Biomass

enforce fishing regulations, it is possible that overfishing may occur. Overfishing in Indonesia’s Karimunjawa National Park reduced fish population because MPAs policies were not adhered to (Weigel et al., 2014). Overfishing cannot sustain fish biomass as it would deplete fish population and may cause irreversible…

The early civilizations in India, South America, Japan, and china practiced intensive agriculture and it is known that they utilized agricultural, animal and human residue as fertilizer (Howard, 1943, Food and Agriculture Organization, 1978). Many of these residues either were placed in pits or placed in heaps and allowed to rot for long period of time for the production of soil amendment. The first waste pits made out of stone and built outside the houses were found in Sumerian cities about…

Energy Thermodynamics is, the everything that happens due to the flowing of the heat from a hot locale to a cold locale, and nothing occurs without the flow of the heat. Additionally, thermodynamics is an exact science. Thermodynamic system is defined by volume, pressure, temperature and chemical make-up. When conditions change the thermodynamic system will respond by changing its temperature, volume, pressure, or chemical make-up and will adjust accordingly in order to reach its original…

The universe as we know it only consists of one planet that can sustain life--our Earth. It’s the one planet that humans and animals alike call home, and it can be pretty astounding too. But, as time goes on and technology develops, people begin to take the Earth and its environment for granted. In today’s world especially, the environment suffers at the cost of economic success. In China, the improving, yet short-sighted economy has directly led to the destruction of the environment, but with…

Add a Title According to the SREX report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of extreme weather and climate events, and can result in unprecedented extreme weather and climate events (IPCC, 2012). Especially in the Western United States, wildfires are increasing in frequency, duration, and severity. Wildfires are a major source of particulate matter in the air, mainly during the…

improperly renewable energy sources can sometimes be turned into non-renewable sources. One example of this would be biomass energy. Biomass energy comes from the combustion of plant matter and as long as “biomass feedstocks” like soy, corn, and wood exist biomass energy will be a renewable energy source (National Geographic). However, if people fail to replant the feedstocks then biomass energy suddenly becomes a non-renewable energy source and…

Rough Draft Imagine a world where all energy is pollutant free and completely renewable. This is the goal of the alternate energy industries today. Alternative energy is defined as energy that does not consume fossil fuel. Over the past few decades the number of alternate energy sources have greatly increased. All of these forms of generating energy are unique and innovative. Alternate energy sources reduce pollution, create a renewable and abundant source of energy, and all at a small cost.…

3.1. Growth Kinetic of strain: The growth curve of strain in both of mediums is shown in Fig. 1 (Supplementary data). It was apparent that 2 hours after nucleation of culture, strain interred to logarithmic phase and continues for 10 h in MRS broth and 12 h in PPM medium. Sonication continued in logarithmic phase in 2 h intervals. 3.2. The effect of ultrasound on growth kinetic: The growth curves plotted for the two condition (with and without sonication) (Fig. 1), growth kinetic parameters…

Sea Otters are a very well known example of a keystone predator and often utilized by textbooks to illustrate the concept. Sea Otters “Enhydra Lutris” are involved in maintaining the population of macrobenthic grazers such as sea urchins “Strongylocentrotus polyacanthus” and mussels. Sea urchins and mussels are the dominant species in these shallow water benthic ecosystems. Left unchecked, the sea urchins overgraze the benthic vegetation and the kelp forests. Kelp forests provide habitat for…

However, a National Laboratory in Idaho came up with a way to change this by producing the biomass needed to produce biofuel on site that it can be transported and processed in large capacity biorefineries which aren’t limited by the 50-mile radius. In this way, transporting by train and barge could be possible as well as by truck, which was considered the only means of transport for unprocessed biomass. One of these bio refinery’s, Bunge-Ergon, is located in Vicksburg on the Mississippi River…