global warming will worsen the ozone depletion. Ozone depletion becomes worse when the location of the ozone layer, called Stratosphere, gets colder. Since global warming confines heat in the Troposphere, less heat gets to the Stratosphere which will make … Continue reading

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Ozone Layer Depletion

Ozone layer takes a role to prevent ultraviolet rays, which protects humans from being excessively exposed to the sun. It is also essential to realize that every living thing on the earth relies on the solar energy to continue with … Continue reading

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