Causes and Consequences The Deepwater Horizon oil spill also referred to as the BP oil spill or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been named largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill occurred on 20 April‚ 2010 which lasted for 87 days and end on 15 July‚ 2010. The oil spill was caused by an explosion which resulted from high-pressure methane gas from the well that expanded into the drilling riser and was released onto the drilling rig‚ where it ignited
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Causes of Divorce Whatever happened to that meaningful exchange of words‚ “till death do us part‚" said by the bride and groom to each other on their wedding day? Many couples agree to remain with their partner until death when they say the words “I do”‚ but many marriages will end with a divorce instead of death. Although‚ some problems in a marriage can be resolved through many ways including counseling sometimes the only solution is by parting ways. While no couple wishes for a divorce there
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Causes of migration The causes of migration may be numerous and these may range from natural calamities‚ climatic change‚ epidemics‚ and draught to social‚ economic‚ cultural and political. The over population and heavy pressure on resources may be the cause of permanent or temporary‚ and long distance or short distance migration. Many a time the differences between groups in level of technology and economic opportunities also cause large scale migration. (a) Technology People with more sophisticated
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Bad Drinking Habits: Causes and Effects Drinking is something that majority of grown people‚ and even youngsters‚ would do for fun. It is really a mind thing that would occur in these human beings. Although drinking could be very fun‚ there are people that would drink for negative purposes. Some causes of bad drinking habits are having stressful problems‚ and just being influenced by others that would drink a lot. If people don’t have self-control of their drinking habits‚ it can become something
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The Cause and Effect of Air Pollution Neidalina Ortiz Everest Online December 28‚ 2013 It would be natural to think that microscopic particles in polluted air would do damage to one ’s lungs‚ nose and throat. However‚ recent research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association has reported that such particles can in fact negatively affect the ability of the heart in people with serious coronary artery disease to conduct electrical signals
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drugs for smoking include cannabis and opium. Some of the substances are classified as hard narcotics‚ like heroin‚ but the use of these is very limited as they are often not commercially available. Health effects Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death globally. In the United States about 500‚000 deaths per year are attributed to smoking-related diseases and a recent study estimated that as much as 1/3 of China’s male population will have significantly shortened life-spans due
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usually seen in babies and young children. “Mirror movement is a rare and puzzling phenomenon.” It is an inherited condition‚ in which the brain nervous system is crisscrossed during development stages. Scientist say they have found a gene mutation that causes this mirror movement disorder. This gene is called DCC. Mirror movement or MM for short‚ has had no formal introduction or definition until 1991. It has been noted as far back as 1879 by Earl Nemeyer. This rare condition has been linked to other diseases
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more common in middle-aged and older people. An estimated 27 million people age 25 and up have Osteoarthritis. Symptoms for this condition can range from mild to severe pain in the hands‚ hips‚ back‚ neck‚ knees‚ and/or feet. There are many likely causes of osteoarthritis. This includes genetic traits and weight. You are more likely to suffer from osteoarthritis if your siblings‚ parents‚ or grandparents have osteoarthritis. A woman is at a higher risk of developing osteoarthritis if her mother‚ her
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overcome trying to make the A team; insight and independence. One of the causes that made me go through this adversity is that since we had a lot of kids on our team‚ the coaches wanted everyone to be able to play. Not every kid would be able to play if we were all on one team and if we put everyone together on the same team‚ some kids also wouldn’t be able to play because they are not that good compared to others. Another cause of my adversity is that there are too many kids for one team. There are
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Causes of World War 1 In 1914‚ a conflict arose in Europe that started what is now called World War 1 (WW1). This war did not just spring up out of nowhere there many causes involved that started this vast conflict. The immediate cause of WW1 was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was killed in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo (Mulligan). The main cause of WW1 is M.A.I.N which represents militarism‚ alliance systems‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism (Danzer 579). And a contributing factor
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