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000 Square Miles Hundreds Of Years
1,778 wordsIt can be argued (convincingly) that human's usage of fossil fuels is responsible for a large part of the world's pollution problems. The area that I will discuss is the interaction that the big oil companies have had with the environment surrounding their businesses in Alaska. I will not tackle the issue of whether it is right or wrong to extract or use fossil fuels. Instead, I will ignore the larger issue and concentrate on specific issues concerning the Arctic Slope activities of oil companie...
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Environmental Protection Agency Oil And Gas
1,712 words... al erosion, and if they blame oil companies then they don't show it. Regardless of the Natives' opinions, their rights are still being violated. The workers at the Along ship-wrecking yards were happy for the work they had and the meager wages they were being paid, but a slew of their rights were being violated. A group of people, such as the Arctic slope natives can be in favor of activities and still have their rights (unspoiled environment) violated. The right of habitat for the wildlife ...
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Thousands Of Years Indigenous Peoples
1,251 wordsIntroduction. The Arctic is located in the uppermost region of the northern hemisphere. The region consists of of the area around Greenland, USSR, Canada and Alaska (refer to appendices Fig. 1). The Arctic is mostly covered by frozen ice all year long. This region also surrounds the Arctic Ocean. So far the Artic is a naive environment, humans have not yet fully explored the region. But as people search for the resource, more and more people will move into to the area to take what they can, this...
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Social And Environmental Indigenous Peoples
1,158 words... Last, and Korea of Siberia. The art and culture of these peoples is remarkable and is characterized by resourcefulness, adaptability, and innovation. The chief groups are now the Lapps of Europe; the Samoyedes (Nentsy) of W. Russia; the Yakuts, Tungus, Yukaghirs, and Chukchis of E. Russia; and the Eskimo of North America. There is a sizable Caucasian population in Siberia, and the people of Iceland are nearly all Caucasian. In Greenland, there is a mixture of Eskimos and northern Europeans, ...
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Effects Of Global Warming Polar Bears
1,306 wordsEffects of Global Warming On Polar Bears and Polar Seals Introduction Polar bears depend on polar seals as a source of food in the polar region. Polar bears hunt polar seals before winter comes, so they can get all the proteins and fats they need in order to survive. Global warming is increasing the melt of ice in the Arctic region. As a result, polar seals will not be able to survive and face the environmental changes including climate. Therefore, polar bears will be threatened by starvation an...
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Washington D C Ozone Hole
1,498 wordsThe reappearance of the ozone hole over Antarctica has been a hot topic for scientist around the world. A few of these scientists are the atmospheric physicist Richard D. Mc Peters and several of his colleagues at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. The ozone hole showed up earlier than expected, and it was wider and thinner. It appeared in mid-August, about two weeks ahead of schedule, and on September 19 reached the record size of 10. 5 million square miles, more than three and ...
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