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GOING GREEN
Going Green
Going Green
Introduction
In response to growing concerns about global warming and climate change, in 1990, the U.S. Congress passed the National Environmental Act, which required the national Environmental Protection Agency to create the Office of Environmental Education within the Office of Public Affairs.
Because the United States is ...
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RECHARGE GARDEN
Recharge Garden in Southern California
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California is heading toward a water crisis. The spring of 2008 was the driest in 88 years, and rivers across the state are running dangerously low. Furthermore, mountain snowpack has been subject to increased evaporation, a condition likely to be exacerbated in future years ...
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Climate Change
Introduction
Since the onset of the industrial revolution (c.1750), human activities have altered the atmospheric composition of the Earth, significantly impacting the terrestrial energy balance. The burning of fossil fuels has substantially increased the amount of particulate matter and concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs), most notably carbon dioxide (CO2), methane ...
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ECOSYSTEM
Ecosystem
Option One- Field-Based Natural ecosystem
Introduction
The term ecosystem is defined by the Convention on Biological Diversity as a dynamic complex of plant, animal, and microorganism communities and their nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit. As further detailed by the convention, this definition does not specify any particular spatial unit or ...
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Energy and Atmosphere
Energy and Atmosphere
Decreasing Energy Demand
There is a dire need for reducing the demand of energy. The consumption of energy has increased and is causing a lot of difficulties for the environment. Energy that has been used and consumed today should be saved for future use because if it ...
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MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Municipal Solid Waste
Municipal Solid Waste
Municipal solid waste (MSW) can be defined in several ways. For example in the European Union it is described as waste from households and wastes generated by offices, shops etc., that are similar in nature and composition to household wastes. In ...
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EARTHQUAKE IN UNITED STATES
Earthquake in United States
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When we talk about the earthquakes, we talk about the energy release from the earth's surface and the fractures that appear. Earthquakes are a natural phenomenon that happens all through the year around the world, with 100s of earthquakes going unnoticed as they ...
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Melting of the Ice-Cap
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The Earth is heating up; the polar ice caps are melting; more fresh water from melting glaciers is changing the ocean currents; there are droughts in Africa; rising ocean levels are flooding low-lying lands. Is this all true or are scientists just going off the deep end? A friend and I had ...
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Invasive Plants in California
Introduction
Invasion of natural habitats by nonnative species contributes to biodiversity loss and extinctions. Native species consist of plants or animals that normally thrive in a particular community. Invasive species, by contrast, do not naturally belong in the environment they invade; they are also called nonnative, alien, or ...
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Global warming has changed the timings of freeze up and breaking up of ice in region. It has eroded the ice in the central polar basin. Decreases in the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets have been accelerating, and these two bodies of ice have sufficient stored-water volumes to raise ...