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of how large lakes that sit above the Greenland ice sheet drain billions of gallons of water in hours! The Greenland ice sheet extends about 656,000 miles covering most of the island. As ice melts it creates huge lake but these massive lakes are soon empty of water; where does it go? “In 2006, Greenland's North Lake, a 2.2 square-mile (5.6 square kilometers) supraglacial meltwater lake, drained almost 12 billion gallons of water in less than two hours” reports Livescience. Where does all this…

than a softball; honeybees have much larger swarms. • When selecting a nesting site, honeybees look for cavities that have a volume of approximately 10 gallons. They nest in protected, dry, clean locations that are above ground. Africanized bees tend to nest in smaller cavities, sometimes places that have volumes of as little as one or two gallons. They will nest in exposed areas as well as underground receptacles, including the in-ground boxes housing water…

SlingShot Water Purifier How can one simple product prevent one million people dying each year from unclean water? The product is called SlingShot. SlingShot is a water purifier that can make clean water to support around a hundred people. Waterborne illnesses are inadequate because, it kills and harms so many people each year. It can be stopped with one simple product. In some countries clean water is only available to few. An example is Nigeria about 43% of all Nigerians have access…

“Hydro fracturing”, also known as fracking, is a controversial oil and gas extraction technique used to access fossil energy. This process literally smashes shale rock with millions of gallons of water and chemicals to access the gas. This process is very unnecessarily harmful in many ways. It hurts the environment and climate, it hurts the health of humans, and it causes dangerous earthquakes. This practice only benefits the big businesses and oil companies, and should be stopped as soon as…

The water distribution system currently supplies water to U.S. forces stationed at Soto Cano, the Honduran forces on the Base, and the support staff and local contractors/vendors. Average water consumption at the Base is approximately 260,000 gallons per day (gpd) with a peak flow of 495,700 gpd observed on August 2008, during a bed-down exercise, PANAMEX. The historic maximum day demand (MDD) is approximately 300,000 gpd. e. Bottled water is currently provided to all U.S. Forces on the…

Major Findings from the Interview: Technology has vastly improved over my grandfather’s lifetime. Technology is incorporated in a lot of people’s lives. As my grandfather mentions, most teenagers who sit down to have a family meal will have their phones by them. Since technology is extremely incorporated in our lives, it is completely normal for people to be holding two conversations at the same time. One of those conversations can be through texting and another conversation can be in person.…

The website Greenpeace.org hosts an article titled Fracking’s Environmental Impacts: Water. The article discusses the many dangers hydraulic fracturing or fracking poses to water sources both above and below ground. The article also discusses the effects of poor regulation of hydraulic fracturing operations the fracking fluid that is used in the hydraulic fracturing process. Greenpeace.org does not waste any time letting the reader know how they feel about the practice of hydraulic…

will drive Delta’s bottom-line performance Delta Air Lines will continue benefiting from low cost of purchasing fuel. For instance, last quarter, its fuel purchase costs dropped 42%. More importantly, Delta’s average price per gallon has declined 44% to $1.67 from $2.98 per gallon last year. In fact, its total average price has fallen approximately 41% this year, playing a vital role in enhancing its earnings. The following chart clearly shows the decline in Delta’s fuel costs. Source: Delta…

The quiet morning of Friday, Oct. 28 yielded a good time for a few American heroes to properly train cadets from the Blythe Area. Proudly serving in Quartzsite, Captain Aaron Martinez, firefighters Joe Sain and William Aaron taught cadets Angelo Urias and Dorita Castro essential skills for being a public safety professional. Firefighting, a dangerous process of extinguishing fire and providing adequate medical assistance in some cases, is a demanding field that few are brave enough to sign up…

1. Can you think of how much milk a cow can produce on any given day? It is only 50 pounds of milk which are enough to fill six jugs of one gallon each. 2. How much milk do you think is used up to prepare one pound of butter? More than 21 pounds of milk is consumed for this preparation. 3. Have you heard of Hispanic style soft cheese? You would be surprised to know that it is a variety of cheese which is one of the fastest growing products in the USA. 4. If the milk is white in colour from where…