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Organic Molecules Organic Matter
633 wordsDissolved oxygen infers to the volume of oxygen that is contained in water. Oxygen enters water through photosynthesis and across the water interface. The amount of oxygen that can be held by the water depends on the water pressure, salinity, and temperature. Gas solubility increases with decreasing temperature; thus colder water holds more oxygen. A reason why freshwater holds more oxygen than does saltwater is because gas solubility increases with decreasing salinity. When there is a change in...
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Is Nuclear Power Safe For The Environment
1,475 wordsThere are many controversies about whether nuclear power is really safe for the environment or not. This paper will put all doubt aside and inform the pros and cons of nuclear power to the environment. First look will be at the alternatives in Americas power supplies: coal, natural gas, and oil. They are not environmentally sound, as some people believe. Some countries use nuclear power as a primary source of energy, and almost all countries use nuclear power on some level. Where there is nuclea...
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Atmospheric Co 2 Carbon Dioxide
1,549 wordsClimate change will have significant impacts on the global temperature such as an increase in temperature, change in weather patterns and sea-level rise. Sea-level is expected to rise 95 cm by the year 2100, with large local differences due to tides, wind and atmospheric pressure patterns, changes in ocean circulation, vertical movements of continents etc; the most likely value is in the range from 38 to 55 cm. The relative change of sea and land is the main factor: some areas may experience sea...
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Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels
1,092 wordsIn talking about global warming, we need to learn what causes the greenhouse effect. Rays from the sun are taken up and absorbed by water vapor that is natural in the atmosphere. The United States emits the largest manmade greenhouse gases in the world. As Americans we must realize the responsibility to reduce the emissions. (Gore, Albert) Water Vapor is eighty percent of greenhouse warming. The last twenty percent results from other gases that are in very little amounts. A huge absorber of the ...
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Stop Global Warming Carbon Dioxide
1,721 wordsEFTHIMIOS MARIAKAKIS The greenhouse effect and global warming are issues that are talked about by geologists all the time. The greenhouse effect is a natural process that keeps the earth at temperatures that are livable. Energy from the sun warms the earth when its heat rays are absorbed by greenhouse gasses and become trapped in the atmosphere. Some of the most common greenhouse gasses are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane. If there were no greenhouse gasses, very few rays would be absor...
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Global Warming Chesapeake Bay
2,447 wordsLillian Global Warming Page 1 Lillian Bromstein Ms. Fink Chemistry 1 / 1 / 00 Global Warming In nature s infinite book of secrecy a little I can read. -William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (Christianson 210). It starts with heat. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, it starts to get hotter. The increase in average temperatures is gradual; what we notice are the scorching spikes, as heat records fall one after another. Winters are milder, but punctuated by deluges and blizzards. Spring starts early...
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Clear Cut Wildlife Habitat
1,146 wordsHow Detrimental Clear-Cut Logging And Other Options How Detrimental Clear-Cut Logging And Other Options Have you ever awakened on a beautiful sunny morning in the Southwest planning on going for a hike in the Cascade Mountains, but when you arrive at your destination there are only stumps? This is the result of clear-cut logging. The negative aspects of logging, by far, outweigh the benefits. Clear-cut logging is the practice of harvesting all the trees in a specifically marked area. Another log...
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Water Temperatures Ocean Water
257 wordsLa Nina wields its weight on hurricane season. This article reports that during the months of August and September we should notice more hurricanes than usual because of this years La Nina. In addition to more hurricanes The storms that hit this year should be more intense. A hurricane consists of high-velocity winds blowing circularly around a low pressure Center, known as the eye of the storm. When tropical storm winds reach 73 miles per hour or greater it is classified as a hurricane. Most hu...
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