In the poem "Birches", Robert frost takes an image of a birch tree whose branches have been worn from the winter, and transforms the literal image into a deeper poem about escaping from the ground and the earth into a safe haven up in the branches, being able to swing freely and return to ...

The polar ice caps are some of nature's most impressive features because, while they may seem like frozen chunks of ice, they are actually indicators of life on Earth. Maynard Miller maintains that polar ice caps can be defined as "domelike glacial masses, usually at high elevation" ...

My Essay is on global warming. Because of pollution and getting rid of all the trees our ozone layer is getting thinner and thinner. Our ozone layer protects the Earth from ultra violet radiation and the thinner the ozone layer gets the more radiation comes through. Ever since three years ago at t...

Less than one-third the mass of Jupiter, Saturn is still an enormous planet. Saturn has a mass of about 95 Earths and has a very rapid rotation rate. Because its rotation rate is so rapid, it has an obvious oblateness. This oblateness is caused by a outward push at the middle, from the spin rate, ca...

Although the tone of both poems is bleak, the tone of 'A November Landscape' brightens at the end, while the tone of 'Winter' grows even more bleak The poems 'A November Landscape' and 'Winter', both portrays the coldness and the bitterness of winter. ...

Environmental Changes Weather changes all the time. The average patter of weather, called climate, usually stays pretty much the same for centuries if it is left to itself. However, the earth is not alone. People are taking actions that can change the earth and its climate in important ways. ...

As the earth begins to tremble many fear the troubles ahead. Waves are suddenly being formed and the people of the west coast are immediately alerted. What could this be? This is a tsunami, an earthquake that is formed underwater. The sea floor abruptly deforms and displaces the overlying wat...

Planet Earth: Fate of The Earth was a powerful, informative, and inspirational documentary. The narrator, Richard Kiley, progressed through many points about our precious earth including her beginnings, her slow deterioration by man as well as other factors, and theories as to her what...

A Globally Warmer SituationGlobal warming is a serious issue that must be tackled. While the governments of the world are constantly pushing fossil-fuel use, one has to think that they would at least heed the warnings given to them by scientists doing this important research. After all, it is the ...

Our planets climate is predicted to change because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases – primarily carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Although scientists yet haven't agreed on exactly how earth's cli...

Global warming is caused primarily by human activity such as burning fossil fuels, chemicals, and other pollutants that are later released into the earth\'s atmosphere. These gases affect the chemical composition of the atmosphere causing increased warming (EPA, 1999). This warming trend disturbs th...

Humankind is conducting an ongoing experiment to see what will happen to our health and to the well being of the planet when changes in the earth\'s climate are made. This experiment is called global warming. Global warming is allegedly changing the world as we know it. The concern of global warm...

A "Bright Star" by Keats, is a sonnet that shows his infatuation to be with his lover for eternity. The poem's main theme deals with the love and appreciation of things that are unchanging. This theme is brought up many times in the poem. For example, Keats uses a bright star and the earth to des...

What is Vegetation? Vegetation is the Earth's plants, and vegetable structures. If you live on land you see some type of vegetation every single day, even if you are going to work or school, even playing football. What is Weather and Climate? First, Weather is the condition of the atmosphere wit...

Martin Galas HIS 231What was expected in year 1000?People who lived thousand years ago viewed Earth as the center of a cosmos. Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle mapped the cosmos and placed the earth in the center of it. Christians and Jews claimed that Earth was round and flat. Another th...

Swinging From EarthLife can be so hectic but the least traumatic of times is childhood. Robert Frost understood that if you could live life like a child, life can be much more simple. He exemplifies this believe in the poem, "Birches." The poem proves that Frost's method of dealing with the chaos...

GLOBAL WARMING ASSIGNMENT #2:Impacts:1.)MOUNTAINS -- With global warming, there could be a dramatic change in the mountains. The mountains cover close to 20% of the earths surfaces and provide many homes. Global warming would hurt the mountains and us extremely bad because we would lose essential ...

Global WarmingGlobal warming is an issue that has been widely discussed during the last decade. It is probably the most threatening problem towards mother earth, and something has to be done instantly to stop or at least slow down the scary development. The gradual warming of the earth's atmospher...

The Earth's geology is very active. It is effectively a 4.6 billion year old "rock blender" that has recycled its surface material to the point that no rocks exist on Earth's surface that can be dated back to the time of its formation. In addition, the Earth has an atmosphere, which erodes the surfa...

The article, The Heat Is On discusses the rising problem of global warming. Many scientists and experts on the subject agree that humans are causing this sharp rise in climate. Jerry Mahlman, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laborato...

DESERTSApproximately a third of the Earth's land surface is made up of some kind of desert with very little rainfall and vegetation. Deserts are very dry and hot, but at some points experience a cold front. Deserts vary in several different ways. Some contain vast areas of sand, rocks or gravel w...

Extra Credit DesertsApproximately a third of the Earth's land surface is made up of some kind of desert with very little rainfall and vegetation. Deserts are very dry and hot, but at some points experience a cold front. Deserts vary in several different ways. Some contain vast areas of sand, rock...

Greenhouse gases (chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc.)let heat in but stop it from going back out - like a windshield in a parked car. At our current rate of creating these gases by industry, cars and burning fossil fuels, scientists predict a temperature increase of 4 ...