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Unfortunately, there is a misconception that wetlands are wastelands, despite their value to our environment, society and economy. Our wetlands are threatened by numerous activities. Global Warming Global warming has the potential to alter the structure and function of our wetlands. Sea level rise threatens to inundate many coastal wetlands, with little room to move inland because of coastal development. Warmer water from global warming will alter the species composition and contribute to…

Dehumidification in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky –Tristate Area If your indoor air feels heavy and smells a bit musty, it could mean that your home is experiencing high levels of humidity. Although humidity is important, having too much can destroy the pleasant environment because it encourages allergens, like mold and mildew, to grow. Thankfully, you can reduce the amount of humidity in the air with a dedicated dehumidifier. This system is designed to pull excess moisture in the air…

Endothermic or Exothermic? The energy changes lab was an interesting lab in which the class compared two chemical reactions, the solute baking soda and the solvent vinegar, and the solvent baking soda solution with the solute of calcium chloride to see whether the changes were endothermic or exothermic reactions. I concluded that vinegar and baking soda was the endothermic reaction and baking soda solution and calcium chloride was the exothermic reaction. I knew this because in the vinegar and…

Hartford Civic Center collapsed on January 18th, 1978 when the weight of the 4.8 inches of snow proved to be too much for the structure to handle. The roof was supposed to be designed to withstand much larger load cases than this small amount of snow. Fortunately, no one was injured as the roof fell at 4 o’clock in the morning. There are several relevant parties involved in this case. The first is the architectural company, Vincent Kling & Associates. They were a well-known firm located on the…

A group of biologists have developed a general model to explain growth and development in ectothermic organisms. Changes in environmental temperatures effect the rates of most biological reactions and biological processes in ectotherms. The rates of ontogenetic growth and development are no exceptions. Ectothermic animals develop faster at warmer temperatures and they usually mature at smaller body sizes. This phenomenon has been called the temperature size rule (Zuo et Al. 2011). The…

The goal of this lab was to compare the differences of temperature effect on a plant's growth rate. In this experiment, the materials used were water bottles, seeds, and cotton. One half-cut bottle with the seed was placed in room temperature, while the other in cold temperature. The plants were equally watered every other day after for 2 weeks (at the same time). Throughout this experiment, the results led to the conclusion that a plant placed in room temperature had a higher germination rate…

Why do some species only live in one part of the world, even though there are other environments which could be suitable? One outstanding case of a species surviving in one specific area is the kangaroos. This, can be called “The kangaroo question.” Kangaroos can only be found in Australia, even though there are several other habitable areas for them. Then why do some species only stay in an undivided field of nation? There could be many reasons for this phenomenon. The most…

The Rio Grande Rift is a major component of the Sourthern Rocky mountain region. that extends from the center of Colorado, U.S.A., all the way down into Chihuahua, Mexico (Chapin, 1994) (figure 1). The area has long been used by humans as a north south trade route and also goes by the name “El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro” (“The Royal Road of the Interior Land”). The understanding of this rift zone is also an area of importance because it contains valuable resources such as hydrocarbons,…

Destruction of Animals’ Homes in the Rainforest Why haven’t we realized our mistakes yet? Why? Our carelessness and greed, has been impacting wildlife majorly. We are taking away the homes of the animals in the Rainforest, and they are dying off so fast, and soon they may even go extinct. Some of the major reasons as to why animals are losing their homes, are because of Habit Degradation. Pollution, and the disruption in the ecosystem processes, (like changing the intensity of fires), which have…

Minerals are in an enormous variety of items, like silicon in computers, fluoride in toothpaste and lead in batteries. These are all items that people utilize daily. Rocks and minerals are in countless objects. The latest types of technology currently being developed have some form of rock or mineral in it…