Hydrology

Ferry Beach State Park is located in Saco Maine, between Old Orchard Beach and Camp Ellis. The park is nestled on 117 acres of beautiful land ranging from forested areas with luscious trees, to white sand beaches. One of the most popular draws to the park are the hiking trails where you can spend an afternoon taking in the awe inspiring views of the different eco systems that have made themselves at home and flourished. The trails are littered with man-made bridges that perch you above the floor…

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is the first national tallgrass prairie in the country was established in 1996. The remnant prairie land once housed part of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant is now Midewin. Since the land transfer from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service along with other federal & non-governmental partner manage the restoration of the 19,161 acres of the historical prairie habitat. In 2004 Midewin was opened to the public. Forms…

such as untreated sewage, mining waste, acid rain, fertilizers and pesticides concentrate in rivers, lakes and wetlands and eventually end up in estuaries and the food web. Dams and other water diversions siphon off and disconnect waters, changing hydrology and water chemistry. During the dry season, the Colorado River has little to no water in it by the time it reaches the Sea of Cortez. From the same article it is stated that, the main drivers of habitat loss in the United States are:…

INTRODUCTION Energy sources are a vast number but not all of them are renewable and those that are non-renewable are not going to cater for the next generations if we do not change to live conservatively and sustainable . The non-renewable energy sources not only are damaging our environment, they are also depleting . This means that the future generations will not get the benefits we are getting today from our environment if we are not starting to change our values and attitudes towards the use…

Introduction of Pink Dolphins Pink dolphins, also called Chinese white dolphins, which have a long life expectancy of up to 40 years, so it can see that pink Dolphins can live longer for themselves. Moreover, while the normal pink dolphins can live around 40 years, but in Hong Kong, most of Chinese White Dolphins can live into 30 years. So based on the comparison between dolphins in Hong Kong and dolphins in other places, the dolphins in Hong Kong have a shorter lifespan. Besides that, the…

After that I started to work on WP 1.4. That wasn’t so easy because this is the first time for me to encounter a software from hydrology domain. But eventually I’ve overcome the obstacles and got familiar with it. My specific part within WP 1 was to input three pumping stations and then to do the time series for them. I needed to take into account the amount of water that will be…

Interspecific competition is the competition between two different species. Interspecific competition results from many species with similar niches and limited resources available. A niche is defined as an area that a species inhabits, the role or function of the species in the ecosystem and the species relationship with all is biotic and abiotic factors affecting it (Biology online dictionary, 2015).The limiting resources could be resources such as mates’ nutrients and space (M. Beals, L. Gross…

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Basic Concepts of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change According to (FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), 2000; Gregorio, 2005) land cover refers to the biophysical cover of the earth surface or land for instance vegetation cover such as forest, shrub/bushland, and grassland and water. Whereas land cover can be defined as the attributes of the earth’s land surface covered by vegetation, desert, water bodies like lake, sea, ocean, bare soil and ice (Chrysoulakis…

Since the beginning of the industrial era, carbon dioxide or CO2 concentrations have been dramatically increasing. Today we are facing the highest amounts of anthropogenic CO2 in our atmosphere in over 650,000 years. Increased CO2 concentrations will have many negative effects on this planet. Our plants and oceans play a crucial role in carbon recycle on our planet and our oceans absorb one quarter of CO2 that is emitted into our atmosphere. When the ocean absorbs CO2, chemical reactions occur…

During the Ice Ages is when some of the glaciers seen today were formed. Species had to adapt to the drastic change in weather so in today’s warm weather world they have adapted as well. Issues with the glaciers melting is that it is making the water cooler and therefore changing their environment of the fish and other species living in those areas. Glaciers are not the only signs of a change in weather. Hurricanes have become more common and stronger due to saturation levels. The Earth and its…