Grassland

total of 283 million tons of coal were mined, providing about 64% of the state’s electrical production (Reese and Loughlin, 61).” Mining has caused severe environmental impacts ranging from the toxic chemicals seeping into the watershed, the altering of landscapes, and large amounts of waste (Reese and Loughlin, 61). New laws have been developed in order to reverse the negative trends from mining, which include the following: Abandoned Mine Land law, Open Cut Land Reclamation Act, Surface Mining…

Both of these artworks, “The Cotton Bowl” by Hank Willis Thomas, and “Tightrope 9” by Elias Sime, are located in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thomas’ piece was donated to this museum by the North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporaries in 2012. Hank Willis Thomas’ piece was from his series Strange Fruit, and he notes that it is a “visual and conceptual explanation of the black body as spectacle and souvenir in the American popular culture.” Contrastly, Sime’s…

Abby Bentley Ms. Jeric ENG 10 7 May 2015 Endangered and in danger People are eating Africa alive. It was thought there was 3-5 million elephants in Africa, but that number has drastically dropped. This is due to the elephants being poached for their ivory tusks. Because so many elephants have been killed for their tusks, there has been a ban on trading ivory. Although, the ban did not stop illegal poachers because the ivory sells for a considerable amount in the black market. With the number of…

If left alone, Earth is a self-sustaining, interdependent ecosystem. Unfortunately, the human race has slowly but surely destroyed some of its intricate processes. An important historical and environmental staple of North America, the American prairie was a biodiverse ecosystem that once thrived. Its complex polyculture system featured perennial plants that created a beautiful, flourishing landscape. With the introduction of advanced technology, farmers were able to change the prairie lands…

In aspects of the environment, the tourism industry often brought a notable affirmative environmental impacts. One of these advantages is the protection of the environment. Knox and Marston (2003) claim that the wildlife preservation and the encouragement of indigenous lifestyle would be stimulated by the tourism industry. For example, Costa Rica has established nature reserves and wildlife to conserve its environment, these constructions led to protect about 30 percent of its land (Knox and…

During the Progressive Era in the early 20th century, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson were striving to be the most progressive among other muckrakers/reformers to resolve issues among industrialization and urbanization. They each fought for reform by targeting colossal businesses, attacking substantial trusts and monopolies, drawing attention to the abuse of the working class and bringing awareness about environmental destruction. While all of the…

larger than neighboring stations (Rediat, 2012). 3.1.4 Land-use and land-cover The total area of the city is about 1,288 km2. The land use types in the study area are classified into seven classes (Fig. 5). These are cultivated land, bare land, grassland, settlements, shrub land, wetland and woodland (Table 2). Figure 5: Land-use/land-cover map of Dire Dawa and surrounding,…

Located in the south-eastern region of South America, with a total land mass of 2.78 million kilometers squared—making it the eighth largest country in the entire world—Argentina, also known as la República Argentina or Argentine Republic, is one of the wealthiest and most prosperous countries out of all its Latin American constituents. It is bordered exclusively by Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, and Brazil partially to the northeast. Out of the twelve Latin American…

to feed cattle plus grow corn turned into well-managed pasture then “that would remove 14 billions lbs of carbon from the atmosphere each year” which is equivalent of taking 4 million cars off the road (Pollan 149). This proves that well-managed grasslands really matter for the Earth. The best example of the usage of ethos is when Michael Pollan decided to work at Polyface Farm for a week and in the end to kill a chicken for him to eat (Pollan 143). This proves that he is a reliable source since…

Lived on the Asian steppe dry grasslands with Very little rain fall dry plains. And the Nomads prided themselves on toughness often hard to get along with settled people, Gong and his khan defeated rivals one by one it was almost 21 years United almost all of Asia invaded China first then…