Dianna Smith 12/11/12 Forestry “Indo-Burma Forests” Forests‚ some of the most essential ecosystems in the world‚ house about forty to seventy-five percent all plants and animals globally. Unfortunately‚ the amount of biodiversity in forests is severely at risk due to the increasing deforestation over the past four decades. It is estimated in the biological community that approximately 50‚000 species are completely wiped out annually as a result of urbanization‚ land clearance‚ logging‚ and other
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Municipal Solid Waste Andrew McClarren Final Project Outline EGEE 439 April 12‚ 2015 Introduction Through the years‚ especially in the most recent few decades‚ the use and creation of biomass has been under study and practice as to maximize how much it can benefit society as well as the planet as a whole. Biomasses are being used around the world for a magnitude of purposes. So what exactly is a biomass and what can they be used for? Biomasses are any materials and matters derived from
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Chemistry Types pf Compounds * Homogeneous mixtures are composed of one or more parts that look as one. * Heterogeneous mixtures consist of two or more substances and do not look as one. * Compounds are two or more elements that are chemically combined. * Matter that contains more than one kind of particle. * Elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down into smaller parts. * Solutions are a mixture of one or more substances and is homogeneous. * Pure substances
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DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA BY A. O. I. GABRIEL AND HOW IT AFFECTS OKRIKA. Introduction The Niger Delta is located in Southern Nigeria and is Africa’s largest delta‚ covering about 70‚000 square kilometers‚ and with about one-third of it made up of wetlands‚ and the third largest world mangrove forests. The Niger Delta is unique in Nigeria because it is the home of Nigeria’s oil industry‚ with its attendant environmental hazards such as water‚ land‚ air pollution‚ etc. Human activities and those of
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The Impact of Global warming and Desertification on the Nigerian Ecosystem SEN 406 Technical Report Writing Submitted By:- Tabansi Anthony Uchenna A00011635. Prepared For:- Dr. Arthur
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Throughout my travels in Canada‚ I’ve met many people with differing opinions on the issue of the “Tar sands” or “Oil sands” (I shall use both unambiguously) development. Environmentalists (like myself) and concerned citizens in Canada‚ as well as the international community‚ decry that the largest industrial energy project on the face of the planet is destroying future generation’s right to clean soil‚ water‚ air‚ biodiversity and most importantly a stable climate. As well as strong local economy
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Causes of Floods Floods are caused by many factors: heavy precipitation‚ severe winds over water‚ unusual high tides‚ tsunamis‚ or failure of dams‚ levels‚ retention ponds‚ or other structures that contained the water. Periodic floods occur on many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times of rain or snow‚ some of the water is retained in ponds or soil‚ some is absorbed by grass and vegetation‚ some evaporates‚ and the rest travels over the land as surface runoff
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Chapter 1 Environmental Problems‚ Their Causes‚ and Sustainability Summary 1. All life depends on energy from the sun‚ solar capital‚ and the resources and ecological services of the earth‚ natural capital‚ to survive. An environmentally sustainable society provides for the current needs of its people without undermining the ability of future generations to do the same. 2. The world’s population is growing about 1.2% per year‚ which adds about 77 million people per year. Economic growth
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New Water Protection (WOTUS) rule issued by Obama On May 27‚ 2015 Obama administration issued a new rule‚ under the Clean Water Act‚ to protect the nation’s water resources such as wetlands and streams for benefiting safe and clean drinking water and to protect from pollution and degradation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers issued The Water of United States (WOTUS) rule that aims to protect water sources that flow to drinking water unit to be clean irrespective
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The Bahamas The Bahamas with its capital city of Nassau is a Chain of islands in the Atlantic Ocean‚ northeast Cuba and southeast Florida. Absolute location of Bahamas is 24 15 N‚ 76 00 W. The island of the Bahamas does not have much natural recourse so they have to import food. This makes prices high. This is good for environment because they do not over use their water supply for farming‚ water and soil are clean because they do not use toxic chemicals. They do have
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