A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. A city in the region reported that a small tsunami had hit‚ but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 and struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Miyagi prefecture at 5:18 p.m. (0318 Eastern). The epicenter was 6.2 miles beneath the seabed. After the
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and housing and to continually upgrade the standard of living. Some of the materials needed are renewable resources‚ such as agricultural and forestry products‚ while others are nonrenewable‚ such as minerals. The USGS reported in Materials Flow and Sustainability (1998) that the number of renewable resources is decreasing‚ meanwhile there is an increasing demand for nonrenewable resources. Since 1900 the use of construction materials such as stone‚ sand‚ and gravel‚ has soared. The large-scale
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Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems‚ and 5) Natural Selection and Evolution. Students will be expected to blend the disciplinary core ideas with scientific and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts to support their knowledge that can be applied across the science disciplines. Students will be able to articulate the phenomena studied‚ identify and describe the evidence to construct their explanation with a variety of valid and reliable resources‚ and use reasoning to connect evidence along
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Textiles are made up from natural or man-made fibres or a combination of both. “Fibres are thin‚ hair-like structures” (Blair‚ n.d: online) that are categorized into two types: long filament fibres and short staple fibres. Natural fibres are usually staple‚ whilst man-made fibres are filament‚ with the exception of silk that comes from a natural source. These raw fibres are spun to produce a long‚ continuous thread referred to as yarn‚ which is then used in a series of methods that include‚ stitching
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Seas and oceans provide various types of resources to human beings and habitats to numerous species of plants and animals. They play very important roles in the economy of a nation and its people. Still‚ the marine and coastal ecosystems are under severe stress due to human activities. Ocean Resources The ocean is one of Earth ’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It ’s used for transportation—both travel
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Overview The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93‚ losses surpassed those during the previous decade‚ mainly due to Hurricane Andrew‚ the Midwest and Northwest floods
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Pollution Facts Pollution is a Global Killer Pollution likely affects over a billion people around the world‚ with millions poisoned and killed each year. The World Heath Organization estimates that 25 percent of all deaths in the developing world are directly attributable to environmental factor.1 Some researchers estimate that exposure to pollution causes 40 percent of deaths annually.2 Pollution is Regarded as a Major (and quickly emerging) Factor in Disease People affected by pollution
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World Resources Institute Sustainable Enterprise Program A program of the World Resources Institute IKEA AND THE NATURAL STEP Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives For more than a decade‚ WRI’s Sustainable Enterprise Program (SEP) has harnessed the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges. BELL‚ a project of SEP‚ is focused on working with managers and academics to make companies more competitive by approaching social and environmental challenges
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RUNNING head: Environmental Science Energy Resources. Energy Resources Name; SCI/275 Environmental Science University of Phoenix Instructor Date Energy Resource Introduction: The importance of conserving Energy. We use energy everyday of our lives in our homes when we turn on the light‚ using our air condition‚ heating our homes‚ working on our computers and using any electronically appliances. We pay so much money when we use energy
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varying intensities. Also called landslip; Downward mass movement of earth or rock on unstable slope including many forms resulting from differences in rock structure‚ coherence of material involved‚ degree of slope‚ amount of included water‚ extent of natural or artificial undercutting at the base of slope‚ relative rate of movement and relative quantity of material involved. Many terms cover these variations: creep‚ earth flow‚ mudflow‚ solifluction and debris avalanche are related forms in which mass
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