Estuary

Imagine yourself, sailing upon ancient boat, funded by the king and queen who are expecting you to come home with pounds upon pounds of gold. You mean to go to Asia, to trade with the merchants who have done so for hundreds of years. Only, you failed. You went the wrong way, hitting series of islands and land masses in the Atlantic Ocean which will later be known as, The Americas. Christopher Columbus and his four voyages to the “New World” helped to make many small discoveries, which shaped the…

Climate of Brazoria County There are three major geographical components that effect the weather throughout the states of Texas; The Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican High Plains, and the Rocky Mountains. All three play a major role in the weather and climate throughout the state in different ways. All of these influences effect the warm, wet climate of the coastal region as well as the dry, dusty areas in the west. Weather and climate observations over the last 30 years have shown a general warming…

living organism, sometimes helping to dilute pollution (Carpenter et al., 1998). However, water runoff an issue relating to pollution, comes from the every day agriculture. The wasted soil and other contaminated materials find their way down into estuaries and ponds causing massive destruction to not only the water, but to the animals living there as well. Eutrophication, however, is the “biggest problem in most coastal waters,” making the water even more polluted (Tilman,…

swarm intelligence MARIAPPAN J Ramesh G.J National engineering college, kovilpatti National engineering college, kovilpatti 3rd year CSE 3rd year CSE mariappanjeyachandran@gmail.com rameshram.gj@gmail.com +91 8056575142 +91 9500985506 Introduction: A swarm is a large number of homogenous, simple agents interacting locally among themselves, and their environment, with no central control to allow a global…

Environmental Effects of the Border Wall on Animal Migration and Vegetation Introduction: The border wall has long been a controversial issue since its original proposition in the early 2000s. Aside from the obvious differences in opinions, there is a clear problem with the building of a border wall between Mexico and America, the impact on the environment due to the border wall itself and the surrounding a travelling populations of humans associated with it. As much as individuals would like to…

In 1965, John Langdon Brooks and Stanley I. Dodson published one of the most significant ecological papers in recent ecological history that discussed the predation, body size, and composition of plankton in various environments. This paper focused mainly on six areas those being the following: the effect of a marine planktivore on lake plankton, changes in Crystal Lake Plankton, effects of predation by Alosa, size and food selectively, size-efficiency hypothesis, and size of coexisting…

As an aspiring Industrial Engineer one field that is of particular interest to me as an individual is Operations Research (OR). Operations Research is the application of scientific principles to business management, which provides a quantitative basis for complex decision-making. I’ll introduce why I chose this particular field and how a conversation on ethics is warranted through explanation of the extent of OR methodologies and the impact of the decisions made by these researchers. Think of OR…

FEATURES THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO CHARACTERIZE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION AS URBAN Aravind Chandrasekar SNU ID: 1210110025 November 14, 2015 Introduction Around 2600 B.C. various regional cultures were united and formed of what is known as the Indus valley civilization. It was commonly referred to as the Harappan civilization once the town of Harappa was discovered. This civilization was basically a Bronze Age culture that is popularly known for its urbanism. This was considered to be the…

We arrived at a small café. At the counter we bought two orders of fish and chips wrapped in packets of paper. I followed Marisol outside to a bricked patio. The café tables stood under colorful canvas umbrellas. Marisol chose one furthest from the café’s backdoor, seeming to breathe easier now we were off the street. The aroma of golden battered fish and crispy chips made my stomach rumble, and I realized just how hungry I was. I knew it was from using my mage powers. A bottle of malt vinegar…

moniker the “City of Destiny” as well as its notoriety as the home of the “Aroma of Tacoma.” This development has also shaped Tacoma’s current shoreline and overall appearance. Originally, the shoreline was primarily an expanse of tideflats and estuaries, with large shellfish and seabird populations and important salmon habitat. The tideflats for thousands of years have supported tribes such as the Puyallup, by providing hunting, fishing and agriculture and more recently the import and export of…