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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…

"Escape from Alcatraz" Three smart and experienced criminals face off against one of Americas best prisons. Alcatraz was a brutal prison on an island, motivating Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers, the three inmates, to escape by using a raft of raincoats to get to the mainland. Some say they escaped, but there is much more evidence supporting the fact that they died during their escape. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers died trying to escape Alcatraz. In order for them to survive,…

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.…

GEOG 306 Literature Review Introduction Severe weather prediction is an evolving concept that regions adopt through the need for improved documentation and increased understanding of destructive weather-related forces. Extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, storms or flash floods can considerably damage roads, railways and power lines. Regions focused on reducing impacts from extreme weather are appointing emergency management teams with the primary responsibility to proactively…

the Gulf of Mexico. However, “Energy companies have figured out how to drill wells with fewer toxic chemicals, enclose wastewater so it can't contaminate streams and groundwater, and sharply curb emissions from everything from truck traffic to leaky gas well valves.” This means drilling would only last two years with small effect to wildlife and no effect to groundwater or fear of chemical…

Waste spill The effects of the environmental damage on the Navajo nation. The waste spill tained rivers, caused great damage to the people river, and life blood. 88,000 pounds of metals poured into the rivers. Epa has taken responsibility. In the story, on pages 1 & 2 talk about has happened, on page two it talks about what they are gonna do to fix the issues to clean up the waste spill. If they will do anything to help out. They also talk about the costs to clean all of the spill. The…