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Abrupt climate changes, such as the collapse of the West Antartic Ice Sheet, the rapid loss of the Greenland ice sheet or large-scale changes of ocean circulation systems, are not considered...
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Yes; the type, frequency and intensity of extreme events are expected to change as Earth’s climate changes, and these changes could occur even with relatively small mean climate changes. Changes...
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There is considerable confidence that climate models provide credible quantitative estimates of future climate change, particularly at continental scales and above. This confidence comes from the...
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Climate has changed on all time scales throughout Earth’s history. Some aspects of the current climate change are not unusual, but others are. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has...
10 October 2017 7,928 1 View
Climate is generally defined as average weather, and as such, climate change and weather are intertwined. Observations can show that there have been changes in weather, and it is the statistics of...
10 October 2017 5,544 3 View
Ecotourism is a tool that provides opportunities - a financially viable tool that provides sustainable solutions to economic challenges and conservation needs of local people; an alternative means...
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It is very unlikely that the 20th century warming can be explained by natural causes. The late 20th century has been unusually warm. Palaeoclimatic reconstructions show that the second half of the...
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There are a number of resources that can help you find information about possible source of air pollution and air quality in your community: Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO): Use...
10 October 2017 8,055 3 View
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emitted by numerous activities – the main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2), which arises from the burning of fossil fuels and land use changes. Other GHGs include...
10 October 2017 9,479 4 View
The climate system is a complex, interactive system consisting of the atmosphere, land surface, snow and ice, oceans and other bodies of water, and living things. The atmospheric component of the...
10 October 2017 5,819 1 View
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10 October 2017 7,934 2 View
Climate varies from region to region. This variation is driven by the uneven distribution of solar heating, the individual responses of the atmosphere, oceans and land surface, the interactions...
10 October 2017 2,275 8 View
As a little girl, I used to read all those lustrous fairytale books filled with colourful houses and picturesque locales, but never imagined that such dreamy places ever existed on the Earth for...
09 September 2017 1,055 4 View
Ecotourism is entirely a new approach in tourism. Ecotourism is a preserving travel to natural areas to appreciate the cultural and natural history of the environment, taking care not to disturb...
09 September 2017 3,000 4 View
A sage, Patanjali, put forward yoga as a system of philosophy. The common form of Yoga is also referred to as the Ashtang Yoga, which comprises of eight basic features namely Yama, Niyama, Asana,...
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In short, ecotourism can be categorised as a tourism programme that is - "Nature based, Ecologically sustainable, Where education and interpretation is a major constituent and Where local people...
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