locations. Sometimes it’s disease. Disease is found everywhere in the world‚ but we see a lot more of it in the periphery than we do in the core. Numerous diseases plague places like the countries of Africa with illnesses that can range from Malaria to Dengue Fever to HIV/AIDS as shown on multiple maps in chapter four. Although other places may have seen these horrible maladies‚ countries in the periphery tend to suffer more because they tend to be closer to wildlife and moister climates‚ which can
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vermicidal and insectidal properties. It is an inexpensive alternative in avoiding mosquito that causes diseases like dengue and malaria. These insects can also cause economic losses in cattle and other livestock through blood loss‚ disease transmission and irritation. We arrived at this kind of problem because we want to prevent ourselves from mosquitoes that cause diseases like dengue‚ malaria as well as painful or uncomfortable insect bites. And we want to avoid slapping and whirring hands when it’s stricken
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Effect of Industrial Expansion on the ecosysytem. Pollutants given off by various industries and factories are often considered to be one of the prime factors contributing to air‚ water and soil pollution. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‚ it has been estimated that industrial pollution is responsible for almost 50 percent of the pollution present in the United States. There are various wide-ranging effects‚ as well as serious consequences‚ of industrial pollution on the ecological
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Poverty in the world Thanks to rapid economic and technological development‚ there has been a drastic improvement in most people’s living standard. But sadly‚ the irreversible trend of globalization has widened the income disparity between the rich and the poor. Actually‚ the deterioration of the poverty problem has raised the alarm bells. If we don’t find solutions to eradicating poverty‚ the repercussions will be disastrous. As far as I am concerned‚ frequent occurrence of wars is the stumbling
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Abstract Human influences and pressure is triggering a range of environmental changes. These changes on the geography of the Earth within such a small time frame are unheard of‚ and may be irreversible. Climate change has a wide range of adverse effects on the natural world and manmade systems. The main concerns are the risks posed on the Earths geophysical and ecological processes. Many causes influence climate change with the main cause being increased atmospheric greenhouse gases. Other major
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The Seriousness of Global Warming Luis Green Columbia Southern University The Seriousness of Global Warming One of the most controversial and popular environmental topics is the effects of global warming on the planet. Although global warming has become a more talked about issue in the last few years‚ scientists have been warning the world for a long time about the devastating impact that human related greenhouse gases is having and will continue to have on the environment
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Economics of Global warming Global warming has been on the rise for several years now‚ becoming one of the most modern issues in society. It is pretty evident that it cannot be ignored. Global warming is when the earth heats up resulting in a temperature rise; it happens when greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere and causes trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. Resulting in several social and political effects like higher sea levels
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Gnim Bazim Period 2 EbolaLiberia Internet Sources: http://www.heritage.org/index/country/liberia http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/liberia.htm http://www.ok.gov/opm/jfd/xspecs/x27.htm Liberia: ● Population size: 4‚092‚310 (July 2014 est.) ● ● ● ● ● Population growth rate: 2.52% (2014 est.) Birth Rate: 35.07 births/1‚000 population (2014 est.) Death Rate: 9.9 deaths/1‚000 population (2014 est.) Migration Rate: 0 migrant(s)/1‚000 population (2014 est.) Climate: tropical; hot
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As recently mentioned‚ there will be a health focus to a workshop on climate change in Melbourne this weekend that is being put on by the Green Institute. One of the speakers is Senator Richard Di Natale‚ the Greens health spokesperson‚ who writes below that we need to focus more on the underlying causes of poor health. On related themes‚ don’t miss this New York Times article which profiles an organisation working on the social causes of poor healt. Health Leads trains about 1000 volunteers each
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India Demographics Profile 2013 Home > Factbook > Countries > India Population | 1‚205‚073‚612 (July 2012 est.) | Age structure | 0-14 years: 29.3% (male 187‚386‚162/female 165‚345‚284) 15-24 years: 18.2% (male 116‚019‚042/female 103‚660‚359) 25-54 years: 40.2% (male 249‚017‚538/female 235‚042‚251) 55-64 years: 6.8% (male 41‚035‚270/female 40‚449‚880) 65 years and over: 5.6% (male 31‚892‚823/female 35‚225‚003) (2012 est.) | Median age | total: 26.5 years male: 25.9 years
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