Disaster: British Petroleum Oil Spill Date: April 20‚ 2010 Location: Gulf of Mexico Personal Experiences: A little over a year after the BP oilrig sprung a leak‚ my family and I went to Panama City in Florida. As far as we could see‚ we couldn’t notice any differences in the Gulf of Mexico. The water was still crystal clear even though thousands of barrels of oil leaked into the ocean each day for months. I was completely aware of how the spill dramatically affected the lives‚ jobs‚ and
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Environmental disaster is defined as a disaster to the natural environment due to human activity. Obviously‚ it is not an act of God. Human have forgotten that mother earth is a gift from God‚ to be respected and taken care of. Therefore‚ environment disasters issues are getting serious all over the world within these few years. Global warming is the result of human activities. Excessive amounts of greenhouse gases had been released to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases such as carbon monoxide that
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In spring of 1989‚ two scientists by the name of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announced that they had found a way to create nuclear fusion in a relatively simple and cheap way. Superhot fusion is the process in which deuterium‚ a heavier form of hydrogen‚ is held within a magnetic field and heated to tens of millions of degrees. The nuclei of the atoms fuse‚ and heat energy is released. This kind of fusion happens in our solar system’s sun. This type of fusion is known to occur‚ but recreating
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Introduction The role of nuclear weapons in international politics is one of deterrence and conflict. Webster’s dictionary defines a nuclear weapon as an “explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.” The definition uses the words “destructive force” as it defines what a nuclear weapon is. These weapons are so destructive that they have only been used twice in the course of warfare‚ both times were
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ENGINEERING DISASTERS We can also call Engineering as in invisible science. No one can actually see how it works but it actually exists like an air. Example: Plain flies‚ building stands and many more. We don’t think how a building can stand weight without collapsing. Similar to apple’s company’s Moto ‘it just works. Here the main problems are not the designs but the material the use up building that design. The concept of total cost minimization is the roots of such accidents that just ruins lives
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caused by two days of constant rain along with the coal slag being on top of an underground spring. “The tragedy was caused by two days of continual heavy rain loosening the coal slag‚ which was situated on top of an underground spring” (The Aberfan Disaster). This obviously does not make for a good combination. The rain water saturated the soil‚ weakening its integrity. The underground spring loosened the soil underneath‚ cutting out the soil creating air pockets. This helped in weakening the structure
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Glg 111 Unnatural Disaster? Coal project Research Questions 1) Explain the following: Coal an Unnatural Disaster? An unnatural coal disaster is one caused by human error or negligence‚ there have been many unnatural coal disasters from past to present such as Turtle Mountain in Canada .Normal erosion due to weather changes played a part in this unnatural disaster but the biggest factor was inadequate support beams .which in turn caused gigantic slab of limestone rock weighing 75millions
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List of Connectors 1. Linking words for essays‚ reports‚ papers listing firstly‚ secondly ... to begin / start with ...‚ to conclude with in the first place‚ in the second place next ‚ then ‚ finally‚ last(ly) to conclude ... last but not least ... to summarise ‚ to sum up adding also‚ too‚ then furthermore ... moreover ... in addition to that ... above all ...... what is more ... additionally comparing equally‚ likewise‚ similarly‚ in the same / a different way compared to
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upon the career term “Nuclear Pharmacist”. I knew what a pharmacist was and I know that the “nuclear” part probably had something to do with radiation‚ but this was all I knew. When I was young‚ my great-grandma was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was never told outright that this is what she had‚ but I knew that something was wrong with my grandma and it scared me. She was taken to the hospital at one point and stayed there until she passed away about a
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Transaction ID: KRANPTPI_RIMA386_20100121020010 I have applied electronically. My login-id is rima386 and my password is kalikadevi Enclosed please find my all-necessary documents for the admission for the Master of Health Sciences at your university. A list of all the documents presented is given below: 1. Online application Confirmation Receipt 2. Resume 3. Internship Completion Certificate 4. Photocopy of Passport 5. Statement Of Purpose 6. Bank Solvency Certificate 7. Affidavit Of Support
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