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Slate Roofing: Why It Is An Excellent Choice For A Home In the process of constructing your home and need to pick a roofing material? It may be tempting to go with traditional asphalt shingles, but know that slate can be an excellent choice for a home. Slate has many benefits that make it an appealing option to use during new construction. Consider the following 3 benefits. Slate is Durable Many homeowners love slate because the material is fireproof. Slate also has the durability of…

The main objective of the experiment was to determine the effect of temperature the mass specific metabolic rate (MR_MS) through oxygen consumption, if their body weight had an effect on mass specific metabolic rate and if the size/mass of the female swiss mice affected their response to the temperature. The different mice were placed within a plastic chamber and then placed in different variations of temperature of water (10°C, 15°C, 20°C, 25°C, 30°C). The procedure involved acclimating the…

Mars, a red, cold dry planet people are thinking about colonizing. If you ask me this is a bad idea. Mars is dangerous, unsanitary, and you can get many diseases and sicknesses. Mars is dangerous. There are sand storms. Some of the sandstorms are really bad and they can block the sun for days. Also, Mars is about 225 million km away for earth and you will need a lot of oxygen and a lot of food for the trip of 9 months. Mars is super freezing it is -81 degrees fahrenheit and our body cannot…

Geographic Perspective “Stabilizing Climate” On a daily basis everything we do relies on energy, fossil fuels. One example is if you want to buy a bagel, in order to get that you have to go to the store in your car and come back home, which emits a lot of fossil fuel that is then emitted into the 80% of the atmosphere.CO2 has been a remaining problem for a long time now. Since, 1976 every decade has become warmer than the previous one, because when carbon dioxide if released into the…

Human effects on Antarctica: Change to save or Die trying Imagine sailing by the tip of lady liberty’s torch. Well, this is scheduled to happen within the next 100 years. Antarctica, one of the world’s greatest continents is facing destruction from: global warming, rising waters, pollution, and invasive species. Over the past 50 years, scientists have observed the damage done to the continent and have deemed it irreversible. Overheating has caused Antarctica’s surface area to decline and its…

Global Warming 7/31/16 APA Format Ernest Wilson AMU / HIST 102 Professor Marc Wenner There are many issues in the world which are affecting the earth and its people. Global warming is one of the significant issues which results in impacting the environment of the earth. Global warming consists of a continuous rise in the temperature of the earth. The temperature is rising so significantly that it has become uncontrollable even after considering the technological advancements.…

Certain roller coasters hold records for being the tallest or for being the fastest. One of those record-breaking roller coasters is the Kingda Ka. The Kingda Ka is the tallest steel roller coaster and the second fastest steel roller coaster in the United States available for the public. “This upside down U-shaped track bolts up 45 stories in the sky—that’s 456 feet high!” (Six Flags). At the pinnacle of the roller coaster the cart possesses a lot of potential energy which converts into kinetic…

The resources that are available in Canada definitely make it a better place to live compared to other countries around the world. First of all, the large amounts of fresh water reservoirs that are available in Canada greatly affect the quality of life. These reserves include the Five Great Lakes and other underground reservoirs. This ensures that freshwater is available for daily usage as well as for the future, as Canada as a country does not need to be anxious about freshwater quantities as…

‘Snowpacks’ are created when layers of snow collect in certain regions. These snowpacks are vital to the water cycle because when the snow melts, they provide a central source of water for streams and rivers. Furthermore, this water could have many potential uses. For example, this water could be use to enhance energy, agriculture, water supply, and be used for recreational use. Mountain snow plays an immense role in the movement, distribution, and quality of water that is utilized by citizens.…

Mega droughts, they’re a mega problem. A Mega drought is a drought that has been going on for at least two decades. NASA claims there could be a nationwide Mega drought due to carbon emissions. This could mean lack of or no water, the heat would be intense, wildfires, and many deathes. A lack of rain would mean that there wouldn’t be a lot of water for crops, which means very few crops. In addition, with no crops and the risk of hackers taking down the stock market (that’s a different story)…