An Essay About Environmental Change

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1. No, the “Environmental Change” entry on Wikipedia does not provide a complete and accurate definition of Environmental Change. It is a very broad definition of it. This entry does include further articles to read but Environmental Change itself could be elaborated on. 2. Environmental Change Environmental change is how the environment corrects itself after a perturbation and amplifier have pushed an environment over the threshold and has changed it from its original state. There are four main reasons that the environment changes and it occurs globally, regionally, locally, and geologically. Global Globally the environment changes because of the imbalance of the sun. The poles don’t receive very much light causing a high pressure, which makes it cold and dry. The equator receives the most light and creates a high pressure, which makes the area around the equator warm and wet. El Nino and La Niña also affect this part of the environment. El Niño happens when something causes the water to fall back towards South America. The water travels up the South American coast and up to Cali...

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