Category: Climate Change
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How Climate Change is Affecting Harp Seals
Introduction My last blog post discussed the effects of climate change on polar bears. This post will focus on a specific type of Arctic seal that is being affected by climate change: the harp seal. There are a total of six types of seals in the Arctic region which include the harp, hooded, ringed, bearded,…
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Wildfires and its Effects on Human Health
Introduction Wildfires and climate change are two significant topics among today’s headlines. Often times, the impacts that are seen either first hand or secondary are to the environmental aspect of the hazard. Remaining issues such as economic, safety, humanitarian response, and infrastructure stability to wildfires are often seen following the devastation that comes with the…
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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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Increased Coastal Population
Increased coastal population has an effect on climate change, which means, when there’s a lot of people living or coming to the coast, warming increases, which then increases the intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes, and makes them occur more often. We’ll talk more about how coastal population makes the climate warm and what the…
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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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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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How Does Wind Shear Have An Influence On Hurricanes?
Vertical wind shear is the most dominant when it comes to examining tropical cyclones. It is the change in wind speed and direction at high elevations in the atmosphere. When a strong vertical wind shear is present, the top of the tropical cyclone can start to shift. Once this happens, the storm can be uneven…
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Damage From A Storm Surge And It’s Impacts On Society.
Storm surges are becoming more severe with the rise of sea level. As the sea level rises, storm surges are more likely to be devastating and more intense because when a storm comes through, and sea levels are higher, the waves are going to be much bigger, which causes the storm surges to devastate areas…
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How Are Tropical Storms More Or Less Frequent, Due To Climate Change?
All tropical storms start out as a tropical wave and they either become a hurricane or they fade away, meaning the storm weakens before coming hurricane intensity. When naming a storm, it has to reach tropical storm intensity before it is given a name. We can say that tropical storms are increasing due to the…
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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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Burning Holes in the Pocket-Wildfire Economics
Introduction Wildfires provide a plethora of dangers across the landscape. Quite often, these hazards can be visually seen. However, there remains secondary hazards and issues that are not often seen but can cause similar or additional damages, resulting in short and long-term impacts. One of these “hidden hazards” comes in the form of economic impacts.…
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Tuna in the Pacific Ocean
In 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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Burning Alive: Wildfire Devastation
Introduction Wildfires bring several dangers and impacts to the wildlife, physical structures, and humans within the local region. Each fire contains it’s own identity in size, intensity, impacts, and other attributes. The previous blog within this series focused on the underlying positive affects of wildfires, primarily within the ecosystem. Although great changes can occur with…
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The Effects of Climate Change on Polar Bears
When most people think about climate change in the Arctic region, the first animal they might think of is the polar bear. In this blog, I will be discussing polar bear adaptations in the Arctic, diet of a polar bear, polar bear changes due to climate change, and resources for how you can help save…
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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 Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Wildlife
The topic of climate change is something that is very complex. Climate change has always been occurring on our planet; however, in recent years, it has been occurring at a rapid rate that we have never seen before. Climate change is being accelerated by human activity. Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, absorb…
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