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Norse Code Bombing in Syria III Earth Day Global Warming Featured Articles: Issue Norse Code Bombing in Syria III Earth Day Global Warming Columbus Academy MS Tuesday, May 1 [email protected] Earth Day By CHARLIE BELFORD April 13th Bombing For billions of years, the Earth has provided shelter, food, warmth, water, prac- in Syria tically everything all living organisms need. My question is, if the Earth has given us all What does it mean? we need to thrive, why have we not realized that as we consume and consume, we By AMIYA TIWARI & COLIN HARRISON Photo courtesy of Pixabay are slowly depleting the very WASHINGTON, D.C. - “My Chemical Weapons Storage resources that gave us life was enough. Tey decided to Any step you take to prevent fellow Americans, a short Site, where the weapons were in the frst place? According make a change and to educate the world from the litter and time ago I ordered the United reportedly stored, and the to the World Wildlife Fund others. Tey wanted to make destruction of nature helps. States armed forces to launch IM Shinshar Bunker Facility. (WWF), roughly 10,000 sure that we have enough time But Earth Day does not solely precision strikes on targets American military ofcials species of animals on earth to save Mother Nature before exist for this purpose. Tis day associated with the chemical stated that the missile strikes go extinct each year. Wheth- all is eradicated. Tese people can help inform and educate weapon capabilities of Syrian “completely destroyed” er this is due to poaching, taught us that as of right now, future generations, so instead dictator Bashar Al-Assad,” was the respective storage site, climate change, deforestation, we only have one world, so of disrespecting this planet, President Trump’s opening and “successfully hit and or the many other acts that why treat it like it is dispens- the children of the future will statement concerning the 105 sustained damage” to the are slowly killing our plan- able? By spreading the word, learn that the Earth is delicate missiles launched into Syria bunker. Te Barzah Research et, these creatures are gone. they were able to start a move- and should be treated with on April 13th. Launched by and Development center was Most if us won’t even realise ment. As a result of Earth Day, care. If we do not do enough the United States, Britain, and destroyed. Te US military the catastrophic mistake we people started to treat nature to protect and help, the Earth France, the deployment of stated that the demolition have made until it is far too with respect. We started to as we know it could end up these missiles was in response of this particular center set late. Tat is where Earth Day think of new, eco-friendly uninhabitable. Even the littlest to the April 7th chemical gas back Syrian chemical weap- comes into this picture. Te alternatives to everyday acts deeds and acts to help clean attack in Douma, Damas- on abilities “for years.” few people who have realized like using glass bottles instead and preserve the world make cus, the capital of Syria. Tis Assad’s allies condemned what we have been doing to of plastic, or composting an impact on the future. Make attack is said to be carried out these strikes. Russia warned this planet decided enough instead of wasting food scraps. Earth Day every day. by President Bashar al-As- of “consequences,” and sad’s regime in an attempt to Russian President Vladimir The Dangers of Global Warming weaken the rebel-controlled Putin called the attacks, “an By LIESEL GOLDFARB city. More than 40 people were act of aggression against a As we have just passed In the United States, we If our climate continues to killed in this attack, most of sovereign state that is at the Earth Day, a the theory of produce many gases. In just warm, it could greatly afect them women and children. forefront of the fght against Global Warming should be about one year, we produce Ohio. Cincinnati could face at Te United States has been terrorism.” Iran, Syria’s other examined. In the simplest about 2 billion tons of CO2. least two heat waves per sum- involved in the Syrian Civil major ally, also responded. defnition the NRDC states, We have been reducing the mer like the one that killed War since September 2014. Supreme Leader Ali Khame- “Over the past 50 years, the amount of CO2 as the years hundreds in Chicago in 1995. Despite this, many Americans nei said the United States average global temperature go on. Between 2005 and 2014 Crops and livestock would are not sure what is occurring made a “strategic mistake” by has increased at the fastest the amount of carbon dioxide face substantially more heat in the Middle-Eastern nation. launching missiles at Syria. rate in recorded history. has dropped. Tis is because stress, decreasing crop yields Since 2011, a power struggle Te Iranian Defense Min- And experts see the trend is of the energy efcient technol- and livestock productivity. As between three forces: Assad ister gave the strongest re- accelerating: All but one of ogy and cleaner fuels. But we our glaciers continue to melt, (the leader), the rebels, and sponse. He said further U.S. the 16 hottest years in NASA’s can do even better. the currents change. Te win- the Islamic State has lef Syria attacks against Syria “will not 134-year record have occurred Global Warming even ter starts later and ends earlier. divided. America and many go unanswered.” since 2000.” As many people ofen afects extreme weather We have less and less snow. other nations such as Turkey Over the past year, tensions think that Global Warming events. Global Warming is the As a community we can try and Saudi Arabia back the in Syria and the world alike is not real, but many scientist main reason that our oceans and reduce Global Warming. rebels, while Russia is As- have been heating up. Tis have contradicted that. Some are heating up. Tis afects the Te best and most efcient sad’s key supporter. About 12 attack, although it was most celebrities even believe global tropical storms. For example, way is to produce less carbon million Syrian citizens have likely intended to cool down warming is not real, including if there is a Category 2 storm, dioxide. One good way is to fed the country to escape the the tension on a global stage, Donald Trump. People actu- because of Global Warming, drive less or use a carpool. war-torn environment, and has only added fuel to the ally agree with his statement it could turn into a Category Te more people in one car, hundreds of thousands of fre. At the end of his nation- that Global Warming is a hoax 4 storm that is much more the fewer cars used and less Syrians have died, some from al address, President Trump created by the Chinese. But dangerous. Scientists have gas is emitted. Also if you are chemical attacks much like the closed with a frm response: there are many scientists that found that the amount of only going a short distance, one that reportedly occurred “[Tis] evil and despica- believe otherwise and nu- Category 4 and 5 hurricanes try walking or even biking to on April 7th. ble attack lef mothers and merous studies to prove that has increased since the 1980’s. your destination. Another way Tree areas were targets for fathers, infants and children Global Warming is real. Yes, Also, the wildfre seasons are is to buy and use energy-ef- the missiles. Barzah Research thrashing in pain and gasp- it is happening. Scientists say much worse. Tey are getting fcient appliances. Tey save and Development, where ing for air. Tese are not the that, “average U.S. tempera- longer and more damaging in energy and money and reduce allegedly chemical weapons actions of a man. Tey are tures could increase by up to Western U.S. Global Warming your carbon footprint. You were being researched and crimes of a monster instead.” 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the has also afected our health can also try and reduce your developed, Him Shinshar next century.” by making a more intense waste. Many greenhouse gases People ask what causes allergy season. We have also and methane are produced Global Warming and how is had more heat waves that are at landflls. When the waste it all happening. It happens lasting much longer. Te heat is burned, it releases toxic when air pollutants, includ- waves have cause many deaths gases into the atmosphere, ing carbon dioxide, collect in and injuries. More important- which then contribute to the atmosphere. Tese gases ly, Antarctica has been losing Global Warming. Along with absorb solar radiation and tons and tons of its ice because these things, you can gather sunlight that has bounced of of Global Warming. Similarly, friends and have fun planting of the earth's surface. What Iceland’s glaciers are rapidly a tree. Trees give oxygen to the should happen is that the melting as the years go on. atmosphere and take carbon sunlight and radiation should Tere is also heavier precipita- dioxide, therefore reducing just go of into space, but due tion and more fooding. When Global Warming. As you to Global Warming, the gases the temperature increases, can see there are many ways trap the heat in the Earth. more rain is falling. Tis is we can try and help reduce Tese gases can last years, increasing the chances for Global Warming and keep our which makes the Earth hotter.
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