Charles Lyell, a British geologist, reintroduced the idea of uniformitarianism when he published a series of books called Principles of Geology. Only then did people start to seriously consider that uniformitarianism was the way in which the earth was shaped. During the late 20th century, scientists began to challenge uniformitarianism. They believed that catastrophes do, at times, play a major part in shaping the Earth. Today we realize that neither uniformitarianism nor catastrophism completely explains what shapes the Earth.
Introduction Dr. Terry Mortenson, author of the article “The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century,” describes some important points of an old debate that is relevant in everyone’s life. In this paper, I give a basic summary of what the author’s purpose was for writing the article previously mentioned. I will also describe some of the articles strengths and weaknesses that affected my thoughts and views on the Old-World theory. The author did a great job for the most part, but I will discuss some information that would make this article stronger. Article Summary “The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century,” is an article that informs the readers of the impact of the Old-World theory.
After I read Chapter 4, “The Nuclear Lighthouse,” in Mark Hertsgaard’s book Earth Odyssey, I was astonished to learn the information the world, and much more our country, hides from us. During this chapter, Hertsgaard goes into detail about Chelyabinsk, a highly dangerous, toxic region in Russia. Throughout my reading, I became so interested in the stupidity of the citizens and workers in Chelyabinsk that I decided to dig a little deeper and do some research. Environmentally, the situation in Chelyabinsk is not much different from what it was fifteen years ago. Nuclear waste was such a problem for Chelyabinsk because of the three nuclear disasters that took place there at the Mayak complex.
Throughout, this essay will discuss, with uses of examples, how Balog (2009) disputed his arguments in order to cogent TED audience and outward viewers on the issue of ‘climate changes’? The question to challenge James Balog (2009) illustration proposal is possible, in a way that, bringing the invisible to the visual is undoubtedly fascinating. However, he claimed that the cause of an on-going global warming is due to CO2 (Balog, 7.20); which it is utterly unconvincing. Drawing his project on merely two years of work, it would have had been more reasonable to extend the ‘Extreme Ice Survey’ on long-cycle duration to obtain accurate data. Furthermore, online participation denoted that the paleoclimate graphs show correlation of CO2 and temperature are not clear doer.
Question 1a i) Exhibition items for museum 1) Map: A modern map of the Arctic 2) Photograph: Arctic sea ice 3) Data: The recent climate of the Arctic region 4) Object: A sample of Martin Frobisher’s ‘gold’ ore? 5) Picture: The Sea of Ice by Casper David Friedrich (1823-1824) [pic] (ii) 1) Where’s the Arctic ? : A modern world map will give accurate positioning of countries and continents through longitude and latitude, the Arctic however is an area defined by environmental conditions, so cannot be accurately defined adding difficulties in mapping areas seen by the inter-polar countries as their territories. 2) Lost landscape: Photos of this part of our world may well be all we have left to remind us of what existed. A mid-century mean earth temperature rise could see this frozen landscape transformed into a permanent seascape.
Essay 1 Adriannia Bowman Hum112- World Cultures II Strayer University Professor February 8, 2013 Adriannia Bowman Assignment 1 Week 4 February 8, 2013 Essay 1 When reading Candide by Voltaire I was slightly intrigued to read further into the story. The ending in the readings from the text book definitely surprised me, for someone who basically had gone through hell and back to have such a positive and optimistic outlook on life is to me either extremely courageous and wise or extremely foolish. In the beginning of the selection in our text book it beings by a giant earthquake and officials from the University of Coimbra that they were going to do a ceremony or to me an “offering” to try and prevent future earthquakes
Segment 2: Life As We Know It (8 min.) Description Examine a scientific theory about the potential for life on Earth, and explore an underwater region that defies the rules. Pre-viewing question Q: What kinds of things are necessary to sustain life on Earth? A: Answers will vary. Post-viewing question Q: What are hydrothermal vents?
“The Moon We Left Behind” Title: I think this title could possibly mean that we left something special about the moon behind. Author: Charles Krauthammer is an editor to the time magazine, Krauthammer writes weekly columns for time magazine. Krauthammer is also a psychiatrist, journalist, political scientist, speech writer and has also been awarded for what he does. Purpose: I think the purpose of this piece is expressive writing because he talks about his expressions. The author does not believe what was promised and also about how we should look at the moon.
Global Warming Do you believe global warming is a serious problem that the world should be worried about? This question is asked everyday by many people. Mark Hersgaard, author of the book Hot, claims in “Meet Generation Hot” (23 September, 2010) that many people throughout the world aren’t prepared for climate change. Like Hersgaard’s claim, Sharon Begley, a journalist with Newsweek, states in “Are You Ready for More?” (29 May, 2011) that “Generation Hot” isn’t ready for global warming, but some countries like the Netherlands are prepared. While Jeff Jacoby, a journalist with Boston Globe, examines in “Cooler Heads Prevail Against Climate Panic” (1 June 2011) how many predictions similar to global warming have never came true.
Dystopia The novel "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler is related to the documentary "Earth 2100" because both shows how our world can become a dystopia in the future. Our society will exhaust our own designs. They both are considered science fiction but are both actually possible realistic outcomes of the future. Like the Mayan cilivization was a thriving civilization and all of a sudden it collapsed. Parable of the sower is a novel by Octavia Butler.