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    now up to 8‚776 square miles‚ larger than the size of New Jersey. The dead zone is caused by excess nutrients entering the water. Iowa’s waters are polluted by different causes affecting humans‚ and the growth of organisms. Agriculture and nutrient runoff can cause algae to overpopulate an area‚ using up more oxygen‚ leading to not enough oxygen making its way to other organisms. In the article “Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured‚” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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    Geology Final Chapter 18 Mass Wasting (movement) Mass Wasting – process in which gravity pulls soil‚ debris‚ sediment‚ and broken rock (collectively known as regolith) down a hillside or cliff Avoidance – approach for avoiding a geologic hazard such as mass wasting by learning to recognize the characteristics of an unstable slope and by not building or engaging in other activities there * with growing population‚ people are now building communities with neighborhoods in places like stream

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    Sustainable and Unsustainable development Sustainable Development Concept Sustainable development is a pattern of social and structured economic transformations (i.e. development) which optimizes the economic and societal benefits available in the present‚ without jeopardizing the likely potential for similar benefits in the future. A primary goal of sustainable development is to achieve a reasonable and equitably distributed level of economic well-being that can be perpetuated continually for

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    Persuasive Speech (Monroe’s Motivational Sequence) Reforming the Electoral College Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the Electoral College is outdated and needs to be reformed. Central Idea: I will discuss the most important reasons that the Electoral College needs to be reformed‚ the promising ways to reform it‚ and the benefits of reformation. Introduction I. Imagine that you have been shot and the bullet was wedged against your spinal cord. The doctors have told

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    What is a best practice? 1. It is the most efficient quantity and quality 2. A previously successful method 3. labor/appropriate use of materials 4. Money goes up (owner) 5. Replicable (everyone) 6. Defines goal (making money while maintaining guest satisfaction) 7. High guest satisfaction 8. Efficient 9. Ethical Stake Holders Employer/Owner Employee Guest Environment BONUS QUESTION: Jay Westerweld in 1987‚ invented Green Washing which is a deceptively

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    Bulimba / Wynnum creek is a small stream located directly across from Brisbane Bayside State College. Bulimba Creek is surrounded by suburban area and main roads… It is important to keep these ecosystems of water ways healthy as they are needed for many functions. Our waterways provide important habitats for many animals and plants. These plants and animals are all linked together with what is called a food web or chain‚ all these things coincide with each other‚ each having different relationships

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    Groundwater: What Can The Golf Course Industry Do to Protect This Valuable Natural Resource? The Ogallala Aquifer‚ also known as the High Plains Aquifer‚ is a vast yet shallow underground water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. One of the world’s largest aquifers‚ it lies under about 174‚000 square miles in portions of the eight states of South Dakota‚ Nebraska‚ Wyoming‚ Colorado‚ Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ New Mexico‚ and Texas. It was named in 1899 by N.H. Darton from

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    a disturbance in the ocean chain • Major portion of marine pollution are land based TYPES OF MARINE POLLUTIONS Pollutants Entering The Oceans 3% 10% 20% Air Pollution Farm Runoff Litter Sewage 5% 20% 10% Offshore Oil Industrial Waste-Water Maritime Transportation 25% Noise 7% SEWAGE AND AGRICULTURE RUNOFF • • • • Counts up to 45% of entire marine pollution Causes disease outbreaks Contributes to eutrophication Phytoplankton bloom reduces light penetration INDUSTRIAL WASTE •

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    Poison Water The consequence of polluting the earth is constantly ignored by human beings. Pollution is dangerous and harmful to both living things and the environment. Chemical waste‚ fertilizer and numerous additional are one of the most important affect which is leading us to damaging possessions of water pollution‚ Pollution should be condensed in order to make available a cleaner environment and generate healthy living environment and habitat for all life forms on earth. Water pollution

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    The rise of toxic Microcystis algae blooms in Lake Eerie A combination of climate change and agricultural practices have led to an excess run off of phosphorus in Lake Erie‚ resulting in excess algae blooms spread across the surface of the water. Phosphorus is the key nutrient that dictates algae growth and abundance. Microcystis‚ a species of cyanobacteria characterized by its blue colour continually contaminates the waters‚ and damages marine ecosystems‚ due to its toxicity. Being the smallest

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