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Climate change and pollution are serious global issues. Recently, cities such as New Delhi and Beijing have been plagued by unprecedented levels of smog, leading to riots and unrest. Greenhouse gases have greatly increased the temperature of our atmosphere and are upsetting the Earth’s fragile balance as an ecosystem. Consequently, in 2016, the arctic ice sheet was the smallest ever recorded, but most worryingly, according to NASA, the past 13 years have had the 13 smallest ice sheets on record…

Located in northeastern Alberta (Pasqualetti 2009, p. 248) are the “largest oil-sand deposits in the world” (Pasqualetti 2009, p. 250). The Alberta oil sands provide a necessary resource that is valuable to the Albertan and Canadian economies. The oil sands have received ample attention in recent years from the media and from various environmental agencies and groups due to “growing concern about a range of environmental impacts” (Jordaan 2012, p. 3611). These concerns are not without merit, as…

Introduction The paper I will be writing will discover the different types of healthcare systems there are around the US. Health care provides services diagnose and treat patients in a hospital environment in the The United States has the biggest healthcare market around the world. I will also be discussing the different types of healthcare people receive like PPO and HMO and what the differences are between these two health care plans. PPO is a preferred Provider Organization plan…

Company Fraud In the 1970’s “fair trade” laws allowed manufacturers to require retailers to sell merchandise at the same price to avoid price competition for their products (Antar, 2011). This type of regulations force Eddie Antar to look for a different alternative in order to remain in business. It appears as if his only options were to purchase overseas and overstock from other retailers. Crazy Eddie stores had one goal in mind; sell a product to every customer that walked into their stores.…

The Netherlands, located in northwestern Europe, is commonly addressed as “Holland” when talking about the provinces. The two provinces of Noord and Zuid together make up Holland. The geography of Holland (the Netherlands) in Europe is deemed unusual by many in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea, with almost 25% of its land at or below sea level, while remaining protected by dikes. The European part of the country can be split into two areas: the low and flat lands in the west…

Is Killing the Solution Over the past Century there have been various opinions on how to prevent, or maintain overpopulation of White-Tailed Deer (WTD). Although killing is the oldest, and most effective method of deer population control according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC). Some animal rights groups like People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA) feel that killing of the WTD is not the answer to the problem. The population of these beautiful WTD is on…

There are three main ways that a body can be preserved in this way: through freezing, extreme drying, or via a peat bog. Unlike artificial mummification, these bodies are not prepared prior to burial, meaning they freeze in time in much more complicated poses, a consideration that can be difficult for their conservation. These mummies are some of the oldest in the…

Deforestation increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because when trees are burned carbon dioxide is released, carbon dioxide is also, released when trees are decomposed by microorganisms. Cutting down trees also, reduces the amount of carbon dioxides taken up by the photosynthesis and trapped in the wood and carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas therefore, Trees play a huge role in the carbon cycle. They convert the CO2 in the air to oxygen, through the process of photosynthesis.…

Geography of “Stuff” March 1st Leila Chapa Geography-140-001 Dr. Joni Palmer As markets grow worldwide, the pressure on natural resources continues to grow as well. This is causing many companies to look at different ways of developing their product. For many producers, by just looking at the life cycle of their product, they learn that they can reduce operating costs, including lowering their energy consumption and raw material use. Recycling alone does not look at the big…

Is Killing the Solution Over the past Century there have been various opinions on how to prevent, or maintain overpopulation of White-Tailed Deer (WTD). Although killing are the oldest, and most effective method of deer population control, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC). Some animal rights groups like People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA) feel that the killing of the WTD is not the answer to the problem. The population of these beautiful WTD is…