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Water And The Environment Essays and Term Papers
ArsenicPhosphorus (P), (As), antimony (Sb), and bismuth (Bi) form a group of four elements in Group 5A of the periodic table. They exhibit increasing metallic properties going down the group. Nitrogen (N), which heads the group, is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. Phosphorus is a highly ...
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Only A Surfer Knows The Feeling
There is a guy from Hawaii that I know. Every day, he wakes up, straps his surfboards to the racks on top of his car, drives his car from a town called Ewa, across the island of Oahu, to a little beach known as Ala Moana Beach Park. He does all of this even before the sun comes up. He spends a ...
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Hydroponic Gardeningis a method of growing plants without the use of soil. There are two main categories of hydroponic growing: liquid and aggregate. The liquid method uses no growing medium; the plant is merely suspended over the nutrient solution so that its roots may absorb the needed elements. The aggregate ...
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The ArticIntroduction.
is a region at the upper most tip of the Northern Hemisphere. The
Artic includes the area around Greenland, USSR, Canada and Alaska. Much of
circle is permanently frozen ice.
The Artic is a pristine environment, clean and void of human interference.
However as humans move into ...
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Desertificationis the spread of desert-like conditions in arid and
semi-arid areas, due to human influence and/or climatic change. Some of the
natural causes of are wind erosion, climatic conditions,
and scarce water supply. There is a grave difference between areas where
vegetation has been retained and ...
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The Ecology Of A Rain ForestIn 1980, the estimated amount of rain forests in the world was 40,000
square miles. This number decreases each year by roughly 1,000 square
miles due to construction and the resources being used for profit. It is
too bad, because the rain forest is one of the most beautiful places on
earth. It ...
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Penguins And Their EyesMyopic little men in tuxedos, or highly efficient land/water animals? Recent research indicates there's more to penguins than meets the eye. If you've every wondered what it would be like to be able to see as clearly under water as you can on land, just ask the nearest penguin.Most aquatic ...
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Greenhouse Gases And ConsequencesThe greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that warms the earth and enables it to support life. Without it, the average temperature on earth would be around -18 degrees C, instead of the current +15 degrees C - a frozen wilderness. It works on the same principles as the ordinary glass garden ...
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The One Truth Of RealityThe one single truth of reality is not measured or distinguished -- it is the
ultimate paradox. The journey by which one achieves this truth can be a journey
of increasing realizations of paradoxes, and finally, freedom from the bubble of
limitation of a mind that would perceive such paradoxes as ...
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TemagamiTable of Contents
Introduction 2
The History of the Forest 2
The Forests of Canada 3
Part One: The History of the Logger 5
The Canadian Forestry Industry 5
The Ontario Forestry Industry 7
Part Two: Forest Conservation in Ontario 8
Political Activity 8
Temagami 9
Part Three: The ...
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Bacteriaare the most successful organisms on Earth. The earliest found fossils of date back to 3.5 billion years ago. This makes them the oldest group of organisms. Today can be found in anything, even in the hardest living conditions. can live 1,200 ft. under the ice in Antarctica and some can even ...
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Penguins: The Eyes Have It!Myopic little men in tuxedos, or highly efficient land/water animals?
Recent research indicates there's more to penguins than meets the eye.
If you've every wondered what it would be like to be able to see as
clearly under water as you can on land, just ask the nearest penguin.Most
aquatic ...
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Bioremediation Of Explosives In Contaminated SoilTNT is not the kind of substance that most people think of composting, but it can be done! At several U.S. Army depots, the water used in processing explosives was disposed of through evaporation from unlined lagoons. This has resulted in sediments and soils that are contaminated with TNT (2,4,6- ...
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Mount RuapehuMt. Ruapehu is the largest composite stratovolcano in North Island, New Zealand. Currently at Alert level 3, the volcano is active, mainly small strombolian steam eruptions through the crater lake. In the past 50 years the main eruptive styles of the volcano have been Strombolian - spasmodic gas ...
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Dams And ResourcesThe Environmental Impacts of Large Dams
Land and water are ecologically linked in a natural system called a watershed. From the smallest
droplet to the mightiest river, water works to shape the land, taking with it sediment and dissolved materials
that drain to watercourses and, in most cases, ...
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The Real World Of Technology BIn her book, The Real World of Technology (1999), Ursula M. Franklin argues that technology has a disruptive effect on humanity. If left-unchecked technology will eventually destroy society as we know it. Franklin illustrates her point by focusing on the effects technology has had on society and ...
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5 Modes Of TransportationIn order to have easy mobility of persons and goods, it is necessary to
have a sophisticated and widespread transportation system. This system is made
up of five primary areas of transportation, which are:
- Motor vehicles
- Railroad transportation
- Air ...
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Geothermal Energy 2I. Overview of Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy (from the Greek words geo [earth] and therme [heat], thus 'earth heat' energy) is a domestic energy resource with cost, reliability, and environmental advantages over conventional energy sources. Energy from this source comes from the renewable ...
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PlantsPlant, any member of the plant kingdom, comprising about 260,000
known species of mosses, liverworts, ferns, herbaceous and woody ,
bushes, vines, trees, and various other forms that mantle the earth and are
also found in its waters. range in size and complexity from small,
nonvascular mosses, ...
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The DogDomestic dog, carnivorous mammal, generally considered the first domesticated
animal. The domesticated dog has coexisted with human beings as a working
partner and household pet in all eras and cultures since the days of the cave
dwellers. It is generally believed that the direct ancestor of the ...
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