Ever since I can remember‚ I was rather a curious child. Asking random unanswerable questions was a part of my daily routine. This behavior permeated through my high school education during which I conducted a variety of small exploration projects in the field of microeconomics and environmental studies. At NYUAD‚ my curiosity would be fed by research opportunities and global education. From investigating about power relations between the Middle East and the US to looking at climate change consequences
Premium Education Learning High school
The Old Spanish Trail was a series of trails from Santa Fe‚ New Mexico‚ to Los Angeles‚ California. The three routes were called the Main Route‚ the Armijo route‚ and the North Branch.The trails went through New Mexico‚ Colorado‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ and California. These trails were used for trade‚ including Native American goods of blankets and baskets for horses and mules from California. I choose this topic because it was a major trade route from 1829 to 1848. This is a huge part in our Western history
Premium United States Native Americans in the United States American Civil War
Island for its uncrowded beaches‚ oak lined fairways‚ and holiday celebrations. According to "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous‚" this island has one of America’s top ten most beautiful beaches. The whole area is surrounded by lush vegetation‚ high sand dunes‚ and crystal
Premium Tourism Beach United States
which the trees have adapted to cope with. The roots of the plant and tree species have to cope with the leeching of nutrients because of the high porosity sand in the dry wallum. The Dry wallums topography is quite low and flat between high sand dunes covered in thick wallum vegetation. This creates a wind funnel across the island often causing windy conditions. The dry wallum is also above the water table making water scarce. The dominant plants would have to be the Banksia with its thick leathery
Premium Soil Leaf Water
Sea Defense Scheveningen Harbor Group Members Isabel Jiménez Puente Fitriani Kusuma Dewi Lijie Qiu Navaratnam Christy Ushanth Group Supervisor Mark Voorendt CIE4061‐09 Multidisciplinary Project 20th February 2012 Sea Defen nse Schevenin ngen Harbor INC CEPTION REPO ORT ultidisciplinar ry Project CIE 4061‐09 Mu PREFACE P The present d document is the inceptio on report of the Project “Sea Defense Scheveni f ingen Harbor”
Premium Oceanography Storm surge Flood
“Scorched earth. Abandoned farms. Skies black with dust. Houses buried under great dunes of earth. Decades after the drought and depression of the 1930s ended‚ images of the Dust Bowl are still familiar to millions of people worldwide” (Wesson.) That is what a normal day during the 1930’s was like. Back then people farmed to get their profit‚ especially in the southern plains of the U.S. People’s lives revolved around farming. If they didn’t get their crops planted on time‚ there wouldn’t be food
Premium Dust Bowl United States Great Plains
only threatening the multimillion dollar homes in the area‚ but others also believe that the island will eventually become one with the Atlantic Ocean. However‚ in 2005 the Army Corps of Engineers began work on a $75 million dollar project to build a dune the length of the island. To analyze the severity of beach erosion on Long Beach Island‚ the following report compares the conditions to the Grand Strand off the coast of South Carolina. Both areas are experiencing many negative factors‚ which are
Premium Beach Coastal geography Coast
Arabian Oryx The Arabian Oryx is a medium-sized antelope weighing 65 - 75 kg (140 - 170 lb). Prior to its extinction in the wild‚ it is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions‚ and the dunes edging sand deserts‚ with a diverse vegetation of trees‚ shrubs‚ herbs‚ and grasses. The Arabian oryx eats mainly grasses. Herbs‚ seedpods‚ fruit‚ fresh growth of trees‚ tubers and roots also form part of its diet. It can go for weeks without drinking
Premium Saudi Arabia Arabian Peninsula United Arab Emirates
to grow in the area‚ farmers move on‚ leaving what used to be acres upon acres of trees to be nothing but a dry and empty piece of land. Desertification is the decaying of the Earth’s dryland ecosystems. It is also the advancement of sand dunes on land. Each year‚ close to 30 million acres are lost to desertification and drought‚ that’s about 56 acres per minute. One major cause of desertification is human interaction/humans
Premium Amazon Rainforest Rainforest Agriculture
Tsunami Awareness Kit General Tsunami Resources Tsunami Mitigation Strategies Introduction While tsunamis can not be prevented‚ or their destructive effects entirely avoided‚ actions can be taken to mitigate the risks of this hazard‚ thereby reducing the impacts on life‚ physical structures and livelihoods. The first step in mitigating the tsunami hazard and reducing vulnerability is to gain an understanding of the threat and potential effects should a tsunami occur. Some of the more direct
Premium Tsunami 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake