Biomass

biodiversity and in pastures it can destroy the livestocks source of food. In areas with steep slopes such as the canyons in Idaho, the large stands of Crupina could increase erosion. They mature fast and when they die they do not leave large amounts of biomass to protect the soil. One method that has been used to try and control the Crupina outbreak is using chemicals and pesticides to try and kill the plants. The problem with these treatments, are that many of them cannot be used repeatedly as…

“The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that about 11% of world marketed energy consumption is from renewable energy sources” (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2014). Renewable energy is often referred to as green because it is a strong for the environment, or so we think. Media covers a wide variety of global warming and greenhouse gas stories, but nobody seems to have a solution to the problems. This could be in large, because being green is such a vague topic. To…

Year by year the world 's electricity needs increase. All of this electricity has to be provided some way; unfortunately, our world has become reliant on unclean energy sources, such as coal. With the effects of climate change becoming more and more prevalent it is important that the worlds electricity sources need to be reconsidered. Renewable energy technology has advanced greatly and costs have greatly decreased. On the other hand, non-renewable sources are being depleted and costs rising,…

degraded by human activities. It attracts microorganisms that help plants access nutrients in the soil while enabling the ground to hold more water, making farming more sustainable and turning agricultural fields into vaults for storing carbon in the biomass instead of letting it escape back into the air. Biochar is made when plant waste is decomposed by heating it at very-high temperatures in low oxygen. Drawbacks would be that scientists need to determine the best raw materials and process for…

In 1995, 14 gray wolves (Canis lupus) were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park after an absence beginning in the 1920s (Beschta and Ripple 2010). These wolves produced a trophic cascade, where a higher level of food chain affects a lower one. This cascade began by the wolves causing elk (Cervus elaphus) removal and relocation and led to trees quintupling in size. Seeing the positive effects wolves had on trees, more national parks and states began facilitating this natural ecology…

also set up measure to combat illegal logging. Forest management and reforestation efforts have been taking place. Bioenergy, which are energy generated from scrap wood, sugars, starch crops and algae are being aggressively promoted for use over biomass, to reduce reliance on forests. These measures have contributed to preserved environments for endangered species including the orangutan and the Borneo Pygmy Elephant. Countries like Paraguay have also reported reduced rates of deforestation.…

A terrestrial ecosystem is an ecosystem found only on land. There were six primary terrestrial ecosystems which are tundra, taiga, temperate broadleaf forest, tropical rain forest, grassland and desert. Terrestrial environments are segmented into a subterranean portion from which most water and ions are obtained. An atmospheric portion from which gases are obtained and the physical energy of light is transformed into the organic energy of carbon-carbon bonds through the process of…

Report of Findings and Recommendation Mark Bomgardner Rio E. Cox III Becky Wiederholt Siu "Tiffany" Yeung Park University Executive Summary Our team was a part of the corporate mergers and acquisition (M&A) department, and was assigned the task of identifying two potential acquisition targets. Since our Board is committed to a strategy of horizontal integration, we only looked for possible acquisitions from within our industry. We performed a preliminary analysis of the companies under…

Legalization Of Marijuana: The Drug of The Future Does one believe marijuana is bad? Marijuana, also known as cannabis, can be used as a psychiatric drug or medicine. Marijuana is illegal in the United States except for twenty three states and including Washington DC. Many citizens are fighting for the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana has many benefits that will help the country in the future, if it becomes legal. Marijuana can further the country economically, medically, and it is less…

Energy production Jigsaw Project individual Selena Xu 1. Second law of thermodynamics: ❖ What is the second law of thermodynamics? Well, this law talks about the quality of energy, while the quantity of energy and matter stays constant. This law tells us that heat will flow from a hotter object to a colder object, due to Newton’s second law and that when energy is transferring and transforming, some of the useful energy might be lost . ❖ Cyclic process of energy transfer is a when a series…