Evapotranspiration

To understand how to reduce the volume or improve the quality of stormwater runoff based on green infrastructure, we must first define the types of green infrastructure technologies we will be discussing in the text. We have divided them in to eight categories: retention basins, rainwater harvesting, constructed wetlands, detention basins, bioswales, rain gardens, green roofs, and permeable pavement. Retention and detention ponds are fundamental green infrastructure technologies. Both retention…

a)The five most important biogeochemical cycles are the oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, sulphur cycle and the sedentary cycle. These five cycles can be classified into pools. Active pools are free flowing cycles controlled by life processes such as photosynthesis. Storage pools are segregated bodies controlled by physical processes such as, volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. Oxygen cycles through the environment in three major forms; gaseous atomic oxygen, and the…

Storm water is a large quantity of rain fall or excess water from melted snow or ice. Storm water runoff is the melted ice or snow that flows into the nearest river, creek, lake or ocean instead of being infiltrated into the ground. Storm water management is to lessen as much polluted runoff water flowing back into the nearest body of water. Within in this paper, methods for managing storm water will be issued. Stormwater runoff has been documented to increase flooding which reduces ground water…

THE WATER CYLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE Among the most serious Earth science and ecological approach issues challenging society are the potential changes in the Earth’s water cycle because of environmental change. The science community agrees that the climate of Earth is now changing due to natural variability; it includes solar variability and increasing concentration of greenhouse gases. Moreover, it is noticed that these changes may strongly affect atmospheric water vapor concentrations,…

For my research involving Module 2b I chose to conduct my research on question four. I found this question interesting because the preservation of wildlife interests me, which led me to my research question. Has the deforestation in the United States caused a warming effect or cooling effect for the average temperature? I plan to explore this topic by researching temperatures over time in the United States and the amount of deforestation that has occurred in the United States. Also I plan to…

parts of it is lost through the stomata of the leaves, while the rest is used for photosynthesis. Transpiration and evaporation depend essentially from the heat supply and the available water in the soil. Energy is the driving force determining evapotranspiration (ET) rates for unstressed crops and; therefore, understanding energy balance is critical to understanding ET. Energy is needed to break the hydrogen bonds and separate H2O molecules from the liquid water. The energy for ET comes…

management would be decentralized stormwater management tools such as low impact development (LID) or water sensitive urban design (WSUD). These two tools are designed to pond, harvest and infiltrate water at the source, encouraging evaporating, evapotranspiration, ground water recharge and the re-use of stormwater (Roy et al., 2008). To maintain both, Roy e al., offers three premises that are believed to be fundamental to achieving sustainable stormwater…

Climate Change effect on population What causes climate change to have a big effect on other environmental beings? First it begins with knowing what it is and according to google web, it is “the change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels (google.com)” Climate change is known for usually affecting rainfall,…

the air and provide better quality air conditions. The green roof on top of the Roy and Diana education building play a key factor in sustainability. The green roof provides shade and produce oxygen. The green roof also uses heat energy during evapotranspiration. The Outdoor study areas throughout the facades receives natural ventilation. Fresh air is drawn west from the Hudson river into the building or surrounding area creating a cooling effect improving the occupants comfort level. The two…

Alice springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin and is located adjacent to the Simpson desert. Alice Springs has an annual average rainfall of 285.9 millimetres (though 70% of years are below average) and has a high evapotranspiration rate and aridity meaning it has a desert climate. The town experiences an average of 300 sunny days yearly and temperature ranges from 20-40 degrees during the day in summer and temperatures dropping below 0 degrees at night in winter.…