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    Water Scarcity

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    1. Introduction Water is our body ’s most important nutrient‚ is involves in every bodily function‚ and makes up 70- 75% of our total body weight. Water helps you to maintain body temperature‚ metabolize body fat‚ aids in digestion‚ lubricates and cushions organs‚ transports nutrients‚ and flushes toxins from our body. Everyone should drink at least 64 ounces per day‚ and if you exercise or are overweight‚ even more. Our blood is approximately 90% water and is responsible

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    functions. One of the most commonly talked about dams in the United States is the Hoover Dam. While it served its purpose when it was first constructed what are the impacts upon the environment now? How does pooling and pulling water during a severe drought affect the wild lands‚ wild life‚ and vegetation surrounding it.   Where is the Water Running Since the beginning of time the importance of water has always been know. Building of dams has been traced back to 3‚000 BC in connection with an elaborate

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    thus significantly contributing to the development of human society. With the rapid progress achieved‚ the remote sensing applications in India now cover diverse fields such as the agricultural crop acreage and yield estimation‚ drought warning and assessment‚ flood control and damage assessment‚ land use/land cover mapping‚ wasteland management‚ urban development‚ mineral prospecting‚ forest survey‚ etc. Thus covering almost all facets of national development. Space Technology has also revolutionized

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    Famine in Ethiopia

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    Ethiopia is one of the world’s larger countries. It has long been plagues with the torment of poverty‚ illiteracy‚ hunger and disease. Famine‚ a reduction in everyday food supply‚ is a widespread problem that can strike in any corner of the developing world. Although sometimes unnoticed‚ this shortage of food slowly leads to hunger and malnutrition. The food shortage in Ethiopia is not caused by natural disaster‚ but instead is a direct result of social‚ political and economic human forces. Not only

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    Eliel Pepito 8/1/10 The Beak of the Finch Summary The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner explores evolution through the most famous examples in history—the finches of the Galápagos Islands. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and the process of evolution are applied directly to what scientists refer to as Darwin’s Finches. Weiner follows scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant as they study the finches in real time on the Galápagos. Years of previous work‚ study and data is collected

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    beyond our control. Words like ‘unprecedented’ and ‘extreme’ are the words which are increasingly used to describe the weather around the world today. Unprecedented flooding‚ unprecedented amounts of rainfall‚ unprecedented melting of ice. Extreme droughts‚ extreme gale winds‚ extreme sandstorms. If superlatives are being used to describe our weather now‚ I really‚ really fear what’s in store for our future. According to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association)‚ the last 12 months have

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    about monsoon

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    the subtropics (areas between 23.5 and about 35 degrees latitude‚ both north and south). In these areas‚ life is critically dependent on the monsoon rains. A weak monsoon rainy season may cause drought‚ crop failures‚ and hardship for people and wildlife. However‚ heavy monsoon rains have caused massive floods that have killed thousands of people. Many parts of the world experience monsoons to some extent. Probably the most famous are the Asian monsoons‚ which affect India‚ China‚ Japan‚ and Southeast

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    ‘The Implications For Health In Global Warming’ This essay will discuss global warming and the degree to which it will negatively affect people’s health and well being. Negative global warming related health effects will vary greatly due to geographical location and socio-economic status. Generally developed countries will be far better placed to confront the health challenges of climate change‚ than the developing word that already experiences a lower average state of health and less developed

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    The Dust Bowl

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    helped feed numerous nations overseas. A drought that began in the beginning of the 1930’s persisted and was leading things in a very negative direction. No matter the circumstances farmers kept on farming hoping the rain would soon come back. In 1931 the rain just stopped and the farmers still kept trying to farm. Without adequate crops people who were already hurting from the depression where starting to feel the impact of the drought. In 1934 the drought impacted 27 states and 75% of the country

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    Food Prices and Supply

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    for The New York Times Updated: July 26‚ 2012 In the summer of 2012‚ scorching heat and the worst drought in nearly a half-century sent food prices up‚ spooking consumers and leading to worries about global food costs. On July 25‚ the United States government said it expected the record-breaking weather to drive up the price for groceries in 2013‚ including milk‚ beef‚ chicken and pork. The drought has affected 88 percent of the corn crop‚ a staple of processed foods and animal feed as well as the

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