Mojave Desert

very few that is found in Tucson, Arizona. These giant cactus can grow between 14 m to over 20 m while weighing over 3200 lbs. These cactus are heavy because of a desert adaptation which allows them to retain water by expanding its core. This allows the species to survive the extreme hot and dry summer conditions of the Sonoran Desert. However, this cactus doesn’t have high fitness in the cold conditions, so the cactus tend to freeze and possibly die in winter months. Even with environmental…

Mojave Toxin in the Mojave Rattlesnake Neurotoxins are an often studied, naturally occurring set of chemicals with vast potential toward a variety of applications. These toxins are produced by countless different species of animals: amphibians, insects, arachnids, and even birds, just to name a few. Neurotoxins, a specific class of toxins, act by impairing or artificially enhancing neurotransmission at the pre-synaptic or post-synaptic level (Camp & Gilbert, 2014, para. 1-5). Neurotoxins…

Sierra Melton English 1010 9-9:50 The scheme to pump desert water to L.A. Could destroy the Mojave. California's Legislature needs to block it. In California Cadiz Inc. wants to build a pipeline on a railroad right of way to pump groundwater from the Mojave to Los Angeles County and further. “This project could cause an environmental disaster” according to L.A. Times Dianne Feinstein and Laura Friedman. Cadiz is trying to exploit 1875 law and avoid any federal law that would prevent them…

about, the Desert. There are so many interesting facts about the Desert that I bet you haven’t even heard of. Did you know that Death Valley has a large mass of water underneath it that includes one of the most rarest fish ever. That fish is called the Blue Pufferfish. Some of the desert’s i'm going to be babbling about is the Great Victoria Desert. This desert is located in Western Australia, and South Australia. The most known desert is the fascinating Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert is…

is to protect and preserve the beautiful lands of Joshua Tree. The mojave desert is a very special and beautiful desert and has the most astonishing landscapes. During my trips to the national park, I noticed some pretty amazing plants. There is a good reason that we have to preserve and protect areas like this. I recently discovered that the JTNP has an area called the transition zone which is where the Mojave and Sonoran deserts meet. This transition makes it possible for there to be beautiful…

Come Soft Rains by Pamela Madsen is a six-movement oratorio that reflects upon “the 20th-century fascination for utopian salvation in California, the need for water and the meaning of rain” (Madsen, There Will Come Soft Rains). Inspired by the Mojave Desert, Madsen’s work involves intimate chamber music and sounds that collaborate with visual media and literary texts. The concert is performed by the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, the Eclipse String Quartet, and pianist Vicki Ray, who create…

largely shaped and defined by its rich and harsh environment. It is the driest of all 50 states, with very little rainfall annually, averaging 7 inches. Nevada is dominated largely by uninhabited, sagebrush-covered desert and is semi-arid, with the prominent Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert. Native American Tribes such as the Shoshone, the Paiute, the Washoe, and the Mohave inhabited Nevada before the arrival of Europeans. They lived in dwellings call wikiups, and lived off the land,…

One very successful solar power plant is the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. The Ivanpah plant produces 392 megawatts of energy, which is enough to power 94,400 homes in America. It is located in Ivanpah, Southern California in the Mojave Desert and was created in 2013. Construction started around 2010 and finished around late 2013 or early 2014. It took $2.2 billion to make and is owned by NRG Energy, BrightSource Energy, and Google. It was awarded in 2014 of, “Plant of the Year”…

cultures, but American culture, to me, is interesting regardless of being criticized by other cultures or it has only been around for about hundreds of years, comparing to other ancient cultures. Deep Creek Hot Springs is part of the Mojave Desert, located at the fork of the Mojave River deep inside of the San Bernadino forest, 16 miles from Lake Arrowhead, near Apple Valley, San Bernadino County which is East of the 15 Freeway and can be accessed using the 210 Freeway. We hiked for about two…

Joads cross Arizona and reach the Colorado River. Noah leaves the family after a baptismal bath in the river. The Wilsons additionally discontinue their journey because Sairy is too ill to continue on any further. Thus, the Joads cross the dreaded Mojave Desert alone. During the crossing, Granma dies; but Ma does not reveal her death to anybody because she wants the family to get across safely (Steinbeck…