Mangrove

On January 12th 1962, the US Air force launched Operation Ranch Hand. This operation called for the use of over 19 million gallons of Agent Orange to be dumped on to the forests in Vietnam to expose the Viet Cong soldiers below. Not only did vast amounts of foliage die, but the chemical lead to birth defects, cancer, and skin rashes for soldiers and civilians who came in contact with it. Operation Ranch Hand Initiated.) Many still argue today that Agent Orange was not linked to these health…

Seahorses Rachel Smith Biology 104 03 April 2015 Seahorses are majestic creatures that roam the aquatic depths and fascinate mankind with their unique body type. Seahorse is the name given to fifty-four species of small aquatic fishes in the genus Hippocampus. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek word hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning "sea monster". Seahorses are also classified as Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Sub-phylum Vertebrata, Class Osteichthyes and Order Perciformes…

teacher has a boat that is for his class. On Fridays, He would ask if any student would like to go to out and do some researcher. Every time he would ask, I would try the best that I can to go to every trip. One day it could be going out and see mangrove trees and how we as humans are destroying its environment to learning about horseshoes crabs. I remember that horseshoe crab blood can save humans life. Based on the copper that is found in their…

Bangladesh encounters annual river flooding due to both snowmelt water from the Himalayan mountains through the two major rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, as well as more local rainfall in the catchments of the rivers, including the third major river, the Meghna (Ali 1996). These floods cause tremendous destruction and loss of life as well as damage to crops and other infrastructure. They also cause the spread of diarrheal diseases which are a major health hazard for the people of…

2.0 Introduction Under the background of the global warming, the climate changes a lot in China over the past century and has the following characteristics. First, the average temperature of China rises strongly over the past 50 years since 1980s. The temperature of southwest area of low temperature keeps rising since 1990s. On the other hand, the temperature of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River tends to get rising in summer(Wang H.C. et al,2014). Second, the whole…

chain will impact fish species through habitat and food availability. Sea level rise The projections for sea level rise in and around the Great Barrier Reef suggest much of the coast line will be inundated with water, resulting in major changes to mangrove and seagrass beds in these areas. These habitats provide protection and food resources for juvenile fish. There are also species of fish on the Great Barrier Reef that live in both freshwater and saltwater habitats and changes to the pathways…

Ara-Eaters: Tree Octopuses Of Polynesia — Reports from the 1800s tell of island octopuses that are attracted to the fragrant flowers of the pandanus tree. Nicharongorong: Tree Octopuses of Micronesia — Reports of Palauan tree octopuses that give birth in mangrove trees and eat…

million households in the zone of which 52 percent are absolute poor and do not have their own land (Islam, 2004). Fishing, agriculture, shrimp farming, salt farming and tourism are the main economic activities in the coastal area. The Sundarban (mangrove forest) is a major source of subsistence for almost 5 million people (Islam and…

Natural Hazards Research Task Identify the location The Millennium Drought (2002-2009) was a period of time when much of Southern Australia experienced an especially long dry period. It was particularly severe in the southwest and southeast as they were they are the most populated areas of Australia. Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane were affected by drought constantly or at intervals. While these area in the south had severe droughts, the northern areas of…

4.1.1 Particulate control. Particulate can be defined or referred to as tiny particles of matter like dust, smoke, soot which are being emitted during agricultural and industrial processes as well as other economic activities. Various methods involved with particulate control operate basic principles. Solid particulate particles are usually isolated from gases where they are controlled by physical procedures like through a settling chamber. Settling chamber is a wide and elongated pipe where…