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Climate Change Today
During the previous post, we discussed the major role that human activities, fossil fuels, and the associated carbon dioxide emissions play in the climate change being observed today. Now, you may look back at my last few posts and say, well the climate has changed for the Earth’s entire existence naturally, so the climate should continue…
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Earth: The “Present” Day
In the previous posts, we discussed the climatic events that led to the rise of human civilization some 10,000-7,000 years ago. During the times prior to 20,000 years ago (when the last glaciers receded from North America), there have been several major swings in climate, allowing for many regions of life to become extinct. While these…
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Earth: 360 Million – 250 Years Ago
At the end of the last discussion, we established the hot, flourishing world of the Devonian period. During that time, we saw life completely transform. I also mentioned that there was an event that brought the world out of this hotter period, which allowed for yet another extinction event. During this post, we will start off…
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Earth: 720-360 Million Years Ago
In the previous post, we discussed the initiation of Earth’s atmosphere, and the first formation of life. We learned how microscopic life managed to extremely change the climate by altering the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. As a result, Earth entered its first ice age known as the Huronian, which was followed by…
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Earth’s Early Atmosphere
As I discussed in my previous post, the Earth’s climate is not only changing today, but it has changed for billions of years and will probably continue to do so long after us humans are gone. Generally, Earth’s climate history shows that dramatic swings in climate occur over the course of tens of thousands, to millions…
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Climate Change and Geologic Time: We Are Speeding the Process
-Imagine Life Five Years Ago… I know for me this seems like such a long-time ago. It may be the fact that I was preparing to enter my sophomore year in high school; a crucial point in trying to figure out what to do with my life. It may be the fact that back then,…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change: Modern Climate Change Policy
The Beginner’s Guide to Climate ChangePart 6: Modern Climate Change Policy Current State of the World Many countries have already begun implementing their respective climate strategies. Each nation has a different approach that suits them best, but we will be taking a look at the most prominent and successful examples for this introductory blog. Additionally,…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change: Combatting Climate Change
The Beginner’s Guide to Climate ChangePart 5: Combatting Climate Change Stopping Climate Change Now that we’ve discussed what problems may arise from climate change, what can we do to combat these negative impacts? The simple answer is that there are three primary strategies to possibly be utilized: Adaptation Mitigation Geoengineering Each has their strengths and…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change: What Impacts Will Climate Change Have?
The Beginner’s Guide to Climate ChangePart 4: What Impacts Will Climate Change Have? Climate Change Impacts There is a wide array of notable climate impacts that are either already underway or are considered highly likely to occur (>95% chance). These outcomes are the reason why we are concerned about climate change; if not taken seriously,…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change: Are Humans Causing Climate Change?
The Beginner’s Guide to Climate ChangePart 3: Are Humans Causing Climate Change?The Climate Record The Earth has undergone many drastic climate changes over the course of its history; there have been 5 major extinction events, and all of them have been connected in some way to rapidly shifting atmospheric conditions. We have established that climate…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change: Is the Climate Changing?
The Beginner’s Guide to Climate ChangePart 2: Is the Climate Changing? Observable ImpactsForget the question of whether or not humas are involved in the discussion of climate change for a moment; first, we must confirm that there is definite change in the climate system before we associate it with human actions. What is happening in…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change: Introduction & Misinformation
The Beginner’s Guide to Climate ChangePart 1: Introduction & Misinformation Introduction Climate change is one of the most hotly debated topics of modern times. From its initial discovery in the 1970s to the mass political upheaval it spurs in countries across the world today, there is no avoiding the discussion; unfortunately, much of the…
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Climate Change is Damaging Coral Reefs
Over the course of the last several blogs, we have been focusing our attention primarily on the ways that climate change affects different types of fish species. In this blog, we will shift our attention to focusing on the ways that climate is affecting coral reefs. To begin, climate change has been identified as…
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The Effects of Climate Change on the Arctic Fox
Introduction This series of blog posts began by describing the overview of the impacts of climate change in the Arctic region. It then moved to discussing a specific species in each blog after that and how it was being affected by climate change. The first animal discussed was the polar bear, followed by the harp…
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How Beluga Whales are Being Affected by Climate Change
Introduction My last blog post discussed a land animal in the Arctic: the caribou. For this blog post, we will go to the ocean waters of the Arctic region and explain the effects of climate change on beluga whales. Baleen vs. Toothed Whales There are two different types of whale species; baleen (Odontocetes) and toothed…
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How Caribou Are Affected by Climate Change in the Arctic
Introduction This blog post will discuss how climate change in the Arctic is affecting caribou, or reindeer. Caribou and reindeer are the same animal by the scientific name of Rangifer tarandus (Britannica.com). This species is a part of the deer family. In Europe and Asia, they are called reindeer. They are also called reindeer in…
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Tuna In The Pacific Ocean
NIn this blog I will be providing some information about the changing climate’s effect 0n species that inhabit the Pacific Ocean. In this blog, we will talk about the way climate change is affecting several tuna species in the Pacific Ocean. These four species are the skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, and South Pacific albacore tuna. These…
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Freshwater Species In The United States
Over the course of the past several weeks, most of the blog posts have consisted of information about how climate change is affecting saltwater aquatic species. Today’s blog will divert from that trend, and will consist of information about how freshwater species in the United States are being affected due to our changing climate. …
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Ocean Warming Is Affecting North Atlantic Right Whales
Today we will be discussing aquatic species in the North Atlantic Ocean, and how climate change is affecting them. We will focus primarily on the North Atlantic right whale. Warming oceans, rising seas, droughts, ocean acidification are some factors that are affecting the quantity and distribution of aquatic species on the Northeastern U. S. continental…
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Bering Sea Species
When someone mentions the Bering Sea, the first thought that would probably come to mind is tumultuous seas and Alaskan King crab. In today’s blog post, we will be talking about the Bering Sea, and how climate change is having an affect on the creatures that inhabit these cold northern waters. For those who may…
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How Climate Change Is Affecting Aquatic Species
Hello everyone my name is Troy Wilson and I am a Meteorology major at California University of Pennsylvania. In the days and weeks ahead, I will be posting a number of blogs about climate change, focusing on the negative affects that climate change has on freshwater and saltwater species in various locations around the globe.…
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Economic Devastation From Hurricanes
Climate change has been making hurricanes more destructive like we’ve talked about in the previous topics, but it is also putting a huge impact on human life. When the sea level is higher than normal or high at all, it could be devastating when a hurricane comes through because of how much flooding it would…
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Global Temperatures Affecting Hurricanes
The Earth is currently warming, and it is causing natural disasters like hurricanes to intensify and cause more destruction. In this blog we’re going to talk about how global temperatures have caused hurricanes to intensify and how that fits in with all the other blogs I have spoken about. Global temperatures are rising and that…
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Wildfires and Wildlife Habitat Impacts
Introduction Wildfire devastation is not simply contained to the natural environment across grasslands and forests. Fires often force vegetation and wildlife to the edge of death due to habitat destruction. With the lessening amounts of forestry available to reside in, as well as the altering patters of migration, wildlife on the ground and in the…
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Exploring global climate change through a multidisciplinary lens.
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