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Awareness Of Climate Change

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  WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Widespread improvements in the quality of life of many of the world’s populations have gone hand-in-hand with increased demands on natural resources. The planet is struggling to keep up. Increases in the average global temperature, and the frequency of extreme weather events are transforming ecosystems around the world and threatening entire species of plants and animals. Forests are drying up because there is less rainfall and thus more fires, and the glaciers of both the North and South Poles are shrinking. The consequences of climate change affect all of us, but to react and adapt to these challenges, we must first understand them. CLIMATE, WEATHER, AND NATURAL DISASTERS Climate is not the same as weather, but the two phenomena are closely related. While weather refers to short-term conditions that can change quickly, climate determines the long-term character of a given place, for instance, whether it is temperate or tropical. The relationship between ...
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ANIMAL WELFARE

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 ANIMAL WELFARE Animal welfare  is the well-being of non-human  animals . Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts, but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups, legislators, and academics. [1] [2]   Animal welfare science  uses measures such as  longevity ,  disease ,  immunosuppression ,  behavior ,  physiology , and  reproduction , [3]  although there is debate about which of these best indicate animal welfare. Respect for animal welfare is often based on the belief that nonhuman animals are   sentient   and that consideration should be given to their   well-being   or   suffering , especially when they are under the care of humans. [4]   These concerns can include how animals are   slaughtered   for food, how they are used in   scientific research , how they are kept (as pets, in zoos, farms, circuses, etc.), and how human activities affect the welfare and surv...
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