Rachel Bohnenberger Professor Van Doorn ENVS 150-002 30 March 2015 Position White Paper The Asian Small-Clawed Otter‚ although not listed as endangered‚ is one of the several animals threatened as a result of three main problems—habitat destruction‚ hunting‚ and pollution. The otter’s habitat destruction is a result of changing land use patterns such as reclamation of swamps and mangroves‚ losing hill streams‚ tea and coffee plantations along hills‚ deforestation‚ water pollution due to pesticides
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Adrian Thomas BIOL_115A_12-55 6/12/13 A population is consists of a group of the same species which occupy the same area. In order for a population to survive certain variables must be in place‚ making the biome ideal to support life for that and the other species within that community. There are some species that depends solely on the type of climate and food web that is available in a particular biome‚ these species would be considered to be specialists. Other species are able to adapt to
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Fahrenheit 451: A World With No Books Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was an interesting Science fiction thriller that provided an odd view on the censorship of books. Not just some books‚ but all books. An entire distorted culture and civilization where all books are prohibited. And the penalty for being caught with books is that the books must be burned and in some cases the penalty may lead to death. In this tale of censorship and self discovery‚ Bradbury leads the reader through a short period
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Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present.
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Invasive Species have been described as an organism which is not native‚ and causes negative effects on the ecosystem‚ and to the health of humans. These organisms can be Fauna‚ Flora (Flora and Fauna refer to plant and wildlife‚ respectively)‚ a fungus or a bacterium. However‚ not all introduced species are invasive‚ but invasive Fauna and Flora‚ have been said to be the 2nd greatest threat to biodiversity post habitat loss. In his book‚ Invasive Species in a Changing World‚ Richard J. Hobbs (2013)
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Atmospheric Heating‚ Weather Fluxes‚ and Their Effects on Our Health The article “Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?” states that not many scientists believe in the idea that the atmosphere is heating up. They do‚ however‚ believe that the rate of heating is hastening and that the impacts of the temperature change could begin to be a problem. Problems such as: glacier melts‚ flooding‚ oceans warming up‚ a shift in arable lands‚ and sporadic‚ unpredictable weather patterns and storms. And these
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ASWAN Dam Project 1843 - A barrage sponsored and completed by the Albanian founder of modern Egypt‚ Mohammed Ali‚ was built. 1882-1890 British engineers helped implement the dam project and began working on the original dam of Aswan. The "low" dam. 1905 – Dam was completed Reconstructed in 1912 and 1933 it was still deemed to be inefficient due to the threats of severe Nile flooding and a second dam was seen as necessary 1948 - Adrien Daninas of Egypt proposed the "high" Aswan dam Financial
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disseminated across computer screens and television sets‚ belied evidence of advancements in the sphere of Disaster Preparedness. Cases in point: The response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina‚ and the Haitian and Japanese earthquakes. The snail paced response to the former and the relative ad hoc protocols for recovery of the latter two events have left images which will not be easily expunged from my memory. These have served as confirmation
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http://twp.duke.edu/writing-studio How to Read and Review a Scientific Journal Article: Writing Summaries and Critiques Definition of Genre Summaries and critiques are two ways to write a review of a scientific journal article. Both types of writing ask you first to read and understand an article from the primary literature about your topic. The summary involves briefly but accurately stating the key points of the article for a reader who has not read the original article. The critique begins
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Five Not So Boring Facts About The Boring Company The Boring Company’s mission is to dig 3-D underground tunnels below cities to solve the problems related to traffic congestion and increase the speed of transport as a whole. Founded by Elon Musk‚ CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX‚ the company has already started digging tunnels in LA and has claimed approval for at least another project in Baltimore. Though digging tunnels may sound very boring‚ the aptly named company has some colorful and funny
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