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Coral Bleaching
Various stress factors can cause corals to lose their algae which destroys the habitat.
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The Maldives Facing Environmental Disaster
The Maldives face a looming environmental disaster. Rising sea levels caused by global warming threaten these Indian Ocean paradise islands with environmental extinction.
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Study Says Climate Change Impacting US Midwest
U.S. Global Change Research Program shows evaporation is dominating other effects of higher temperatures, challenging the future of a huge fresh-water supply.
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Global Warming To Drown Tuvalu
Tuvalu representative to the United Nations, Minute Alapati Taupo, tells the UN of the troubles facing his "sinking island".
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Why Does it Always Rain on Bush?
Now that the dust has settled on the breakdown in negotiations between the member states of the Kyoto Agreement for fuel emission records, we take a look at the impact of George W. Bush's newly 'erected' stance on the issue.
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Glaciers and Climate Change
Recent observations show that many of the world's glaciers are shrinking as global atmospheric and ocean temperatures increase at an alarming rate.
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Global Warming-Induced Changes in the Antarctic
Polar climate change is now affecting Antarctica. The changing Antarctic environment will have global impacts on sea levels and local impacts on the fate of the penguins.
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Google Earth and Global Warming Science Projects
Science projects can take advantage of Google Earth technology to develop studies over a period of months or years to determine the impact on the earth by humans.
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How Glaciers Are Formed
Glaciers have impacted much of the world's landscapes at one time or another. Learn how they form, how they thrive and how they die.
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Lewis and Clark at the End of the Road
Lewis and Clark arrived "in full view of the ocien" near what we now know as Fort Columbia State Park, on the coast of Washington on November 15, 1805. They camped there for ten days before crossing the river into Oregon, where they built Fort Clatsop, which is just west of Astoria. There they remained throughout the winter, departing for home on March 23, 1806.
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Microclimates
Many world-renowned gardens utilize both natural and manipulated microclimates to achieve drama and beauty. Designers of Sissinghurst Castle Gardens in Kent, England and Butterstream Gardens, in County Meath, The Irish Republic exploited existing structures like old brick walls and buildings along with natural influences such as compass direction, water, and large trees. The Isle of Wight surrounded by waters of the Solent is a "working example" of bodies of water influencing a regional or neighborhood microclimate.
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Pacific Island Nation of Tuvalu
An overview of the pacific island of Tuvalu with general information about the nation as well as specific details on revenue, lifestyle and travel.
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Piping Plovers in Canada, 2008
Recognition of threats and pressures that Piping Plovers face has lead to effective conservation measures. In Canada; the species is making a slow recovery.
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The First Americans
Where did the first native Americans come from? How did they get there? This article explores the scientific and scholarly evidence about the first arrivals of native humankind to the Americas, and how they developed unique cultures that became the tribes we know of in history, and today.
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Walk this Way
No list of hiking would be complete without mention of the Na Pali Coast. Where majestic mountains meet surging sea. A rare glimpse of an untouched Hawaii.
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U.S. Atlantic Coast and Sea Level Rise
As sea level rises, coastal inhabitants respond by building barriers. In the long term, planning that allows wetlands to migrate inland is recommended.
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Canadian History- The First Nations
Canadian history is traditionally thought to have begun with the arrival of the first Europeans. Recently more focus has been given to the first inhabitants of Canada
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Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Nuclear Power has been ignored in the past in favor of alternative energy sources. Here are the pros and cons of the nuclear option in the fight against global warming.
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Pacific Tourism
Tourism infrastructure is on the rise in the Pacific. There are new flights to new places and new facilities just about everywhere and that's not all.
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Report Outlines Impact of Climate Change on U.S.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program releases a report describing climate change impacts on the U.S. and how the country might mitigate and adapt to the changes.
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Climate Change and Sea Levels
According to the United Nations rising sea levels, largely as a result of climate change, may potentially displace millions of people from coastal areas and river deltas.
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Climate Change Threat to Australian Coast
An inquiry by Australian parliamentarians has found that the coastline faces a major threat from climate change.
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The Venice Flood Barrier
After much argument and controversy, the biggest public works project in Italian history is under way, but is it too little, too late?
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