WATER RESOURCES Water is an essential element to our everyday existence. Its role is vital in the sustenance of all life forms‚ as well as in agricultural‚ industrial‚ households‚ recreational and environmental activities. As population continues to rise‚ so does the demand for fresh water too. Water is a major factor shaping the natural environment. It has a long-term influence on the vegetation‚ fauna‚ and shape of the landscape and on various ecosystems. 1‚830 SQ KILOMETERS OF PHILIPPINE
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trend is pushing fresh‚ organic foods for nutrition and health‚ but truth be told‚ fresh vegetables are not necessarily more nutritious than canned. A 1997 study by the University of Illinois Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition found that canned fruits and vegetables provide as much dietary fiber and vitamins as the same corresponding fresh foods‚ and in some cases‚ even more. For example‚ canned pumpkin provides 540% of the Recommended Daily Intake of vitamin A‚ while fresh pumpkin only provides
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Properties of Water Water is essential for life as we know it on earth. It is used by plants and animals for basic biological processes which would be impossible without the use of water. The origin of all life can be traced back to the water in the Earth’s precambrien seas. Water is also the universal solvent. It reacts with more elements and compounds than any other substance known to man. Water is a polar molecule made up of on atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. It is attracted
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The antibacterial activity of the green synthesized silver nanoparticles from aqueous extract of Gum of fresh Coconut was tested by the disc diffusion method against an antibiotic‚ ampicillin(1µg/µl) as a standard drug. The antibiotic resistant bacteria viz.‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ Bacillus subtilus‚ Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia were used for the measurement of antibacterial activity‚ and the plates were incubated at 370C overnight to know the zone of inhibition. 2.2. Cell Culture and
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Water Pollution SCI/275 Artina Houston September 27‚ 2010 Aimee Pellet Water pollution is when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. (www.imbgnet.net) There are four types of water pollutions and I’m going to describe each one of them. I’m also going to tell you the solutions that I can up with and how I’m going to get the government and people involved to help. It is a lot of things that we don’t know about water pollution
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Fresh excavations to start at largest Harappan site After a gap of 13 years‚ excavation work will start once again at Rakhigarhi‚ estimated to be the largest Harappan civilization site located in Hisar district of Haryana. This early Harappan settlement‚ considered bigger than Mohenjo-daro‚ was listed among the 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia just last year by the Global Heritage Fund‚ which is‚ incidentally‚ partnering with city-based Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute
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After walking around the museum for a while‚ I saw a lot of unbelievable works of art. I ultimately decided to do this paper on something Chinese because it was fresh in my mind and I don’t know anything about Japanese art yet. And as soon as I walked into Freer gallery 14‚ I saw this bronze bowl that I was almost certain I knew what it was for. Turns out I was wrong‚ but after I got a closer look‚ I figured it out. At first I thought it was a ritual bronze vessel from the Shang Dynasty‚ then I realized
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Water Pollution Solutions Water pollution has been around ever since any of us can remember! What we need to look for now are water pollution solutions to help salvage our planet. So read on to know about some water pollution solutions... Water pollution is a problem that isn’t new to us. Water pollution has been around since time immemorial‚ though the severity of the problem has only recently struck environmentalists the world over. Although there are a lot of strict laws in the United States
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But It’s Just a Bottle of Water… by Lindsey May‚ Jessica Kotke‚ and Charles R. Bomar Department of Biology University of Wisconsin—Stout Part I—Moving In On the first Mega-Store trip on move-in day at Midwest University‚ Sally and her mom picked up groceries for the dorm. Sally’s mom insisted on getting bottled water for her daughter because of her firm belief that bottled water was safer and cleaner than tap water. Back at the dorm‚ however‚ Sally’s new roommate‚ Jane‚ a sophomore Environmental
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The Bottled Water Bandwagon Being uninformed is a crime someone should never commit to our planet. Many people run through their daily routine without putting much thought into how their decisions are affecting our planet. Something as simple as drinking bottled water can cause families to lose their water supply‚ and environmental turmoil. When will people recognize the damage they’re doing to their environment‚ and when will the damage outweigh the convenience of bottled water? Yes‚ bottled
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