Phosphorus

Spinach was originated in the Middle East, most likely in Persia or Iran. Currently, Texas and California are the known major producers. There are three core selections of spinach: savoy (curly, dark green leaves), flat/smooth-leaved (typically used for processed foods such as canned, frozen, soups, and baby foods), and semi-savoy (not as curly as the savoy). Spinach is known to be available all year long; the farmers at the Indian Springs Farmers Marketing said that they like to grown their…

Henry Bessemer was the son of Anthony Bessemer, an inventor who created a new way to craft gold chains.(lemelson.mit.edu) The discovery of this method allowed the Bessemer family to move to England,(lemelson.mit.edu) where Henry was born. Young Henry was a protégé of his father. At the age of 17, Henry revolutionized the way that stamps were dated, leading to vast financial savings for the postal service.(lemelson.mit.edu) This successful endeavor inspired Henry to live a life of invention and…

pathways, reducing the useful life of reservoirs and increasing dredging costs. “By raising streambeds and burying streamside wetlands, sediment increases the probability and severity of floods.” (Aillery et al.) Vital crop nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus that are applied to fields each year in large volumes can runoff or leach into water sources. A major environmental concern is eutrophication of surface water, resulting in decreased oxygen levels and death of aquatic life. “As much as…

Committee: Representative of Agriculture Topic: Lake Erie’s Toxic Algal Bloom Name: Violet Landrum “Nobody adores fertilizer. Nobody devotes their life to fertilizer (unless they own a fertilizer company). But, you need it to grow the crops. The land is arid and dry without it, and trying to grow things is likely to be futile.” - Shellen Lubin. According to a paper written in Science, the ocean has lost roughly 77 billion tons of oxygen in the last 50 years, being up to nearly 2% of its waters…

. (10 points) Discuss the classifications of wastes. There are different classifications of wastes: degradable, dissipating, conservative, and solid. Degradable wastes that can transformed to other compounds. An example of degradable wastes are food products. When food products are inputted into the oceans they are broken down by microorganism like into their organic compounds. Dissipating wastes can be dissipated or diluted. Heat is a dissipated waste that once it enters the ocean it…

Thanks to Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, we now have many laws, guidelines, and even bans to ensure the safety environment and those who live inside it. Recently, some controversy has developed over the use of a pesticide known as Naled. Naled is currently being used to treat areas plagued by mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus and some people are debating whether the use of Naled should be discontinued due to its toxicity. The use of Naled is safe for our environment and should continue to…

established on this chart were named after stories and people from ancient mythology. A few examples of this are as follows: Neptunium: symbol-Np, Atomic Number-93. This element was named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune. Phosphorus: symbol-P, Atomic Number-15. Phosphorus was a god of light in Greek myths, which is where this element gained its name. And Copper: Symbol-Cu, Atomic Number-29. Copper was named after the island Cyprus, which is the birthplace of the Greek goddess…

The Everglades are a massive complex ecosystem at the southern tip of the Florida peninsula. It is full of diverse flora and fauna, and the natural watershed and wetlands once covered nearly 47,000 sq km. The Everglades once made up about 10,000 sq km of this watershed, but today the Everglades span around 5,000 sq km. The area experiences seasonal weather, with a wet and hot summer and relatively dry and mild winters. To the east of the Everglades is the urban Miami metropolitan area, with…

1. Introduction Pre-industrial revolution, humans beings used to live a primitive life whereby they used wood for cooking, warming house; as biofuel. Even later when they lived in houses, they used candles to light up their homes. Post-industrial revolution, human beings discovered new energy resources which have made life much easier to live. And the discovery of these resources (coal and oil), have also supported the advancement of new technologies e.g. automobiles, airplanes, generation of…

emissions caused by the production of chemical fertilizers. It pulls nitrogen from the air by using microbes, increasing yields while leaving soil healthier than before. Gives all the benefits of a man-made fertilizer like providing extra nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for hundreds of dollars less. The microbes are self-sustaining and don’t need to be replenished every year like traditional fertilizer. Drawbacks would be its only available in small quantities since extensive trials are still…