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Misconceptions about Climate Change Name University Misconceptions about Climate Change Climate change is often defined as a variation in the statistical properties of both weather and climate of a given place and related changes on the ice sheets land surfaces and oceans. The variations in these properties are calculated over 30-year period. Studies indicate that stable climate is very integral since it forms the foundation of all life on earth. Unluckily the climate is changing rapidly fast and posting its dangerous impacts on both people and wild places. The main negative impacts associated with climate change include the melting of the glaciers in Polar Regions as a result of the rising temperatures. According to the National Research Council U.S. (2012) as the glaciers melt they end up in the oceans where they cause sea level to rise. This increases the risk for flood for millions of people who live J. (2016). Climate change: What everyone needs to know. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Braasch G. & McKibben B. (2009). Earth under fire: How global warming is changing the world. Berkeley Calif: University of California Press. Johansen B. E. (2009). The encyclopedia of global warming science and technology. Santa Barbara Calif: Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO. National Research Council (U.S.). (2012). Sea-level rise for the coasts of California Oregon and Washington: Past present and future. Washington D.C: National Academies Press Falkner R. (2013). The handbook of global climate and environment policy. Hoboken NJ: Wiley Blackwell. National Research Council (U.S.). (2011). Understanding Earth's deep past: Lessons for our climate future. Washington D.C: National Academies Press. Tokuç A. (2013). United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 2625-2632). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Bodansky D. (2016). The Paris climate change agreement: a new hope?. American Journal of International Law 110(2) 288-319. [...]
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