Lake Chad: almost gone Straddling the borders of Chad‚ Niger and Cameroon in West Africa‚ Lake Chad has been a source of freshwater for irrigation projects in each of these countries. Maps drawn from a series of satellite images show a dramatic decrease in the size of the lake over the past 30 years. Since 1963‚ the lake has shrunk to nearly a twentieth of its original size‚ due both to climatic changes and to high demands for agricultural water. Since 1963‚ the surface area of Lake Chad has decreased
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The Lake House You talk‚ you die. By James Patterson The author‚ James Patterson‚ is a great writer that conjured up this novel. It is the second book of the series to When the Wind Blows. This man is most commonly known for his series of Alex Cross. Patterson wrote this book with a changing point of view. He mainly wrote it in third person but for many chapters‚ the story was in first person from Frannie O’ Neil’s point of view. The genre presented in this work is science fiction because of
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affect the water quality of lakes? Water is a vital resource that sustains all living things. In Michigan‚ people value this abundant resource and are attractive to the thousands of inland lakes which provide aesthetic‚ as well as recreational opportunities throughout the year. The health of our lakes is directly impacted by the amount of recreational use they receive‚ shoreline development‚ and water quality. Water quality covers many aspects of lake chemistry and biology. Both
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It was three years ago in May‚ and my family decided to set out on a trip to the famous Lake Powell. My Turpin side‚ which is who we went with‚ consists of a fair amount of people: Grandparents‚ uncles‚ aunts‚ and cousins. Lake Powell is a reservoir located on the Colorado River on the border between Utah and Arizona. It was a little over five hundred miles from Snake River to Lake Powell and it took us over nine hours to get there. The drive consisted of my cousins and I sleeping on each others
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Limnic eruption A limnic eruption is a very rare natural disaster and also known as a lake turnover it is when there is a sudden release of inflammable gases (usually carbon dioxide) from a maar which is a lake in the crater of an extinct volcano‚ which is saturated with carbon dioxide from underlying magma reservoirs. A limnic eruption is a Geomorphological hazard because the occurrence of the eruption takes place first starting within the earth from the underlying magma reservoir. It is very rare
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“The Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) provides state-of-the-art laboratories to support research on a broad array of topics. Faculty members from many departments across Michigan Technological University’s campus collaborate on interdisciplinary research‚ ranging from air–water interactions to biogeochemistry to food web relationships.” Its main purpose is to educate students‚ faculty‚ teachers‚ and others about the Great Lakes water basin. The Great Lakes Research Center has many education and
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Smells Like Teen Spirit: An analysis of the characters in T. C. Boyle’s Greasy Lake Three nineteen year-old boys drunk with alcohol and high on life on the third night of summer back from college are looking for a place to let loose and be themselves. They make the drive past the strip and into a place where there the “trees crowding the asphalt in a black unbroken wall” (Boyle 125). It was a place of muddy and murky waters where broken glass bottles‚ beer cans‚ and charred bonfire remains were
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The Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is a wonder of its own. Made by the remnants of Lake Bonneville‚ this lake is unique to Utah and has many different characteristics that make it this way. Have you ever wondered how big the Great Salt Lake really is? It is one of the largest lakes in America. The Great Salt Lake is about seventy-five miles long and twenty-five miles wide. Even though the deepest spot in the lake is thirty-four feet the average depth of the Great Salt Lake is around 13 feet
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“Asian Carp and the Effect on the Great Lakes” Statement of the Issue Asian carp are a threat to the Great Lakes if they invade them. They could destroy the Great Lakes ecosystem by overpopulating the lakes and disrupting the food chain. Asian carp are large fish that can weigh up to 100 pounds and grow to more than four feet long and will consume an excess amount of food and leave the other fish with very little to eat. With these carp in the water sport fishing will be affected along
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intertwined with human nature. In the story "Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ the author portrays this through the use of a lake by demonstrating its significance and relationship to the characters. At one time‚ the Greasy Lake was something of beauty and cleanliness‚ but then came to be the exact opposite. Through his writing‚ Boyle demonstrates how the setting can be a direct reflection of the characters and the experiences they encounter. The lake itself plays a major role throughout the story
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