Question: By having all countries commit to reducing their carbon footprint, substantial decreases in worldwide greenhouse gas levels could be realized.

2015 Paris Agreement: A Turning Point for Global Emissions Reductions
In late November through mid-December 2015, world leaders convened in Le Bourget, France, near Paris, for the pivotal 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This gathering aimed to build upon previous summits' outcomes, notably addressing gaps left after the less successful 2009 Copenhagen Summit. The goal? To forge a comprehensive accord committing nations to substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions—a critical step forward in combating climate change.
On Saturday, December 12, following intense negotiations among nearly 200 parties, the landmark Paris Agreement emerged. Hailed globally, its core objective was to hold the rise in average temperatures within two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels while pursuing more ambitious goals. Unlike earlier agreements, the Paris deal featured Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), allowing each country to set its own emission targets based on domestic circumstances—thus fostering broader participation.
Despite initial skepticism regarding enforceability, the Paris Agreement marked progress by incorporating mechanisms designed to enhance transparency and accountability across signatories. These measures ensured regular updates and reviews of NDCs to align with evolving scientific understanding and technological advancements. Moreover, financial assistance frameworks facilitated developing nations’ transition to low-carbon economies without compromising economic development aspirations.
Critically, the success of the Paris Agreement underscored how collective action could overcome historical barriers to cooperation on environmental issues. By recognizing shared responsibility yet differentiated capabilities amongst states, it paved the way for renewed commitment to sustainable practices. However, ongoing vigilance remains essential; ensuring compliance requires sustained diplomatic effort alongside public awareness campaigns emphasizing individual contributions toward achieving common objectives outlined in this historic pact.

Kyogami is a board game based around the issue of climate change and the Kyoto Protocol , which considered reducing greenhouse gas emissions without hindering economic growth . The game was designed to raise awareness of this and most of the game components are made out of recyclable materials .   The basic aim of the game is for the players to expand their businesses without increasing emissions , by cleaning up their plants by trading carbon dioxide quotas and using ` flexible mechanisms ' as outlined in the protocol , the winner being the first player to own four factories without chimneys .

12 ( twelve -LSB- ˈtwɛlv -RSB- ) is the natural number following 11 and preceding 13 . The product of the first three factorials , twelve is a superior highly composite number , divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6 . It is central to many systems of counting , including the Western calendar and units of time , and frequently appears in the Abrahamic religions .

Decimalisation is the process of converting a currency from its previous non-decimal denominations to a decimal system ( i.e. , a system based on one basic unit of currency and one or more sub-units , such that the number of sub-units in one basic unit is a power of 10 , most commonly 100 ) .   The only current non-decimal currencies are the Malagasy ariary ( equal to five iraimbilanja ) and the Mauritanian ouguiya ( equal to five khoums ) , though in practice both just have one currency unit and no sub-unit because khoums and iraimbilanja are no longer minted .

Land is the solid surface of the Earth that is not covered by water . It may also refer to :  Landscape  Landform , physical feature comprises a geomorphological unit  Land ( economics ) , a factor of production comprising all naturally occurring resources  Land law  Real estate , a legal term for land , used in regard to ownership  Real property , a legal term similar to real estate   In music :  Land ( band ) , American rock band  Land ( Land album ) , the first album by the band  Land ( Týr album ) , an album by Týr  Land ( 1975 -- 2002 ) , an album by Patti Smith  Land ( The Comsat Angels album ) , an album by The Comsat Angels  Lands ( band ) , Japanese rock band  Dah ( band ) , a former Yugoslav/Belgian rock band , known as Land during 1975-1976 period   As a synonym for a region belonging to a people :  Country  Nation  Motherland  Fatherland  Homeland  - land , a suffix used in the names of several countries and other regions   As a geographical place :  Land , California  Land , Norway  Land Glacier , Antarctica   As a division of a country :  Länder of Austria ( singular : Land )  Lands of Denmark  Lands of Finland  Länder of Germany ( singular : Land )  Lands of Norway  Lands of Sweden  Ziemia , Polish for `` land '' , a unit of administration in Poland   Other usages :  Land ( surname )  Land Instruments International , A company specialising in infrared temperature measurement and emissions monitoring equipment  LAND , a type of denial-of-service attack  Landing , the end of a flight  In Rifling , lands are the raised areas between grooves in gun barrels  The Land ( magazine )  Drylands , areas with low amounts of water in the soil  `` Dry Land '' , a song by Joan Armatrading  Dry Land , the only album by How We Live

The term digital rights describes the human rights that allow individuals to access , use , create , and publish digital media or to access and use computers , other electronic devices , or communications networks . The term is particularly related to the protection and realization of existing rights , such as the right to privacy or freedom of expression , in the context of new digital technologies , especially the Internet . Internet access is recognized as a right by the laws of several countries .

A real estate transaction is the process whereby rights in a unit of property ( or designated real estate ) is transferred between two or more parties , e.g. in case of conveyance one party being the seller ( s ) and the other being the buyer ( s ) . It can often be quite complicated due to the complexity of the property rights being transferred , the amount of money being exchanged , and government regulations . Conventions and requirements also vary considerably among different countries of the world and among smaller legal entities ( jurisdictions ) .   In more abstract terms , a real estate transaction , like other financial transactions , causes transaction costs . To identify and possibly reduce these transaction costs , the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) addressed the issue through a study commissioned by the European Commission ,  and through a research action .   The mentioned research action ` Modelling Real Property Transactions ' investigated methods to describe selected transactions in a formal way , to allow for comparisons across countries / jurisdictions . Descriptions were performed both using a more simple format , a Basic Use Case template , and more advanced applications of the Unified Modelling Language . Process models were compared through an ontology-based methodology , and national property transaction costs were estimated for Finland and Denmark , based on the directions of the United Nations System of National Accounts .   Real estate transactions : subdivision , conveyance , and mortgaging , as they are performed in the five Nordic countries are described in some detail . A translation into English is available for the Danish part .

One million ( 1,000,000 ) or one thousand thousand is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001 . The word is derived from the early Italian millione ( milione in modern Italian ) , from mille , `` thousand '' , plus the augmentative suffix - one . It is commonly abbreviated as m ( not to be confused with the metric prefix for ) or M ; further MM ( `` thousand thousands '' , from Latin `` Mille '' ; not to be confused with the Roman numeral MM = 2,000 ) , mm , or mn in financial contexts .   In scientific notation , it is written as or 106 . Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega ( M ) , when dealing with SI units ; for example , 1 megawatt ( 1 MW ) equals 1,000,000 watts .   The meaning of the word `` million '' is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems , unlike the larger numbers , which have different names in the two systems .   The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number , as in `` Not in a million years '' and `` You 're one in a million '' , or a hyperbole , as in `` I 've walked a million miles '' and `` You 've asked the million-dollar question '' .

A digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to , use of , or impact of information and communication technologies ( ICT ) . The divide within countries ( such as the digital divide in the United States ) may refer to inequalities between individuals , households , businesses , or geographic areas , usually at different socioeconomic levels or other demographic categories . The divide between differing countries or regions of the world is referred to as the global digital divide , examining this technological gap between developing and developed countries on an international scale .

Delegitimisation ( also spelled delegitimation ) is literally the withdrawal of legitimacy , usually from some institution such as a state , cultural practice , etc. which may have acquired it explicitly or implicitly , by statute or accepted practice .   A sociopsychological process which undermines or marginalises an entity by presenting facts and/or value judgments which are construed to withdraw legitimacy is generally observed .   A necessary process for the advancement of human culture , it can in some cases be a self-justifying mechanism , with the ultimate goal of justifying harm of an outgroup .   The concept applies to a wide spectrum of social contexts ranging from disputes about political entities to chronic illnesses .

The Danone Nations Cup is the world 's greatest football tournament for children between the ages of 10 and 12 ( U12s category ) ; it is organized every year since 2000 on the initiative of Groupe Danone .   Every year , 2.5 million children from over 34,000 schools and 11,000 clubs from around the globe take part in local , regional and then national Danone Nations Cup competitions , before the winners fly off to compete in the grand World Final . In each of the 32 participating countries , Danone 's subsidiaries organize their national tournaments in partnership with the local Sports Federations and/or State Education and Sports Ministers .   For 10 years , the tournament has had Zinédine Zidane as its ambassador , benefiting from his commitment to high quality football and fair play .


Question:
 By having all countries commit to reducing their carbon dioxide output, substantial decreases in worldwide greenhouse gas levels could be realized.
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 Collective Action Against Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Achieving substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions requires coordinated international effort. Imagine if all nations unite under a common framework, committing themselves to curb emissions while promoting sustainable development strategies. Inspired by successful models like the Kyoto Protocol and bolstered by recent agreements emphasizing renewable energy targets, this collective approach could significantly lower atmospheric CO2 levels globally. By setting binding emission limits tailored to each country’s capabilities and economic status, alongside financial mechanisms aiding less developed regions, progress becomes both feasible and equitable. History has shown us how concerted action led by major emitters paves way for smaller entities to follow suit; hence creating momentum necessary for transformative changes needed against climate crisis. With shared goals backed up through transparent reporting systems ensuring accountability among signatories, humanity might just turn tide back onto safer path ahead – preserving earth’s delicate balance for future generations’ prosperity.

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A label ( as distinct from signage ) is a piece of paper , polymer , cloth , metal , or other material affixed to a container or product , on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item . Information printed directly on a container or article can also be considered labeling .   Labels have many uses , including providing information on a product 's origin , manufacturer ( e.g. , brand name ) , use , shelf-life and disposal , some or all of which may be governed by legislation such as that for food in the UK or USA . Methods of production and attachment to packaging are many and various and may also be subject to internationally recognised standards . In many countries , hazardous products such as poisons or flammable liquids must have a warning label .

The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization , more commonly known as the Lausanne Movement , is a global movement that mobilizes evangelical leaders to collaborate for world evangelization . The stated vision is `` the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world '' .   The Lausanne Movement grew out of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization ( ICOWE ) and promotes active worldwide evangelism . The Lausanne Covenant provides the theological basis for collaborative work in the area of mission and evangelism . The Cape Town Commitment defines the movement 's goals .

L'Oréal S.A. is a French cosmetics company headquartered in Clichy , Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris . It is the world 's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field of cosmetics , concentrating on hair colour , skin care , sun protection , make-up , perfume and hair care ; the company is active in dermatology , toxicology , tissue engineering , and biopharmaceutical research fields and is the top nanotechnology patent-holder in the United States . The company is a component of Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index .

Labour Standards in the World Trade Organization are binding rules , which form a part of the jurisprudence and principles applied within the rule making institutions of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) . Labour standards play an implicit , but not an overt role within the WTO , however it forms a prominent issue facing the WTO today , and has generated a wealth of academic debate .   The debate about the extent to which the WTO should recognise labour standards is typically based on the principles found in Conventions of the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) , as well as mainstream human rights treaties , most prominently , the International Bill of Human Rights .

Radiation Protection Convention , 1960 is an International Labour Organization Convention to restrict workers form exposure of ionising radiation and prohibit persons under 16 to engage work that causes such exposure . ( Article 6 )   It was established in 1960 , with the preamble stating :  Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the protection of workers against ionising radiations , ...   Article 2 . This Convention applies to all activities involving exposure of workers to ionising radiation in the course of their work .   Article 5 . Every effort shall be made to restrict the exposure of workers to ionising radiation to the lowest protectable level .   Article 12 imposes undergoing further medical examinations at appropriate intervals , and Article 13 imposes the employer shall take any necessary remedial action on the basis of the technical findings and the medical advice .

Knowledge is a familiarity , awareness , or understanding of someone or something , such as facts , information , descriptions , or skills , which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving , discovering , or learning .   Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject . It can be implicit ( as with practical skill or expertise ) or explicit ( as with the theoretical understanding of a subject ) ; it can be more or less formal or systematic . In philosophy , the study of knowledge is called epistemology ; the philosopher Plato famously defined knowledge as `` justified true belief '' , though this definition is now thought by some analytic philosophers to be problematic because of the Gettier problems while others defend the platonic definition . However , several definitions of knowledge and theories to explain it exist .   Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes : perception , communication , and reasoning ; while knowledge is also said to be related to the capacity of acknowledgment in human beings .

Reparations for slavery is a proposal that some type of compensation should be provided to the descendants of enslaved people in the United States , in consideration of the coerced and uncompensated labor their ancestors performed over centuries . This compensation has been proposed in a variety of forms , from individual monetary payments to land-based compensation related to independence . The idea remains highly controversial and no broad consensus exists as to how it could be implemented . There have been similar calls for reparations from some Caribbean countries and elsewhere in the African diaspora , and some African countries have called for reparations to their states for the loss of their population .

Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years . First-generation technologies , which are already mature and economically competitive , include biomass , hydroelectricity , geothermal power and heat . Second-generation technologies are market-ready and are being deployed at the present time ; they include solar heating , photovoltaics , wind power , solar thermal power stations , and modern forms of bioenergy . Third-generation technologies require continued R&D efforts in order to make large contributions on a global scale and include advanced biomass gasification , hot-dry-rock geothermal power , and ocean energy . As of 2012 , renewable energy accounts for about half of new nameplate electrical capacity installed and costs are continuing to fall .   Public policy and political leadership helps to `` level the playing field '' and drive the wider acceptance of renewable energy technologies . Countries such as Germany , Denmark , and Spain have led the way in implementing innovative policies which has driven most of the growth over the past decade . As of 2014 , Germany has a commitment to the `` Energiewende '' transition to a sustainable energy economy , and Denmark has a commitment to 100 % renewable energy by 2050 . There are now 144 countries with renewable energy policy targets .   Renewable energy continued its rapid growth in 2015 , providing multiple benefits . There was a new record set for installed wind and photovoltaic capacity ( 64GW and 57GW ) and a new high of US$ 329 Billion for global renewables investment . A key benefit that this investment growth brings is a growth in jobs . The top countries for investment in recent years were China , Germany , Spain , the United States , Italy , and Brazil . Renewable energy companies include BrightSource Energy , First Solar , Gamesa , GE Energy , Goldwind , Sinovel , Trina Solar , Vestas , and Yingli .   Climate change concerns are also driving increasing growth in the renewable energy industries . According to a 2011 projection by the ( IEA ) International Energy Agency , solar power generators may produce most of the world 's electricity within 50 years , reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions .   Renewable power has been more effective in creating jobs than coal or oil in the United States .

A reservation in international law is a caveat to a state 's acceptance of a treaty . A reservation is defined by the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ( VCLT ) as :  a unilateral statement , however phrased or named , made by a State , when signing , ratifying , accepting , approving or acceding to a treaty , whereby it purports to exclude or to modify the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that State . ( Article 2 ( 1 ) ( d ) )   In effect , a reservation allows the state to be a party to the treaty , while excluding the legal effect of that specific provision in the treaty to which it objects .  States can not take reservations after they have accepted the treaty ; a reservation must be made at the time that the treaty affects the State . The Vienna Convention did not create the concept of reservations but codified existing customary law . Thus even States that have not formally acceded to the Vienna Convention act as if they had . As reservations are defined under the Vienna Convention and interpretative declarations are not , the two are sometimes difficult to discern from each other . Unlike a reservation , a declaration is not meant to affect the State 's legal obligations but is attached to State 's consent to a treaty to explain or interpret what the State deems unclear .

Organizations from around the world responded to the West African Ebola virus epidemic . In July 2014 , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) convened an emergency meeting with health ministers from eleven countries and announced collaboration on a strategy to co-ordinate technical support to combat the epidemic . In August , they declared the outbreak an international public health emergency and published a roadmap to guide and coordinate the international response to the outbreak , aiming to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6 -- 9 months . In September , the United Nations Security Council declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the West Africa subregion a `` threat to international peace and security '' and unanimously adopted a resolution urging UN member states to provide more resources to fight the outbreak ; the WHO stated that the cost for combating the epidemic will be a minimum of $ 1 billion .   The Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) and the World Bank Group have pledged aid money and the World Food Programme announced plans to mobilize food assistance for an estimated 1 million people living in restricted access areas . Several Non-Governmental Organizations have provided assistance in the efforts to control the spread of the disease . Up until the end of September , the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières ( Doctors Without Borders ) is the leading organization responding to the crisis , with several treatment centers in the area . Samaritan 's Purse has also provided direct patient care and medical support in Liberia ; many nations and charitable organizations , foundations , and individuals have also pledged assistance to control the epidemic .   , a massive international response to the crisis is under way . The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response ( UNMEER ) has the task of overall planning and coordination , directing the efforts of the UN agencies , national governments , and other humanitarian actors to the areas where they are most needed .   Calling Ebola healthcare workers `` the ones who answered the call '' , in December the editors of Time magazine named the Ebola health workers as Person of the Year . Editor Nancy Gibbs said , `` The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight . For tireless acts of courage and mercy , for buying the world time to boost its defenses , for risking , for persisting , for sacrificing and saving , the Ebola fighters are Time 's 2014 Person of the Year . '' Both Médecins Sans Frontières ( Doctors Without Borders ) and Samaritan 's Purse were singled out as organisations that responded very early in the epidemic with especially dedicated workers who had worked alongside local caregivers .


Question: Authentic records indicate that current temperatures at elevated northerly locations have surpassed those recorded back in 1940.

 Temperature Trends in High Northern Latitudes
Recent studies confirm that regions within high northern latitudes exhibit higher temperatures now compared to records set back in 1940. This observation aligns closely with broader trends indicating global warming, where increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases trap heat and elevate average temperatures globally. Evidence of rising warmth includes accelerated glacial melting, shifts in flora blooming cycles signaling altered seasons, and modifications impacting crop yields across various ecosystems. These transformations underscore how human actions contribute substantially to climate alterations. Mitigation strategies targeting reduced carbon footprints alongside adaptation measures become critical responses against escalating environmental challenges. Proactive interventions can potentially stabilize future climates near current conditions (+/- 2°C) versus historical baselines; however, continued reliance upon traditional hydrocarbon sources risks amplifying planetary heating beyond +4°C thresholds. Such scenarios exacerbate vulnerabilities associated with extreme weather occurrences while threatening ecological stability and societal well-being.

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The 1975 Morris earthquake occurred in western Minnesota on July 9 at 14:54:15 UTC , or 9:54 a.m. . The strongest instrumentally recorded rupture in the history of the state , it registered at magnitude 4.6 Mn and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ) . It was the first earthquake to be recorded on any seismic instrument in the state since 1917 . Tremors were felt over much of Minnesota , northern Iowa , and the eastern Dakotas .

Red Riding ( 2009 ) is a three-part television adaptation of English author David Peace 's Red Riding Quartet ( 1999 -- 2002 ) . The quartet comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four ( 1999 ) , Nineteen Seventy-Seven ( 2000 ) , Nineteen Eighty ( 2001 ) and Nineteen Eighty-Three ( 2002 ) and the first , third , and fourth of these books became three feature-length television episodes : Red Riding 1974 , Red Riding 1980 , and Red Riding 1983 . They aired in the UK on Channel 4 beginning on 5 March 2009 and were produced by Revolution Films . The three films were released theatrically in the US in February 2010 .   Set against a backdrop of serial murders from 1974 to 1983 , including the Yorkshire Ripper killings , the books and films follow several recurring fictional characters through a bleak and violent world of multi-layered police corruption and organised crime . Although real-life crimes are referenced , the plot is fiction rather than a documentary or factual account of events . Both the books and films mix elements of fact , fiction , and conspiracy theory -- a confection dubbed `` Yorkshire Noir '' by some critics -- and are notable for a chronologically fractured narrative and for defying neat or trite endings and resolutions . Yorkshire , in the North of England , has traditionally -- i.e. , before the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972 -- been broken into three administrative areas known as the Ridings : North , East , and West . There is no `` Red '' Riding , except in the metaphorical sense .

La Cañada Flintridge is a city in Los Angeles County , California , with a population of 20,246 in 2010 . It is located in the Crescenta Valley and far western end of the San Gabriel Valley , to the northwest of Pasadena . It is the home of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA .

Dinosaur is a Statutory Town located in Moffat County , Colorado , United States . The town population was 339 at the 2010 census .   Dinosaur has been noted for its unusual place name . The town of Dinosaur was originally named Artesia ; the current name was adopted in 1966 , to capitalize on the town 's proximity to Dinosaur National Monument . The monument headquarters is located just east of the town on U.S. Highway 40 .

Redcliffe is a municipal location north-northeast of Brisbane , the state capital of Queensland , Australia . Known also as `` the Redcliffe peninsula '' , the area covers the suburbs of Clontarf , Kippa-Ring , Margate , Newport , Redcliffe , Rothwell , Scarborough and Woody Point .   Redcliffe is home to over 55,000 residents over its total area of 38.1 km2 . The peninsula is relatively flat with few areas rising more than 20 m above sea level .   Redcliffe is the first European settlement in Queensland .

Kranj ( -LSB- ˈkɾàːn -RSB- ; also known by other alternative names ) is the fourth-largest city in Slovenia , with a population of 37,373 ( 2015 ) . It is located approximately 20 km northwest of Ljubljana . The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniola ( northwestern Slovenia ) is a mainly industrial city with significant electronics and rubber industries .

Lake Rosseau is located in Ontario about 200 kilometres north of Toronto . The lake is surrounded by many cottages , some dating back to the late 19th century . The south end of the lake is in the Township of Muskoka Lakes , and the north end is in Seguin Township . Lake Rosseau is connected to Lake Joseph through the narrows at Port Sandfield and the Joseph River . The lake is also connected to Lake Muskoka by the Indian River and the lock system at Port Carling . The village of Rosseau is a charming hamlet at the northern tip of Lake Rosseau and location of one of the original Ontario summer resorts which brought exposure to the area and its beauty . Pratts Point and Rosseau House were well known and although the hotel was destroyed long ago , the vista and scenery remain . Lake Rosseau is home to Windermere House , a popular vacation resort . Many famous people also have cottages on this lake , such as Steve Yzerman , and Martin Short ; others , including the late Ted Rogers , Goldie Hawn and William Eli Sanford  have had resort properties in the past . President of the United States , Woodrow Wilson ( 1913 -- 1921 ) , frequently holidayed on Lake Rosseau . He eventually bought Formosa Island . There is a curious story that in 1914 he signed the register of the Bala Bay Inn after the outbreak of World War I ; however , there is no official record of the president being in Canada at that time .

Nord-Hålogaland ( Nord-Hålogaland bispedømme ) is a diocese in the Church of Norway . It covers Lutheran churches in Troms and Finnmark counties as well as Svalbard . The diocese is seated in the city of Tromsø at the Tromsø Cathedral , the seat of the presiding bishop , Per Oskar Kjølaas ( bishop since 2002 ) .

Devonport is a city in northern Tasmania , Australia . It is situated at the mouth of the Mersey River . Devonport had an estimated urban population of 30,497 at June 2015 . Along with the slightly smaller city of Burnie , Devonport is the major regional centre of the north-western part of the state .

Richard Langton Baker ( May 14 , 1870 in Strathroy , Ontario , Canada -- January 3 , 1951 ) was a Canadian politician . He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1925 as a Member of the historical Conservative Party in the riding of Toronto Northeast . He was defeated in the same riding in 1926 , but , won again in 1930 . He was elected in the riding of Eglinton in 1935 and defeated in 1940 as a member of the National Government coalition .


Question: Authentic records indicate that current temperatures at elevated northerly locations have surpassed those observed around 1940.

 Temperature Trends in High Northern Latitudes
Recent scientific studies reveal significant increases in temperatures across high northern latitudes compared to records set around 1940. These findings highlight long-term shifts rather than short-lived anomalies, indicating persistent warmth spanning several decades. Such alterations stem predominantly from anthropogenic influences—namely increased carbon dioxide levels—and less so from inherent atmospheric variations. Consequently, Arctic regions experience accelerated glacial retreats alongside permafrost degradation, impacting local ecosystems profoundly while posing challenges to indigenous communities' traditional lifestyles. Addressing root causes becomes imperative given projected future scenarios suggesting continued elevation in average air temperatures if current emission trends persist unabated.

In line with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments, observed phenomena underscore necessity for comprehensive mitigation strategies targeting reduction in greenhouse gases emanating chiefly through industrial practices coupled with enhanced conservation measures aimed specifically at preserving vulnerable environments within higher latitude zones susceptible to rapid transformation under ongoing planetary heating dynamics.

The 1906 -- 07 season was Manchester City F.C. 's sixteenth season of league football and fourth consecutive season in the top flight of English football .   Following City 's punishment for the awarding of players bonuses , then a misdemeanour in the FA regulations , the club was forced to start half from scratch for the 06 -- 07 season , and in the first four games alone ten players made their club debut , with another six players donning the shirt for the first time over the course of the season . Consequently , the club 's previously strong league form suffered a huge hit and the club struggled to a 17th-place finish , a full 12 places lower than their previous finish and five points off relegation .   Of note was that the first game of this season is believed to have been played under the highest temperature recorded in English football - 90 degrees Fahrenheit ( 32.2 ° C ) . By the end of the game , City had only six players left on the pitch - five others had had to leave the field of play suffering from heat exhaustion .

Knivskjellodden or Knivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county , Norway . It is the northernmost point on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway . It is sometimes considered the northernmost point of the entire continent of Europe . The nearby Kinnarodden on the Nordkinn Peninsula is the northernmost point on the mainland . The northernmost point of the country Norway is in fact Rossøya , in Svalbard , far north .   Knivskjellodden can be reached with a 9 km long hike from a parking spot along the European route E69 highway , 6 km south of North Cape .   Although North Cape , Norway is popularly known as the northernmost point , it is in fact located about 1500 m farther to the south .

Renner Springs is a location in the Northern Territory of Australia . It is in the heart of the Barkly Tablelands cattle country . In fact , the town promotes itself as `` The Heart of the Beef Country . ''   The tiny settlement is on the Stuart Highway , north of the intersection of the Barkly Highway and Tennant Creek . It is 662 kilometres from Alice Springs , the largest town in the Outback , and 820 km from Darwin .   Renner Springs is usually regarded as the border between the tropical Top End and the temperate Red Centre regions .

Dinggo is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China . It lies at an altitude of 4,892 metres ( 16,053 feet ) . The village has a population of about 19 people .

Nunavut is a territory of Canada . It has a land area of 1,877,787.62 km2 . In the 2016 census the population was 35,944 , up 12.7 % from the 2011 census figure of 31,906 . In 2006 , the latest year for which figures are available , 24,630 people identified themselves as Inuit ( 84.1 % of the total population ) , 100 as North American Indian ( 0.3 % ) , 130 Métis ( 0.4 % ) and 4,410 as non-aboriginal ( 15.1 % ) .   Nunavut 's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future , although this may change if the Yukon , which is marginally less populous , becomes a province .

Kvænangsfjellet ( Naavuononvaara ) is a mountainous area in the municipalities of Kvænangen and Nordreisa in Troms county , Norway . European route E6 traverses the mountain through a route from Oks Fjord in the south to Kvænang Fjord in the north . In the winter , route E6 is closed for 10 to 15 days due to snow storms . A short stretch of the route is exposed to the weather , a gap near the route 's highest point , at 402 m . During the Second World War , the German occupation authorities built a wooden superstructure approximately 6 km long using labor from the Veidal Prison Camp to protect the route . The structure was destroyed in scorched earth tactics when the Germans withdrew to the south in 1944 .   The Gildetun Inn ( Gjestehuset Gildetun ) is located on Kvænangsfjellet and offers accommodation and meals during tourist season . It is located at a vantage place where tourists are able to photograph the mountain and fjord landscape . It also has a taxidermy display of local birds and other animals .   Kvænangsfjellet is used in the summer by Sami reindeer herders .

Richard Francis Ault ( December 10 , 1925 - July 16 , 2007 ) was an American hurdler who finished fourth in the Men 's 400 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics . He set a 440-yard hurdle world record of 52.2 on August 31 , 1949 at Bislett Stadion in Oslo , Norway . He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis , Missouri . Ault participated in track and field at the University of Missouri and had a second-place finish in the intermediates at the 1949 AAU . He won the Big 6 220-yard low hurdles in 1946 and 1947 and the Big 7 low hurdles in 1948 and 1949 . Ault was the conference champion in the 440-yard dash in 1947 and 1949 . He taught at Highland Park High School , where he led the cross-country team to a state championship , and later became a physical education professor at Westminster College . He also coached track , cross-country , swimming , and golf at Westminster . He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 . He is also a member of the University of Missouri Hall of Fame and the National High School Sports Hall of Fame .

Koeru is a small borough in Koeru Parish , Järva County in northern-central Estonia . As of 2011 Census , the settlement 's population was 1,178 .   The tallest structure in Estonia , Koeru TV Mast , is located near Koeru in Kapu village .

Lagunilla del Jubera is a municipality in the autonomous community of La Rioja , northern Spain , located in the Jubera River valley 19 kilometers ( 12 miles ) from the capital , Logroño . Its population in the 2011 census was 325 , and its area is 34.3 km2 . The town has a Mediterranean climate , with hot dry summers and cold winters . Although agriculture has declined in the area , grains and grapes are still grown and livestock raised on a small scale .

The 1901 eastern United States heat wave was the most severe and deadly heat wave in the United States prior to the 1930s dust bowl . Although the heat wave did not set many still-standing daily temperature records , it was exceptionally prolonged -- covering without interruption the second half of June and all of July -- and centred upon more highly populated areas than later American heat waves . The heat wave accompanied a major drought in the Ohio Valley and Upper Midwest , with Illinois having what remains its driest calendar year since records have been kept , and Missouri being only 0.21 in above its driest calendar year of 1953 .


Question: Authentic records reveal that current temperatures at elevated northern regions have escalated compared to those documented back in 1940.

 Temperature Trends Across High Northern Latitudes Since 1940
The analysis of meteorological datasets reveals that regions within higher northern latitudes exhibit significantly increased temperatures compared to those recorded in 1940. Historical temperature records indicate substantial warming trends across various locations above the 60°N latitude line, encompassing parts of Canada, Russia, Scandinavia, Alaska, and Greenland. This observation aligns closely with broader studies confirming accelerated global warming attributed largely to human activities—primarily through excessive greenhouse gas emissions.

Since the middle part of the twentieth century, numerous indicators point unequivocally to a rapidly warming world. Scientific consensus, backed by multiple independent research groups, attributes much of recent climate shifts directly to man-made influences. Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide released into the atmosphere act as potent thermal insulators, trapping solar radiation and elevating planetary warmth. Projections derived from sophisticated computer models suggest additional increases ranging from slight under optimistic scenarios up to dramatic surges if current practices continue unchecked throughout this century.

Regional disparities regarding impact severity can anticipate divergent outcomes globally. Higher-latitude environments appear particularly susceptible given projected alterations: amplified heating; diminishing ice sheets; thawed tundra; shrinking glacial masses; altered hydrological cycles leading potentially to both flooding incidents alongside prolonged dry spells; heightened frequency/severity extremes whether hot/cold fronts, storms, etc.; plus ecological disruptions endangering native flora/fauna survival prospects. Such transformations pose considerable challenges necessitating proactive measures aimed either at curbing contributing behaviors altogether while simultaneously fostering adaptive strategies capable mitigating adverse consequences already underway.

In response, concerted international cooperation seeks solutions via frameworks established under auspices provided by organizations akin to United Nations Framework Convention concerning Climate Alterations (UNFCC). Signatories commit themselves collectively towards achieving stringent reductions targets designed ensuring atmospheric concentrations remain stable enough preventing irreversible damage inflicted upon ecosystems supporting life forms dependent thereupon—including Homo sapiens itself! Furthermore, aspirations extend beyond mere stabilization aiming instead towards limiting overall deviation away from baseline conditions prevailing prior Industrial Revolution onset circa late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries AD timeframe.

Public awareness surrounding implications stemming from ongoing modifications witnessed increasingly permeate consciousnesses spanning diverse demographics irrespective geographical boundaries. Polling exercises conducted recently demonstrate growing apprehension manifested amongst citizenry recognizing urgency inherent tackling looming crisis head-on without delay lest catastrophic repercussions ensue irrevocably compromising habitability realms far exceeding terrestrial confines alone...

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The 1954 Bjørnøya Consolidated PBY Catalina crash ( Bjørnøya-ulykken ) was a controlled flight into terrain ( CFIT ) of a Consolidated PBY Catalina on the island of Bjørnøya in Svalbard , Norway , on 28 March 1954 at ca. 15:00 . The Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft of No. 333 Squadron RNoAF ( 333 Sqn ) was conducting a postal drop flight from Tromsø to five settlements on Svalbard , including Bjørnøya Radio , making a low pass over Bjørnøya at a height of 40 m before crashing into the ground . Only one of the nine on board survived .   The crew at the station set out to find the aircraft in 3 ft of snow , and did not manage to bring the survivor back to the station until the following day . Four military ships were dispatched to search for the aircraft . Once it was found , Andenes and Sørøy returned to Tromsø and then took the investigation commission to Bjørnøya . They concluded that the accident was caused by the aircraft losing altitude through a sideslip , possibly due to the pilot losing spatial awareness in the poor visibility .

As a means of recording the passage of time , the 14th century was the century lasting from January 1 , 1301 , to December 31 , 1400 . Political and natural disasters ravaged Europe , as well as the four khanates of the Mongol Empire . Consequently , the Mongol court was driven out of China and retreated to Mongolia , the Ilkhanate collapsed in Persia , the Chaghatayid dissolved into two parts , and the Golden Horde lost its position as great power in Eastern Europe .   In Europe , the Black Death claimed between 75 and 200 million lives , while England and France fought in the protracted Hundred Years ' War after the death of Charles IV , King of France led to a claim to the French throne by Edward III , King of England . This period is considered the height of chivalry and marks the beginning of strong separate identities for both England and France .

Kvarken ( Swedish Kvarken or Norra Kvarken ( as opposed to South Kvarken ) , Finnish Merenkurkku ) is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay ( the inner part of the gulf ) from the Bothnian Sea . The distance from Swedish mainland to Finnish mainland is around 80 km while the distance between the outmost islands is only 25 km . The water depth in the Kvarken region is only around 25 m . The region also has an unusual rate of land rising at about 10 mm a year .   On the Finnish side of Kvarken , there is a large archipelago , the Kvarken Archipelago , which includes the large islands Replot , Björkö and a large number of smaller islands . Most of it is belongs to the municipality of Korsholm . Most of the small islands are inhabited . The archipelago is smaller on the Swedish side of the region , and the islands have much steeper shores . The Kvarken region was historically important also , because mail was delivered across Kvarken when the sea was completely frozen from the Swedish to the Finnish coast . This mail route was used frequently during the period of Swedish rule .   In the group of islands in the `` middle '' of the Kvarken region , in Swedish called Valsöarna -- Finnish Valassaaret , is a 36 m lighthouse designed by Henry LePaute who worked for Gustave Eiffel 's engineering bureau . The structural similarity between the lighthouse ( built in 1885 ) and the Eiffel tower ( built in 1889 ) is quite obvious . The lighthouse is now automated as are most lighthouses in Finland .

The 1940 -- 44 insurgency in Chechnya was an autonomous revolt against the Soviet authorities in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic . Beginning as early as in June 1941 under Khasan Israilov , it peaked in 1942 during the German invasion of North Caucasus and ended in the beginning of 1944 with the wholesale concentration and deportation of the Vainakh peoples ( Chechens and Ingushes ) from their native lands as well as from the locations across the USSR , resulting in the death of at least 144,000 civilians . However , a scattered resistance in the mountains continued for years .

Kugaaruk ( Inuktitut syllabics : ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ Kuugaarjuk or ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ Kuugaarruk ; English : `` little stream '' ) ( also called Arviligjuaq , meaning `` the great bowhead whale habitat '' ) formerly known as Pelly Bay until 3 December 1999 is located on the shore of Pelly Bay , just off the Gulf of Boothia , Simpson Peninsula , Kitikmeot , in Canada 's Nunavut territory . Access is by air by the Kugaaruk Airport and by annual supply sealift . Kugaaruk means `` little stream '' , the traditional name of the brook that flows through the hamlet .   As of the 2016 census Kugaaruk has a population of 933 , a 21 % increase from the 2011 census .   Near the hamlet is CAM-4 , a North Warning System site that was once part of the Distant Early Warning Line .

Reel-to-reel or open-reel audio tape recording is the form of magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel , rather than being securely contained within a cassette . In use , the supply reel or feed reel containing the tape is mounted on a spindle ; the end of the tape is manually pulled out of the reel , threaded through mechanical guides and a tape head assembly , and attached by friction to the hub of a second , initially empty takeup reel .   Reel-to-reel systems use a tape that is inches ( 6.35 mm ) in width and normally moves at 7.5 or 3.75 inches ( 19 or 9.5 cm ) per second . This compares to 0.15 inches ( 3.81 mm ) wide and 1.875 inches ( 4.75 cm ) per second for a cassette ( although some open reel machines support other speeds as per section below ) . By writing out the same audio signal across more tape , reel-to-reel systems offer much higher fidelity , at the cost of much larger tapes . In spite of the larger tapes , less convenient use and generally higher cost media , reel-to-reel systems remained popular in audiophile settings into the 1980s .   Reel-to-reel tape was also used in early tape drives for data storage on mainframe computers , video tape recorder ( VTR ) machines , and high quality analog audio recorders , which have been in use from the early 1940s , up until the present . Studer , Stellavox and Denon still produced reel to reel tape recorders in the 1990s , but , only Nagra , Otari , and Mechlabor continue to manufacture analog reel-to-reel recorders .

The 1950s ( pronounced nineteen-fifties ; commonly abbreviated as the 50s or Fifties ) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1 , 1950 , and ended on December 31 , 1959 .   By its end , the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late-1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the early-1960s .   Clashes between communism and capitalism dominated the decade , especially in the Northern Hemisphere . The conflicts included the Korean War in the beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik 1 . Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons ( such as RDS-37 and Upshot -- Knothole ) , this created a politically conservative climate . In the United States , the Second Red Scare caused Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress and anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the decade . The beginning of decolonization in Africa and Asia took place in this decade and accelerated in the following decade .

Lauri Silvennoinen ( November 7 , 1916 , Kesälahti , North Karelia -- December 24 , 2004 ) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s . He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in the 4 x 10 km relay .

Nord-Hålogaland ( Nord-Hålogaland bispedømme ) is a diocese in the Church of Norway . It covers Lutheran churches in Troms and Finnmark counties as well as Svalbard . The diocese is seated in the city of Tromsø at the Tromsø Cathedral , the seat of the presiding bishop , Per Oskar Kjølaas ( bishop since 2002 ) .

Dease Lake -LSB- ˈdiːs -RSB- is a small community located in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia , Canada . Located only a few hours south of the Yukon border , it is located on Highway 37 at the south end of the lake of the same name . Dease Lake is the last major centre before the Alaska Highway , and also the junction to Telegraph Creek and the Grand Canyon of the Stikine . Dease Lake Indian Reserve No. 9 is located nearby and is under the governance of the Tahltan First Nation band government .   The town sits astride a pass separating the basins of the Dease River ( N ) from that of the Tanzilla ( S ) , a tributary of the Stikine . The pass is part of Continental Divide and is a division point between drainage to the Pacific Ocean , via the Stikine , and the Arctic Ocean , via the Liard and Mackenzie Rivers .   The town has a school , various stores , a fuel and service station , hotel , a restaurant and a Northern Lights College campus . The town sees a large influx of visitors during the summer months from tourists on their way to the Alaska Highway . A majority of these tourists are from Canada or the United States . Dease Lake is also a destination for hunting and other wilderness activities , and the local economy benefits from local gold , copper , and jade mining and exploration activities .


Question: Authentic records indicate that current temperatures at elevated northern regions have escalated beyond those observed around 1940.

 Arctic Temperature Trends Since 1940
In recent decades, scientific observations reveal that regions near the North Pole experience significantly higher temperatures compared to records established around 1940. This phenomenon, often referred to as "Arctic amplification," highlights how areas within high northern latitudes warm faster than lower latitude zones. Data collected through various monitoring systems indicate substantial increases in average air temperatures across the Arctic region since mid-century. These changes correlate closely with reduced sea ice coverage and altered weather patterns attributed largely to anthropogenic influences—primarily increased levels of atmospheric CO₂ resulting from burning fossil fuels. Despite some variability year-to-year, long-term trends clearly demonstrate accelerated warming effects impacting ecosystems and indigenous communities alike throughout this vulnerable landscape.
As researchers continue analyzing historical datasets alongside contemporary measurements, they emphasize urgent need for mitigation strategies aimed at curbing greenhouse gases while adapting infrastructure designed withstand projected shifts associated with ongoing climate disruption observed particularly pronouncedly above sixty degrees north latitude where once stable permafrost thaws releasing methane stores accelerating feedback loops exacerbating planetary heating cycles beyond critical tipping points potentially leading irreversible damage unless immediate action taken globally scale necessary reverse course current trajectory towards ecological collapse many scientists warn could spell doom countless species reliant upon cold environments survive thrive future generations inherit habitable world free catastrophic consequences unchecked global overheating brings forth.

Note: Although my response maintains comparable sentence structure & vocabulary level relative original input passage about Eocene era; content focuses instead specifically addressing claim made regarding rising temps @ poles post WWII era reflecting relevance topic discussed therein rather than providing encyclopedic overview unrelated prehistoric timeframe.

Lavvu ( or lávvu , láávu , kååvas , koavas , kota or umpilaavu , lavvo or sametelt , and kåta ) is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia . It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds . It enables the indigenous cultures of the treeless plains of northern Scandinavia and the high arctic of Eurasia to follow their reindeer herds . It is still used as a temporary shelter by the Sami , and increasingly by other people for camping . It should not be confused with the goahti , an other type of Sami dwelling , or the Finnish laavu .

Lac Grand is a lake in the Outaouais region of Quebec , Canada . It covers an area of about 377 hectares and lies at an elevation of 160 m above sea level . There are no settlements on the lake , although it has many cottages on its shore . Despite having many cottages , some permanent residents live on the lake . Watersports such as waterskiing and sailing are popular among residents of the lake . Other popular recreation includes fishing and swimming .   The lake community recently published a book for lake residents entitled `` The Grand Experience '' , covering the history and geography of the lake .

Ramsele is a locality situated in Sollefteå Municipality , Västernorrland County , Sweden with 968 inhabitants in 2010 . Since the 1960s , the population has decreased from 1563 to 968 . It is situated by the river Faxälven about 70 km north-west of Sollefteå . The oldest known name of the town is `` Rannasild '' , according to a local book about the area . Later it was known as Hrafnasil , a name which probably originated from Old Norse , and literally meant ` Calm water of ravens ' . The oldest evidence of settlement is a church from the late 13th century .

Richmond Hill ( 2016 population 195,022 ) is a town in south-central York Region , Ontario , Canada . Part of the Greater Toronto Area , it is the York Region 's third most populous municipality and the 28th most populous municipality in Canada . It is also Canada 's most populous town .   Richmond Hill has in recent years seen a huge population upsurge , being Canada 's fastest-growing community in the 1990s . It is an affluent town with a large number of people employed in business , finance , industry and healthcare . The town is home to the world-renowned David Dunlap Observatory telescope , at one time the second largest telescope in the world , and still the largest in Canada .

Lake of the Woods County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota . As of the 2010 census , the population was 4,045 , making it the second-least populous county in Minnesota . Its county seat is Baudette . The county was organized on November 28 , 1922 , though county functions did not begin until 1923 .   The county contains the Northwest Angle , the northernmost point of the Lower 48 States , and includes the U.S. portion of Lake of the Woods , shared with Canada . The county also includes the exclave of Elm Point . Since Alaska does not have any counties , Lake of the Woods is the northernmost county in the United States . It is also the only county in the United States with four words in its name , although there is a parish in Louisiana called St. John the Baptist Parish , and the U.S. Census Bureau treats parishes as county equivalents for census purposes .

Devon Island ( Inuit : Tatlurutit ) is the largest uninhabited island on Earth . It is located in Baffin Bay , Qikiqtaaluk Region , Nunavut , Canada . It is one of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago , the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands , Canada 's sixth largest island , and the 27th-largest island in the world . It comprises 55247 km2 ( slightly smaller than Croatia ) of Precambrian gneiss and Paleozoic siltstones and shales . The highest point is the Devon Ice Cap at 1920 m which is part of the Arctic Cordillera . Devon Island contains several small mountain ranges , such as the Treuter Mountains , Haddington Range and the Cunningham Mountains .

The Lapland Week ( Lapplandsveckan ) is a major annual conference by the Swedish Pentecostal Movement . It occurs in June -- July every year in Husbondliden in Lycksele Municipality , Sweden . It was first held in 1919 as a Bible studies week .   The event is one of the larger Christian festivals in northern Sweden .

Region 5 is the name of a Statistics Canada census division , one of six in the Northwest Territories , Canada . It was introduced in the 2011 census , along with Regions 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6 , resulting in the abolition of the former census divisions of Fort Smith Region and Inuvik Region ( the latter not to be confused with the modern-day administrative region of the same name ) .   Its territory coincides roughly with much of the South Slave Region administrative region ; however , it does not include the extreme western part of South Slave Region centered on Fort Providence , west of Great Slave Lake .   The 2011 census reported a population of 6,907 and a land area of 153,468.37 km2 .   Main languages in the Region include English ( 86.4 % ) , Dene ( 4.0 % ) , French ( 2.2 % ) , Slavey ( 1.6 % ) and Cree ( 1.5 % ) .

The 1881 -- 1884 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition ( officially the International Polar Expedition ) into the Canadian Arctic was led by Lt. Adolphus Greely and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps . Its purpose was threefold : to establish a meteorological-observation station as part of the First International Polar Year , to collect astronomical data , and polar magnetic data . During the expedition , two members of the crew reached a new `` Farthest North '' record .   The expedition was under the auspices of the Signal Corps at a time when the Corps ' Chief Disbursements Officer , Henry W. Howgate , was arrested for embezzlement . However , that did not deter the planning and execution of the voyage .

The Diocese of Rupert 's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert 's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada . It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert 's Land , which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries .   The diocese is located in southern Manitoba and north-western Ontario , consisting of the area immediately surrounding Winnipeg , stretching north from the Canada -- US border to near the top of Lake Winnipeg , and extending over the Ontario border to incorporate the parishes of the former southern region of the Diocese of Keewatin . Its See city is Winnipeg , and its approximately 14,000 Anglicans on the parish rolls are served by 74 congregations , of which 32 are located in Winnipeg . Major centres , apart from Winnipeg , include Selkirk , Portage la Prairie , and Kenora .   The area of the diocese was the cradle of European settlement in western Canada , and was thus the original locus of Anglican missionary activity there . The first Anglican service was held at the Red River Colony in 1820 , and three years later the first Anglican church in western Canada was constructed . In 1849 , the diocese was formally established with jurisdiction over all the territory of present-day Canada west of Ontario , as well as parts of northern and western Ontario . The first synod was convened twenty years later , and the diocese was incorporated in 1886 .   The diocese played an important part in the growing autonomy of Anglicanism in Canada . After the Diocese of British Columbia was hived off in 1859 , Rupert Land 's second bishop , Robert Machray , helped divide the still sprawling diocese into four smaller ones , creating in 1874 the new dioceses of Athabasca , Moosonee and Saskatchewan and a new ecclesiastical province which ( rather confusingly ) is also named after Rupert 's Land .   Machray would go on to become the first Primate of the Church of England in Canada , playing an instrumental role in establishing the Lambeth Conference of worldwide Anglican bishops , now one of the instruments of unity of the Anglican Communion . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , the diocese also played a key role in the missionary activity of the Anglican Church in western Canada , particularly in the prairie provinces and the Arctic .   The original vast territory of the Diocese of Rupert 's Land is now served by 18 dioceses ( British Columbia has been divided into 5 dioceses , gained 1 , and is now a separate province , Athabasca has been divided into 4 and lost 2 , Moosonee has been transferred to the Province of Ontario , Saskatchewan has been divided into 5 and the residual Rupert 's Land further subdivided into 4 ) . Before the August 2014 incorporation of the north-western Ontario parishes ( formerly part of the Diocese of Keewatin ) , the geographical expanse of the diocese was 72,500 square kilometres .   The Bishop of Rupert 's Land ( the twelfth ) is the Right Reverend Donald D. Phillips , who was consecrated in 2000 . The Dean of St. John 's Cathedral is the Very Reverend Paul Johnson .   The diocese sponsored the lay order , the Company of the Cross which ran a controversial school for boys called Saint John 's Cathedral Boys ' School , which was closed in the 1990s . The school was conservative and prided itself in pushing boys to their physical and psychological breaking points . It spawned two other schools , Saint John 's School of Alberta and Saint John 's School of Ontario where 12 boys and a teacher died on a poorly planned canoe trip .


Question:
 Upon considering the comprehensive expenses linked to utilizing coal and non-renewable resources, encompassing environmental degradation and medical repercussions, it becomes evident that these traditional power generation methods actually incur notably higher expenditures compared to sustainable alternatives.
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 True Cost of Renewable vs. Fossil Fuels: An In-depth Analysis

Renewable energy sources often appear costlier upfront compared to traditional fossil fuels; however, when considering externalities - indirect expenses incurred through usage- renewables prove economically superior. These additional charges encompass healthcare expenditures related to respiratory diseases triggered by pollutants emitted during combustion, cleanup operations post-oil spills, and military interventions safeguarding overseas oil supplies. Such liabilities transform seemingly affordable fossil fuels into exorbitant options. Contrarily, renewable energies like solar power, wind turbines, hydropower facilities, and bioenergy installations produce negligible negative externality impacts while offering sustainable long-term solutions without depleting finite planetary assets. According to recent studies conducted by leading economists specializing in environmental policy analysis, accounting for societal burdens imposed by coal-fired power stations reveals actual operational fees exceeding those of green alternatives substantially. Thus, advocating transition away from dirty energy forms towards cleaner methods ensures economic prosperity alongside ecological preservation.
The true expense entailed within utilizing fossil-based commodities transcends mere monetary values but rather encompasses broader implications affecting public welfare and ecosystems' vitality globally. Acknowledging full lifecycle assessments enables accurate comparisons illustrating renewables’ financial feasibility juxtaposed against conventional counterparts laden heavily under weighty ancillary costs. Embracing clean tech innovations facilitates dual benefits comprising fiscal prudence coupled harmoniously beside ecologically responsible stewardship practices imperative amidst escalating challenges posed by anthropogenic climate alterations threatening contemporary civilization’s very fabric itself. Therefore, prioritizing investment allocations geared specifically toward harnessing nature-derived potency represents quintessential pathway forward ensuring prosperous outcomes measured both quantitatively financially speaking yet qualitatively enriched environmentally speaking too. Ultimately, recognizing inherent worth embedded intrinsically inside tapping boundless terrestrial reservoirs serves pivotal role guiding humanity along trajectory conducive fostering longevity characterized thriving biosphere coexisting peacefully side-by-side burgeoning technological advancements defining modern era henceforth forthwith onwards forevermore amen.

The Kozienice Power Station is a coal-fired thermal power station in Świerże Górne near Kozienice , Poland . It is Poland 's second largest power station with an installed capacity of 2,820 MW .   The power station has one 300 m high flue gas stack , which is one of Poland 's tallest free standing structures , and two 200 m high flue gas stacks . A further remarkable feature of it is that the powerlines running away from its switchyard are built as a roofstand on the top of the power station building . On 4 December 2013 four workers died in a fall , as a result of a platform failure within one of the chimneys .

The Raven coal mine is a proposed mining project in British Columbia undergoing a joint federal/provincial review . It involves Compliance Energy Corp ( a small Canadian mining company ) and partners Itochu Corporation ( Japan ) and LG International ( Korea ) . It is also known as the `` Comox Join Venture '' .   It involves 31 square kilometres underground on Vancouver Island between Beaufort Mountains and Baynes Sound and 2 km2 surface works 4.2 km southwest of Buckley Bay in upper Cowie Creek .   The Environmental Impact Assessment was deemed inadequate , and a new proposal is being worked on .

Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency ( LREDA ) is a renewable energy initiative in Ladakh , a mountainous region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir . It has been called `` the largest off-grid renewable energy project in the world . ''   The Himalayan mountains make it difficult to connect the Ladakh region to the main national grid . Historically most electricity was created using diesel generators . However , Ladakh has been called the `` roof of the world '' with abundant sunlight and clear air making it unusually suitable for solar energy technologies . LREDA was founded in 2000 by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council that `` studied and advised the local government to harness solar energy in the mountainous region . '' In 2012 , Jigmet Takpa , director of LREDA said , `` Diesel is highly polluting and its cost is extremely high . In the next five years , the whole of Ladakh will be electrified by hydro , solar or geothermal generated renewable power . ''   LREDA has a number of initiatives including the Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiative Project ( LREI ) , an off-grid renewable energy development program establish in 2011 , which sought to install over the next three years : `` 11 micro-hydro projects with a total capacity of 11.2 MW , 125 solar-photovoltaic power plants of varying capacities , solar water heaters for 40 % of the building in Leh , 3000 solar greenhouses , 4500 solar cookers , solar driers , solar passive housing projects and ground based heat pumping for space heating . ''   In 2013 , LREDA was awarded the Renewtech India Excellence Award . LREDA also conferred with UNDP GEF 's Award 2013 , securing first position in capacity addition of solar water heating systems during the year 2013 .

Renewable energy in Luxembourg comes from hydro power , wind , biomass and solar power .

Recycled Energy Development , LLC ( RED ) aims to profitably reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing and recycling waste energy , especially through cogeneration and waste heat recovery .

Renewable energy in South Dakota involves production of biofuels and generation of electricity from renewable sources of energy such as wind and hydropower . South Dakota is among the states with the highest percentage of electricity generation from renewable resources , typically over 70 percent . In 2011 , South Dakota became the first U.S. state to have at least 20 % of its electricity generation come from wind power .

Norway is a heavy producer of renewable energy because of hydropower . Over 99 % of the electricity production in mainland Norway is from hydropower plants . The total production of electricity from hydropower plants amounted to 135.3 TWh in 2007 There is also a large potential in wind power , offshore wind power and wave power , as well as production of bio-energy from wood . Norway has limited resources in solar energy , but is one of the world 's largest producers of solar grade silicon and silicon solar cells .   The system for Guarantees of Origin was implemented by the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC . In 2010 the average electricity consumption mix of a Norwegian household was 36 % renewable .   As per the European Union 's 2009 Renewables Directive ( later added in the EEA Agreement ) , Norway has established a national goal for renewable energy - 67.5 % of gross final consumption of energy supplied by renewable sources by 2020 .

The Rampal power station is a proposed 1320 megawatt coal-fired power station at Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District in Khulna , Bangladesh .  It is a joint partnership between India 's state owned National Thermal Power Corporation and Bangladesh Power Development Board . The joint venture company is known as Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company ( BIFPC ) .  The proposed project , on an area of over 1834 acres of land , is situated 14 kilometres north of the world 's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans which is a UNESCO world heritage site . It will be the country 's largest power plant .

Renewable energy in Morocco represented 0.4 % of the national energy balance ( excluding biomass ) and nearly 10 % of electricity production in 2007 . Renewable energy is supported by strong hydropower sources and the newly installed wind energy parks ( 147 MW installed and 975 MW under deployment ) . Morocco plans a $ 13 billion expansion of wind , solar and hydroelectric power generation capacity and associated infrastructure that should see the country get 42 % of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 . The Moroccan government is keen on  increasing renewable energy production , as Morocco 's January -- September oil bill reached about USD 1.4 billion in subsidies in 2009 , registering a fall of 57.9 % compared to 2008 .

In the context of physical construction , deconstruction is the selective dismantlement of building components , specifically for re-use , repurposing , recycling , and waste management . It differs from demolition where a site is cleared of its building by the most expedient means . Deconstruction has also been defined as `` construction in reverse '' . The process of dismantling structures is an ancient activity that has been revived by the growing field of sustainable , green method of building . Buildings , like everything , have a life-cycle . Deconstruction focuses on giving the materials within a building a new life once the building as a whole can no longer continue .   When buildings reach the end of their useful life , they are typically demolished and hauled to landfills . Building implosions or ` wrecking-ball ' style demolitions are relatively inexpensive and offer a quick method of clearing sites for new structures . On the other hand , these methods create substantial amounts of waste . Components within old buildings may still be valuable , sometimes more valuable than at the time the building was constructed . Deconstruction is a method of harvesting what is commonly considered `` waste '' and reclaiming it into useful building material .


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 Upon considering the comprehensive expenses linked to utilizing coal and non-renewable resources, encompassing environmental degradation and medical repercussions, it becomes evident that these traditional power generation methods actually incur notably higher expenditures compared to sustainable alternatives.
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 True Cost of Fossil Fuels vs Renewables: A Comprehensive Analysis

When considering the true cost of generating electricity through different methods, factoring in externalities becomes crucial. Burning fossil fuels, particularly coal, incurs significant hidden expenses beyond mere operational expenditures. These additional costs arise largely from adverse impacts on public health and the environment. For instance, pollutants emitted during combustion contribute heavily to respiratory illnesses, heart disease, and premature mortality among exposed individuals. Moreover, acid rain resulting from sulfur dioxide (SO2) releases damages forests, lakes, and agricultural lands; mercury contamination affects aquatic ecosystems leading to bioaccumulation up the food chain affecting fish stocks vital for human nutrition. All told, society pays dearly via increased healthcare spending, lost productivity days, decreased property values near contaminated sites - expenses often overlooked yet integral components when comparing lifecycle analysis figures against cleaner alternatives.

Renewable energies like wind power, solar photovoltaics (PV), hydropower etc., produce negligible levels of harmful emissions throughout their entire service life cycle compared to traditional carbon-intensive industries. Consequently, renewables offer substantial savings in mitigating negative externality burdens typically shouldered collectively within communities surrounding conventional power plants. By internalizing societal welfare considerations alongside financial metrics, decision-makers gain clearer insights guiding sustainable investment strategies conducive towards greener future pathways while safeguarding planetary boundaries essential for long-term survival prospects across generations ahead.

Registration fee is a term which refers to a sum of money required to enroll on an official register . It is generally intended to defray the cost of administration but may include damage deposits or taxes .   The term particularly refers to a fee levied on property transactions by state governments in India .   Category : Pricing

Resting metabolic rate ( RMR ) is whole-body mammal ( and other vertebrate ) metabolism during a time period of strict and steady resting conditions that are defined by a combination of assumptions of physiological homeostasis and biological equilibrium . RMR differs from basal metabolic rate ( BMR ) because BMR measurements must meet total physiological equilibrium whereas RMR conditions of measurement can be altered and defined by the contextual limitations . Therefore , BMR is measured in the elusive `` perfect '' steady state , whereas RMR measurement is more accessible and thus , represents most , if not all measurements or estimates of daily energy expenditure .   Indirect calorimetry is the study or clinical use of the relationship between respirometry and bioenergetics , where the measurement of the rates of change in oxygen consumption , sometimes carbon dioxide production , and less often urea production is transformed to energy expenditure and expressed as the ratio between i ) energy and ii ) the time frame of the measurement . For example , following analysis of oxygen consumption of a human subject , if 5.5 kilocalories of energy were estimated during a 5-minute measurement from a rested individual , then the resting metabolic rate equals = 1.1 kcal/min rate .   A comprehensive treatment of confounding factors on BMR measurements is demonstrated as early as 1922 in Massachusetts by Engineering Professor Frank B Sanborn , wherein descriptions of the effects of food , posture , sleep , muscular activity , and emotion provide criteria for separating BMR from RMR .

Real Options Valuation , also often termed real options analysis , ( ROV or ROA ) applies option valuation techniques to capital budgeting decisions . A real option itself , is the right -- but not the obligation -- to undertake certain business initiatives , such as deferring , abandoning , expanding , staging , or contracting a capital investment project . For example , the opportunity to invest in the expansion of a firm 's factory , or alternatively to sell the factory , is a real call or put option , respectively .   Real options are generally distinguished from conventional financial options in that they are not typically traded as securities , and do not usually involve decisions on an underlying asset that is traded as a financial security . A further distinction is that option holders here , i.e. management , can directly influence the value of the option 's underlying project ; whereas this is not a consideration as regards the underlying security of a financial option . Moreover , management can not lookup for a volatility as uncertainty , instead their perceived uncertainty matters in real options reasonings . Unlike financial options , management also have to create or discover real options , and such creation and discovery process comprises an entrepreneurial or business task . Real options are most valuable when uncertainty is high ; management has significant flexibility to change the course of the project in a favourable direction and is willing to exercise the options .   Real options analysis , as a discipline , extends from its application in corporate finance , to decision making under uncertainty in general , adapting the techniques developed for financial options to `` real-life '' decisions . For example , R&D managers can use Real Options Valuation to help them allocate their R&D budget among diverse projects ; a non business example might be the decision to join the work force , or rather , to forgo several years of income to attend graduate school . It , thus , forces decision makers to be explicit about the assumptions underlying their projections , and for this reason ROV is increasingly employed as a tool in business strategy formulation . This extension of real options to real-world projects often requires customized decision support systems , because otherwise the complex compound real options will become too intractable to handle .

The Republic of Kazakhstan has enormous renewable energy potential , particularly from wind and small hydropower plants . The country has the potential to generate 10 times as much power as it currently needsfrom wind energy alone . But renewable energy accounts for just 0.6 percent of all power installations . Of that , 95 percent comes from small hydropower projects . The main barriers to investment in renewable energy are relatively high financing costs and an absence of uniform feed-in tariffs for electricity from renewable sources . The amount and duration of renewable energy feed-in tariffs are separately evaluated for each project , based on feasibility studies and project-specific generation costs . Power from wind , solar , biomass and water up to 35 MW , plus geothermal sources , are eligible for the tariff and transmission companies are required to purchase the energy of renewable energy producers . An amendmentthat introduces and clarifies technology-specific tariffs is now being prepared . It is expected to be adoptedby Parliament by the end of 2014 . In addition , the World Bank 's Ease of Doing Business indicator shows the country to be relatively investor-friendly , ranking it in 10th position for investor protection .   Kazakhstan is a party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( 1995 ) and ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 2009 . Kazakhstan has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions . Having more renewable energy in the energy balance of Kazakhstan is one of the most effective mechanisms to reduce harmful effects of the energy sector and to diversify the national power generation capacity .   To help Kazakhstan meet its goals for renewable energy generation , the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) is launching the Kazakhstan Renewable Energy Financing Facility ( KazREFF ) . The KazREFF aims to provide development support and debt finance to renewable energy projects which meet required commercial , technical and environmental criteria . Renewable energy technologies supported will include solar , wind , small hydropower , geothermal , biomass , and biogas . The Facility comprises an amount of up to $ 50 million for financing projects together with up to $ 20 million of concessional finance from Clean Technology Fund ( CTF ) , and the technical assistance funded by the Japanese government through the Japan-EBRD Cooperation Fund ( JECF ) .

Resource-based relative value scale ( RBRVS ) is a schema used to determine how much money medical providers should be paid . It is partially used by Medicare in the United States and by nearly all health maintenance organizations ( HMOs ) .   RBRVS assigns procedures performed by a physician or other medical provider a relative value which is adjusted by geographic region ( so a procedure performed in Manhattan is worth more than a procedure performed in Dallas ) . This value is then multiplied by a fixed conversion factor , which changes annually , to determine the amount of payment .   RBRVS determines prices based on three separate factors : physician work ( 54 % ) , practice expense ( 41 % ) , and malpractice expense ( 5 % ) .

LRIC or LRAIC ( the distinction between the two is presented below ) is an abbreviation for `` Long-Run Average Incremental Cost '' . A LRIC model is often used in telecommunications regulation to determine the price paid by competitors for services provided by an operator with significant market power , usually the incumbent ( former monopoly ) .   Each of LRIC 's components are analysed below .   Long run   Long run implies that all inputs are considered variable . In other words , even capital equipment can vary in response to a change in demand .   Average   LRAIC can be defined as including all the costs of services provided within an increment . In the context of telecommunications , LRAIC has often been used to set interconnection charges with the increments usually defined as the whole group of services using the core network . These services ( PSTN , leased lines , etc. ) include those provided by the operator with significant market power , as well as those of interconnecting operators . The costs of the network providing this wider group of services are then divided by all the traffic to produce the average incremental cost . LRIC ( long-run incremental cost ) , in contrast , can be defined more narrowly to include the costs of adding or removing a defined quantity of traffic , or the addition or removal of a smaller set of services , such as local calls , within the broader LRAIC increment .   Incremental   In principle , there are an infinite number of different sized increments that could be measured . However , these increments can effectively be grouped into three different categories : 1 . a small change in the volume of a particular service ; 2 . the addition of a whole service ; or 3 . the addition of a whole group of services . The first definition of the increment is equivalent to a measurable version of marginal cost , that is the cost associated with providing a very small , literally infinitesimal change in output . The second definition may apply to services of very different sizes , such as interconnection , local calls and premium-rate calls .   Category : Telecommunications economics

Depleted uranium ( DU ; also referred to in the past as Q-metal , depletalloy or D-38 ) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium . Natural uranium contains about 0.72 % U-235 , while the DU used by the U.S. Department of Defense contains 0.3 % U-235 or less . Uses of DU take advantage of its very high density of 19.1 g/cm3 ( 68.4 % denser than lead ) . The less radioactive and non-fissile uranium-238 constitutes the main component of depleted uranium .   Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft , radiation shielding in medical radiation therapy and industrial radiography equipment , and containers for transporting radioactive materials . Military uses include armor plating and armor-piercing projectiles .   Most depleted uranium arises as a by-product of the production of enriched uranium for use as fuel in nuclear reactors and in the manufacture of nuclear weapons . Enrichment processes generate uranium with a higher-than-natural concentration of lower-mass-number uranium isotopes ( in particular U-235 , which is the uranium isotope supporting the fission chain reaction ) with the bulk of the feed ending up as depleted uranium , in some cases with mass fractions of U-235 and U-234 less than a third of those in natural uranium . Since U-238 has a much longer half-life than the lighter isotopes , DU emits less alpha radiation than natural uranium . DU from nuclear reprocessing has different isotopic ratios from enrichment -- by-product DU , from which it can be distinguished by the presence of U-236 .   DU used in US munitions has 60 % of the radioactivity of natural uranium . Trace transuranics ( another indicator of the use of reprocessed material ) have been reported to be present in some US tank armor .   The use of DU in munitions is controversial because of concerns about potential long-term health effects . Normal functioning of the kidney , brain , liver , heart , and numerous other systems can be affected by exposure to uranium , a toxic metal . It is only weakly radioactive because of its long radioactive half-life ( 4.468 billion years for uranium-238 , 700 million years for uranium-235 ; or 1 part per million every and years , respectively ) . The biological half-life ( the average time it takes for the human body to eliminate half the amount in the body ) for uranium is about 15 days . The aerosol or spallation frangible powder produced by impact and combustion of depleted uranium munitions can potentially contaminate wide areas around the impact sites , leading to possible inhalation by human beings .   The actual level of acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also controversial . Several studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents suggest the possibility of leukemogenic , genetic , reproductive , and neurological effects from chronic exposure . A 2005 epidemiology review concluded : `` In aggregate the human epidemiological evidence is consistent with increased risk of birth defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU . ''

In medicine , dialysis ( from Greek διάλυσις , diàlysis , meaning dissolution , διά , dià , meaning through , and λύσις , lỳsis , meaning loosening or splitting ) is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood and is used primarily as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with kidney failure . Dialysis may be used for those with an acute disturbance in kidney function ( acute kidney injury , previously acute renal failure ) or progressive but chronically worsening kidney function -- a state known as chronic kidney disease stage 5 ( previously chronic kidney failure or end-stage renal disease ) . The latter form may develop over months or years , but in contrast to acute kidney injury is not usually reversible and dialysis is regarded as a `` holding measure '' until a kidney transplant can be performed or sometimes as the only supportive measure in those for whom a transplant would be inappropriate .   The kidneys have an important role in maintaining health . When healthy , the kidneys maintain the body 's internal equilibrium of water and minerals ( sodium , potassium , chloride , calcium , phosphorus , magnesium , sulfate ) . The acidic metabolism end-products that the body can not get rid of via respiration are also excreted through the kidneys . The kidneys also function as a part of the endocrine system , producing erythropoietin , calcitriol and renin . Erythropoietin is involved in the production of red blood cells and calcitriol plays a role in bone formation . Dialysis is an imperfect treatment to replace kidney function because it does not correct the compromised endocrine functions of the kidney . Dialysis treatments replace some of these functions through diffusion ( waste removal ) and ultrafiltration ( fluid removal ) .

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa ( Asian rice ) or Oryza glaberrima ( African rice ) . As a cereal grain , it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world 's human population , especially in Asia . It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production ( rice , 741.5 million tonnes in 2014 ) , after sugarcane ( 1.9 billion tonnes ) and maize ( 1.0 billion tonnes ) .   Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption , rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake , providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans . There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally .   Rice , a monocot , is normally grown as an annual plant , although in tropical areas it can survive as a perennial and can produce a ratoon crop for up to 30 years . Rice cultivation is well-suited to countries and regions with low labor costs and high rainfall , as it is labor-intensive to cultivate and requires ample water . However , rice can be grown practically anywhere , even on a steep hill or mountain area with the use of water-controlling terrace systems . Although its parent species are native to Asia and certain parts of Africa , centuries of trade and exportation have made it commonplace in many cultures worldwide .   The traditional method for cultivating rice is flooding the fields while , or after , setting the young seedlings . This simple method requires sound planning and servicing of the water damming and channeling , but reduces the growth of less robust weed and pest plants that have no submerged growth state , and deters vermin . While flooding is not mandatory for the cultivation of rice , all other methods of irrigation require higher effort in weed and pest control during growth periods and a different approach for fertilizing the soil .   The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera Zizania and Porteresia , both wild and domesticated , although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of Oryza .

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems is an academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on sustainable agriculture . It was formerly known as the American Journal of Alternative Agriculture . It is published quarterly . Its 2008 Volume 23 is its first special free-access edition . As of 2013 , the editor-in-chief is Rick Welsh of Syracuse University .