Shoreline

The destructive nature of war can leave many people, regardless of age, race, or gender, in a dilapidated state of mine. War veterans suffer from harsh psychological effects such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Many young men come back with an unusual thought perspective that can make their loved ones nervous. Tim O’Brien exemplifies this in his short story “The Things They Carried” about a young man named Lieutenant Cross who was drafted into the Vietnam War. This immature soldier becomes…

of approximately three months was 4.9 million barrels of oil and to go along with that, 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants to the Gulf. A major group of crude oil, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was discovered along the northern shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico. PAH effected several species of wildlife including Dolphins, the Tundra Peregrine Falcon, and shrimp. PAH or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, concentration levels in May 2010 were higher than in May 2011, a mere five…

The California Coastal Act was enacted in the 1970s and it required that the 76 coastal cities and counties in the state must prepare and maintain a local coastal plan (LCP). The LCP incorporates the policies outlined in the Coastal Act and must be approved by the California Coastal Commission (CCC). A LCP is the city's specific, long-term coastal management plan, which includes a land use plan, zoning ordinances and other implementing actions (Fischer, 1999). Instead of having one big LCP, Los…

always found in close association with water, nut the degree of association varies geographically. Hardly (1991) reported Wood turtle in Michigan and Wisconsin occupying habitats in or near moving water including rivers, streams, and associated shoreline habitats. Some Wood Turtle eat…

problem right now, because of the heat, it keeps on reproducing this fatal mush. 1960 was the most polluted it's ever been, so much pollution they protested to make the lake better. The lake was full of Nitrogen and Phosphate. Dead fish littered the shoreline, the lake was remembered as “dead lake’’. The United States signed a treaty with Canada called the Lake's Water Act in 1972. They attempted to lower the amount of pollution entering the lakes. Most of the pollution came from the Cuyahoga…

PAGE 1 –INTRODUCING CYSTAL RIVER Crystal River, located on the Nature Coast of Florida, is known for pristine, crystal clear waters, bays and streams that give the area its name. With more than 70 springs, Crystal River/Kings Bay is the largest winter refuge for manatees on the Florida Gulf Coast and is a National Wildlife Refuge. Over the last 20 years, the springs that feed the river have gone through dramatic changes, which have led to a habitat that is being effected by unwanted algae. If…

Global warming, lest talk about that. It is a boost in the temperature of the earth and the globe, which is affecting the poles. Global warming is something we should consider when using fossil fuels. People think global warming is a joke, but is hurting other places in the globe. One main example of a global warming is that the north and South Poles are melting, thus killing some of the animals there. One term you should know is fossil fuel: a natural energy such as coal or gas, formed in the…

but sometimes researchers come up short (Kreuter & De Rosa, 2004). The Great Lakes ecosystem is the largest body of freshwater in the world. This ecosystem holds 18% of the worlds freshwater supply in the world, it covers 95000 square miles of shoreline; includes 5000 tributaries and has an area of drainage of 288000 square miles. The Basin is populated with more than 35 million people and they depend on its natural resources to sustain their lives (Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team). The…

French-Algerian columnist, Albert Camus was otherwise called a dramatist, writer, philosophical writer, and Nobel laureate. Born on 7 November, 1913 in French Algeria, Camus started his abstract vocation as a political writer, and additionally an on-screen character, chief and dramatist in his local place, Algeria. Later on, he wound up plainly required in the Resistance, as France in those days was involved amid the Second World War and after this amid the era of 1944-47; he likewise filled in…

Mahatma Ghandi once said, “It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.” My Sociology 101 class recently provided me with the opportunity to go out and do the “right thing”, which in this case, was volunteering…