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- 6071: Energy Flow Systems
- ... to sustain sufficient minerals in the soil for the harvest. The trees will hold topsoil and importantly water in the ground. The fields being sustained avoids the need to clear other fields for farm use. American Indians manipulated their natural environment in a different way. Indian women were the farm workers. They grew their crops among the trees. The trees held the soil and water. Indian women would also grow many ...
- 6072: El Nino
- ... water in the western Pacific waters exists. Under El Nino conditions, this "pool" drifts southeast towards the coast of South America. This is because, in a normal year, there is upwelling on the western South American coastline, and cold waters of the Pacific rise and push westward. However, during an El Nino year, upwelling is suppressed and as a result, the thermocline is lower than normal. Finally, thermocline rises in the ...
- 6073: Deforestation
- ... nearly owns all the forest land and seems inclined to support timber interests than acting as guardians of the land, Everyday loggers cut down more than 1.5 square miles of growth forest. Few native American tribes there have signed treaties with the Canadian government. After a struggle, the Haida nations in 1987 won the creation of a $350 000 acre park off South Moresby Island. A fight continues over 22 ...
- 6074: Death of a Planet
- ... same as smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day (97 Brown). Over 150 million people in the United States live in areas where the Environmental Protection Agency considers the air to be unhealthy. The American Lung Association says, "The unhealthy air leads to 120, 000 deaths every year" (97 Brown). The citizens of earth are killing themselves. They are killing themselves for convenience. Eventhough the actions taken by the government ...
- 6075: Cfcs Cause Deterioration of the Ozone Layer
- ... CIOx/NOx interaction. Nature v.230 (Aug.4,1985): p.205- 215. Roach, M. "Sun Track." Health v.201 (May/June 1992): p.119-125. Rowland, F.S. Chloroflourocarbons and the depletion of stratospheric ozone. American Scientist v.128 (Nov. 4,1989): p. 70-78. Rowland, F.S. and M.J. Molina. "Ozone depletion: 20 years after the alarm." Chemical Engineering News v.20 (Jan.11,1994): p. 20-34. Rowland ...
- 6076: Bats
- ... seeds for countless trees and shrubs. 10. Bat droppings in caves support whole ecosystems of unique organisms, including bacteria useful in detoxifying wastes, improving detergents, and producing gasohol and antibiotics. 11. More than 50% of American bat species are in severe decline or already listed as endangered. Losses are occurring at alarming rates worldwide. 12. All mammals can contract rabies; however, even the less than half of one percent of bats ...
- 6077: Anorexia Nervosa - Includes Bi
- ... generally begins at the age of 11 or 18. Significantly, these ages coincide with new phases of a girls life, the commencement and ending of adolescence. Recent estimates suggest that out of every 200 American girls between this age span, one will develop anorexia to some degree. The disease develops over a period of time during which the sufferer changes her eating patterns from normal or near normal to a ...
- 6078: Problems Caused By Air Pollution
- ... in Scandinavian countries and in other parts of Europe, have acid concentrations so high that aquatic food chains are destroyed, and fish die off (Gay 26). Land is also destroyed by acid rain. In North American and European forests, and tropical rainforests in Mexico and Central America, vast numbers of red spruce, pine, fur, and other trees wither and die (Gay 26). Acid rain also destroys world-famous structures such as ...
- 6079: Death Of a Salesman
- ... by Happy, left babbling in a toilet. It is this flaw which allowed him to die a slow death and played the greatest role in his eventual downfall. The third largest flaw in society (particularly American society) is the lack of a social safety net. A net which identifies people in trouble and seeks to remedy their situations. A body identifies people who are a danger to themselves and others and ...
- 6080: Acid Rain Legislation
- ... and agreements have been implemented by governments in North America to reduce acid rain emissions. The question governments are asking is: "Are these regulations enough?". One of the more famous laws/organizations implemented by North American governments was the "Clean Air Act" which was signed in 1991. Also in 1991, Canada signed an agreement with the United states concerning air quality. Media explains that the agreement has enough framework to address ...
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