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Why Energy Conservation Will Remain Crucial

Legal Planet

If cooling your house gets cheaper because you’re more energy efficiency, you might decide you can afford to keep your house even cooler. The indirect result can be to increase emissions — for example, less land for soybean fields in Iowa can raise world prices, incentivizing deforestation in Brazil.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

It also incorporates both a warm and a cool period during the oscillation - both of which impact upper atmospheric winds (10). In more recent times, Krakatoa in the East Indies cooled the planet's temperature rise and halted sea level rise for at least two decades, and that was one volcano - albeit an intense one (20). Deforestation.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

There may also be an extreme variation between warm and cool seasons, including extreme winds and storms due to the mixing of cold and warm air. They have, however, developed a great defense mechanism against extreme heat in that they lick their bodies and the saliva cools the blood (22). Sponsored Content. Types of Desert.