The effects of human activity on ecosystems and biodiversity Agricultural Practice Biodiversity is a measure of the diversity among organisms in different ecosystems. "Diversity" in this definition includes diversity within a species and among species‚ and among ecosystems.’ Monoculture is when a farmer produces or grows one single crop over a wide area. The advantages to the farmer of monoculture are‚ “the reduced plant competition for nutrients‚ space and solar radiation‚ control of unprofitable
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Climate change Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions‚ or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e.‚ more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation)‚ variations in solar radiation received by Earth‚ plate tectonics and
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Self Evaluation: Persuasive Speech Haji Abu General Purpose: | To Get a better understanding of the importance of composting To consider Putting Food scraps into good useTo gain knowledge on how composting eliminates organic wasteTo consider how composting can generate income through p-patch projects‚ since organically grown food is in high demandTo encourage Donations of edible food‚ as this can reduce waste‚ mitigate climate impacts and provide cost savings for individuals and businesses
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causing global warming? When debating global warming the first thing to consider is what the cause of global warming is‚ and the answer to this basic question is greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are natural gases such as CO2‚ Nitrous Oxide or Methane and are created in one of two ways. The first way is‚ through natural cycles‚ for instance‚ CO2 is released through animal respiration or plant photosynthesis. The alternative greenhouse gas production comes from man’s use of different fuels and
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we continue to use them at the rate we are currently doing there could be approximately just 45 years’ worth of oil‚ 70 years’ worth of gas and 250 years’ worth of coal left in the ground (2). Another gas which is contributing to global warming is methane‚ this is derived from the bacterial breakdown of organic matter in swamps and in cattle‚ and it is currently increasing at a rate of approximately 1% per year (3). This is why we are being encouraged to start reducing our carbon emissions sooner rather
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different hydrocarbons and the decomposition process for these hydrocarbons are complex. During this process‚ active hydrogen atoms and hydrocarbons fragments are formed. These fragments can combine with each other to form gasses such as Hydrogen (H2)‚ Methane (CH4)‚ Acetylene (C2H2)‚ Ethylene (C2H4)‚ Ethane (C2H6) and many more. The gasses listed are considered combustible. The rate at which each gas are produced depends on the temperature. Therefore‚ the concentration of the individual dissolved gasses
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ANALYSIS OF ELECTICITY PRODUCTION FROM BIOGAS B.Sc. Dissertation By Batch: 10E This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department of Electricaland Electronic Engineering IBAIS UNIVERSITY Dhaka‚ Bangladesh March‚ 2014 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the Dissertation paper “Electricity Production of Biogas” is the confide record of the project work done
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in order to produce oil and natural gas in places where conventional technologies are ineffective. This is a rather in depth process. Firstly‚ a production drill is drilled through the rock layers to intersect the coal seem that contains coal bed methane‚ CBM. Next‚ fractures are created or existing fractures are enlarged in the coal seem so that the CBM can be drawn from the well and pumped to the surface. These fractures are created or enlarged by using a thick water-based fluid which is gradually
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be inaccurate. This is biased towards that fact that they want there to be climate change‚ as they have predicted‚ but altered the data to do this. Man-Made Climate Change and Carbon Dioxide Many people believe that climate change is caused by methane in our atmosphere‚ by cars and cows. Though‚ many scientists believe that climate change may be caused by the greenhouse effect‚ which is
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Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons. They contain only carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen single bonds. They are the least reactive of the organic compounds. The main source is crude oil. Hydrocarbon- a compound consisting only of hydrogen and carbon Saturated- Contain single carbon -carbon bonds only Unsaturated-contains a C=C bond Petroleum fraction- mixture of hydrocarbons with a similar chain length and boiling range The general formula for is CnH2n+2 (for ring alkanes is CnH2n)
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