available to us: less than 1% of all earth’s water (0.024%) Aquatic Biomes: characterized by salinity‚ depth‚ water flow (fast/slow) Salinity Freshwater: streams‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ wetlands Saltwater/ marine: estuaries‚ coral reefs‚ open ocean Rivers & Streams (Lotic= flowing) fast vs. slow water and air mix dissolved O2 rates correlate Lakes & Ponds (Lentic= standing water) littoral zone- shallow and near shore‚ very productive and morebiodiversity limnetic zone- where photosynthesis take
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Plants Extinctions causes and effects on human Nowadays ‚ animal extinction is a broad issue‚ one that involves the habitats and environments where other species live and interact with one another . Only a minority of people are concerned with extinction in today痴 society‚ while others might argue that it is a small problem because we are beyond the point of evolution and thus don’t really need to rely on other animals at all. According to statistics of scientific research‚extinction is
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SHOULD ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS TRUMP HUMAN RIGHTS? This study aims to present the findings of research on the link between environmental rights and human rights. Rights are normative principles‚ meaning that in the context of law‚ they are viewed according to a valued position. However‚ values can be inconsistent with each other hence the reason why rights‚ and in this case‚ human and environmental rights‚ may come into conflict. Another justification for this is the “flexibility” of rights explained
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Why should you be concerned with retirement and estate planning? To start with‚ giving definition of the two will make them to be easily be understood. Retirement planning is the accumulation of wealth to provide income and financial security in retirement. Estate planning focuses on wealth preservation and wealth transfer. The reason with have to be concerned with retirement is because it is unavoidable but a reality of things at one time in life you will no longer have energy to keep on working
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As humans‚ we have struggled for thousand of years trying to define what it meant to be human and what rights we have as human beings. With the establishment of the United Nations‚ the general assembly was able to adopt a universal declaration of human rights on December 10‚ 1948. However‚ with the rise of technology and creation of AI‚ it now raises the question as to what rights do these AIs have and does human rights extend to them as well. When we look at the bigger picture‚ AIs are merely creations
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be that of discussing the question of‚ ‘is representative government democratic?’ This essay will take the following structure in order to provide an attempt at exploring why a representative government can be considered democratic. Firstly‚ the concept of democracy will be defined and discussed. Secondly‚ it will discuss representation in terms of its emergence as well as its necessity. Thirdly‚ a discussion will be given regarding that of representative democracy. Fourth‚ a brief explanation will
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pale blue dot in the sky‚ is a thing that humans take for granted. But‚ like everything in life‚ nothing lasts forever‚ and soon humans will have to be deprived of this pale blue gift and make shelter somewhere else. In case this ever happens‚ there is a neighboring planet to bring hope towards: Mars. But even so‚ one wonders: can anybody ever live on Mars? The article Could humans actually live on mars? by Laurie Vazquez explains the possibilities of humans living on Mars‚ and based on it‚ one can
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Ethic is concerned about the study of human behaviour. It provides a structure for dealing different kinds of issues‚ dilemmas and problems. Understanding the ethical concepts help the individual to decide the necessary action provide in the situation. According to the International Council of Nurses (1973)‚ it is the healthcare workers responsibilities to give quality of care to prevent the infection and to ensure the holistic care of the patient. Hand hygiene practice is the responsibility of
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Students. Teachers. Parents. All Year‚ School. Suffering. Benefits. Multiple points of view. There is too much debate about whether all year school should be a thing or not. School Administrators think of it as a positive thing‚ but almost everyone else either sees it as a negative thing‚ or it does not affect them. In general‚ the School wants the best for not only the students and teachers but the parents as well‚ but what is the best for them? Parents that have the money to enroll their child
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The main aim of this paper is to decide whether we should banish poetry from the human world or not. In order to reach this decision we first have to get back to some of the legendary figures in literary criticism of all time such as Plato‚ Aristotle and Philip Sydney and see for our selves how they treated this issue and answered some important questions concerning literature. Literary Criticism is the branch of study concerned with defining‚ classifying and evaluating works of literature. It began
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