Protection from weather: crops grown in traditional outdoor farming often suffer‚ and sometimes extreme‚ nature of geological and meteorological events such as undesirable temperatures or rainfall amounts‚ monsoons‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ flooding‚ wildfires‚ and severe droughts. Because Vertical Farming provides a controlled environment‚ the productivity of vertical farms would be mostly independent of weather and protected from extreme weather events. Although the controlled environment of vertical
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Ever since its invention release back in 1990‚ the Keurig has slowly been finding its way into more and more homes. This is due to many factors about the invention. The Keurig has the ability of making exactly one cup of coffee in the size wanted‚ at a much faster time than traditional methods. Even if you are not looking for one cup‚ the Keurig can brew a whole pot of coffee in record time. It can also make many more drinks as well‚ not just coffee. With these ideals and how easy it is to use
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My family and I went to Yosemite National Park. Yosemite is one of the greatest parks in the country with many beautiful sightings. It was established‚ to protect the land on October 1‚ 1890. Yosemite sits in the gorgeous state of California. We loved going to Yosemite National Park to enjoy our lives. According to the establisher of this park‚ John Muir‚ “It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of nature I was permitted to.” I asked the park ranger how many acres of land is Yosemite
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Clearly the attempts to preserve the national parks while letting so much freedom in the parks is a futile struggle. Even when education is pushed such as trying to stop forest fires. The Smokey the bear campaign without a doubt helped but even today wildfires are still very
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February 7th 2009‚ igniting in Victoria‚ Australia. The fires affected more than 78 communities resulting 173 deaths‚ over 400 injuries‚ 2‚100 homes destroyed and over 7‚500 people displaced. The fire was an event due to extreme hot weather conditions. Wildfires are natural events that occur frequently in Australia‚ but the ongoing drought and warm winds resulted temperatures to each 46 Celsius degrees with winds in excess of more than 100km per hour‚ that caused burning embers to initiate the main fire
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of the economy‚ the pressure of taxes placed primarily onto the third estate‚ and the spark from Enlightenment ideas and the American Revolution. These events set a fire in France that could no longer be contained. It spread through France like a wildfire. The first cause to the French Revolution was the mismanagement of the economy. Louis XIV had left France deeply in debt with his extravagant spending. France’s Involvement in the Seven Years’ War and American Revolution put it deeper down the hole
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How do El Niño and La Niña Work? El Niño and La Niña together are known as the (ENSO) El Niño-Southern Oscillation. The two siblings can create many negative impacts on the world. El Niño is referred to as the warm phase while La Niña is the opposite as the cold phase. These cycle last up to 12 months and in some cases have been longer. Colder or warmer ocean water temperatures in one part of the world can have an impact on our planets weather. El Niño and La Niña work like this‚ during normal
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What are the effects of deep water offshore oil drilling in the United States? How do they impact our environment? It is believed that there are many positive effects of offshore oil drilling‚ such as the reduction of spending in importing oil from other countries‚ eradicating dependence on another country for oil‚ creation of more jobs through oil rigs‚ and the lowering of gas prices. However‚ the negative effects resulting from oil drilling in the United States outweigh the benefits. For example
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Meaning of Global Warning A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide‚ CFCs‚ and other pollutants. Climate change is any substantial change in Earth’s climate that lasts for an extended period of time. Global warming refers to climate change that causes an increase in the average temperature of the lower atmosphere. Global warming can have many different causes‚ but it is most
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Lorraine Gambino NUR 408 June 25‚ 2013 Beth Edwards Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Natural disasters are a part of life and emergency situation occur more frequently than most people believe. After a disaster‚ how well a community can recover will greatly depend on how well they have been prepared in advance. Preemptive organization of resources and the responsiveness to emergencies can mean the difference between a community’s
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