The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was one of the worst man made disasters in recent history. Back in 2010‚ an estimated 47‚000 people and 7‚000 boats/vessels were involved in the cleanup process. “It was estimated by a government-commissioned panel of scientists that 4‚900‚000 barrels of oil had already leaked into the Gulf.” (Pallardy) An excessive amount of oil has polluted the region. The government and BP had to take action as soon as possible‚ before the spill reaches further distances. The disaster
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Of the many fish of the sea‚ none is more interesting and unique than the seahorse. Seahorses are classified in the phylum Chordata‚ subphylum Vertebrata‚ class Osteichthyes‚ order Gasterosteiformes‚ family Syngnathidae‚ and the genus Hippocampus. The genus name Hippocampus comes from two Greek words; hippos meaning horse and campus meaning monster. Their physical appearance explains why they received their name. They have a horse-like head and a curled tail. They have developed many unique adaptations
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Aquatic ecosystem An estuary mouth and coastal waters‚ part of an aquatic ecosystem. An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem located in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems. What is an aquatic ecosystem? Aquatic systems are those that contain plants and animals that predominantly depend on a significant amount of water
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The spider I’m doing my report on is called the Golden Orb spider‚ better known as the banana spider. 0The golden orb spiders are found in dry open places in forests‚ woodlands‚ coastal sand dunes‚ shrubland‚ and mangrove habitats. Some of the golden orb spiders live nearby bushes and flowers. All orb weaving spiders make suspended‚ sticky‚ wheel-shaped orb webs. The webs are placed in the openings between trees and shrubs where insects mostly fly. There are species of banana spider in Africa (including
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Cultural Festival Tour Package 6 References 7 General Information Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa‚ retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral stone and mangrove timber‚ the town is characterized by the simplicity of structural forms enriched by such features as inner courtyards‚ verandas‚ and elaborately carved wooden doors. Unlike other Swahili settlements which have been abandoned along the East
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build a 1km sea defence to prevent further damage. Another region is the Niger Delta‚ which is the source of Nigeria’s oil wealth but however is vulnerable to the flooding due to its low-lying terrain with criss-crossed waterways. The protective mangroves have also been reduced by a drastic amount due to human intervention. Many people may not know but half of the 15 million people in Lagos live less than 6 feet away above sea level. Also in the rural economy‚ most small farms always assume stable
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The similarities between the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 to 1806 and a manned mission to Mars are not immediately obvious. Meriwether Lewis‚ William Clark and their fellow adventurers never had to deal with the problems of cosmic radiation‚ for instance‚ or the osteoporosis and muscle atrophy caused by spending months in zero gravity. And they had a never-ending supply of air. I expected that a comparison between their trip across the West and a potential space mission wouldn’t be that useful
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life was severely disrupted. Ida is the mother of Hart and is married to Michael Penrose. Ida doesn’t like Broome she always is complaining about as her hometown is in England.”You could say that‚ unlike the rest of us‚ she did not have red dirt‚ mangroves or pearls in her blood”. Hart said‚ when he was talking about his mother. Ida didn’t fit in Broome with the locals‚ even though her decision was very hard on Hart‚ Alice and Michael‚ who was very deeply in love with her‚ but hart understood a bit
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Genetically Modified Foods CMPE 80e Spring 2005 Project Engineers: Jon Faerber Terrell Edwards Andre Goenawan Shogo Osawa September 28‚ 2014 Introduction Throughout history‚ humankind has attempted to make various things easier for them by controlling the world around them. It started with the domestication of animals around 50‚000 B.C. After altering animals‚ as humans evolved into an agricultural based society‚ they started breeding different strains of plants
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Thesis Statement: The continuous mining in Palawan will cause degradation of the soil‚ denuding of the forests and extinction of animal and plant species thus lowering its’ biodiversity. Biological diversity‚ or biodiversity‚ encompasses the variety and abundance of plants‚ animals‚ and microorganisms as well as the ecosystems and ecological processes to which they belong. (Braatz‚ 1992) The word came from the Latin “bios” which means life and “diversitas” which means variety or differences which
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