Hydropower

‘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.…

1. Introduction The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. It was engineered and constructed in several years, from 1956 to 1964. The main purpose of the dam is to generate electricity for communities and to provide water storage for the Upper Colorado River Basin, which ensures that sufficient water can be released to the Lower Basin [1] [2]. In this lab, students will be touring the Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River. Students will use the field trip as a reference to…

Introduction The Earth is composed of various environmental resources. Often times, these natural resources can be used extensively by groups of people (Wang, Du, Su, Chen, 2012). This was portrayed in the movie DamNation (2014), in which dams were built to utilize the environmental resource of water, as a way to benefit humans. However, if individuals continuously overuse these natural resources for their self-interest, without its protection, the resources will eventually become damaged or…

Judy Martz once stated “Everything has to do with geography.” I believe that she is correct, because geography covers basically anything that has to do with the Earth. For example, it covers population, maps, geographical grids, human activity, spatial patterns, and so many other things. Geography classifies material spatially, always asking the questions “where” and “why”. Geographers employ several different, fundamental concepts to explain why every place is unique and somehow connected to…

Sweden has long been known to be a neutral country in wars and has not been involved in any wars for over two hundred years. The citizens of Sweden enjoy a strong economy, higher education and health care, and an extremely low crime rate. Home of the Nobel Peace Prize, Sweden strives for equality and peace in their own nation and throughout the world. Sweden may be one of the most desirable countries due to its stable economy and welfare systems. Motivated to improve the lifestyle of all…

seawater uses a lot of fossil fuel energy, so the cost management becomes very expensive, and it also increases greenhouse gas emissions. However, using renewable energy, which can be classified as solar, wind, photovoltaic, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower, has the potential for reducing the energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are the main energy used in modern industrial societies in many countries, but renewable energy has been used as new and…

At the late of 20th century, Mao Zedong, communist leader, organized the Cultural Revolution in order to assert the authority over the Chinese government. He declared that the nation’s youth to purify the “impure” elements of Chinese society and to revive the revolutionary spirit that lead to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier in order to restore the China’s reputation and power. However, his leadership position in government as in the Soviet Union was weakened and failed his Great Leap…

With fossil fuels causing harm to our environment, it is important to search for alternatives that will benefit our earth. Alternative energy is energy that is widely available and environment friendly. These alternative energy sources do not consume fossil fuels; instead they are nuclear, solar, wind or hydroelectrically powered. These energy forms are more environmentally friendly because they cause little or no pollution. It is important to know the different types of alternative energy…

free environment, renewable energy has a potential of driving up employment. According to IRENA’s report, ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs-Annual Review 2017’, global renewable energy employment in 2016, excluding large hydropower, hit a mark of 8.3 million. If direct employment in large hydropower is included, the figure climbs up to 9.8 million. Within Australia, 50% renewable energy by 2030 would create almost over 28,000 new jobs, nearly 50% more employment than a business as usual BAU scenario…

Luckily, clean energy sources exist such as solar panels, windmills, hydro, geothermal, and wave energy. All of those are used today, but none of them are used to their full extent. The resource used most and creates massive amounts of energy is hydropower. The hoover dam creates about 4 billion kilowatt hours and supplies 1.3 million people with clean renewable energy. There are only so many rivers in the world and most already have a dam built there, but just in the U.S. only ten percent of…