Surface runoff

How Rescue Teams Are Saving Sea Turtles By: Priya Lokhnauth Turtles have been around for 220 million years. But now they are starting to become extinct. If we don’t fix this, then future generations will not be able to see this amazing sea creature. Rescue Teams help turtles and save turtles but some people kill and eat turtles. Rescue Teams are determined to save sea turtles. Volunteers are now blooming to make more teams. Rescue teams are also searching…

region or state. A big reason for keeping the electoral college is that it prevents run off elections. Run off elections happen when not one candidate wins the election and is possible with a popular vote method. Although very unlikely to happen, a runoff election would complicate the process of electing the president, the electoral college on the other hand will always produce a clear winner, streamlining the process of electing the president. This is one trade off that many people see as…

Collection and Identification of an Environmental Bacteria to the Genus level Introduction: Bacteria can be found virtually anywhere, and interaction with these organisms occurs daily (Fitzpatrick & Allison, 2014). However, though the interaction between human and bacterium is continual, it is not always known what type of bacteria a person is coming into contact with. Therefore it is important to understand, and to have knowledge about, the characteristics of bacteria in our environment. As…

“aims at producing more food, income, better livelihoods and ecosystem services with less water” (Molden, 2010). There are some ways to use water productivity and few of them include water harvesting that is the method of inducing agriculture surface runoff and supplemental irrigation it is the addition of small amounts of water to enhance rainfed crops, it results in better production with less water use (Molden, 2010). This proves that being efficient with water in farming can produce many…

that free petroleum product was identified in excavation test pits at the property. Historical sources indicated that the Harbour Cove site was once used as a 4-acre, 40-foot deep borrow pit and lakefill site. Lakefills are generally non-natural surface water bodies that are permitted to receive inert solid waste such as construction debris. An old auto repair shop was also located on the property and was the likely source of the petroleum contamination. An old auto repair shop was also located…

The Great Barrier Reef has always been listed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World due to its once natural beauty and sheer scope. Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, the reef is the largest of its kind. In a graphic published on website The Conversation, the reef is said to contain an estimated 2,900 individual reefs spread over an area of about 133,000 square miles or 344,400 square kilometers (Pressey, Grech, Brodie, Day). It is estimated that the reef contains six…

effect and desertification. Now how does this relate to Brazil? Brazil as said earlier is home to one of the world’s largest tropical rainforest and it just seems to be that Tropical rainforests are the most affected. A bit over half of Earth's land surface is covered by forests, which is just a little bit over four billion hectares (One hectare = 2.47 acres.). When you compare this back to 1850 where the earth covered 5.9 billion hectares you can tell that from since the pre-industrial era the…

leads to uncontrollable forest fires that can only be stopped by letting it burn out. Even worse, cattle pastures take up about 80 percent of the deforested areas in the Amazon, and because of this innumerable amount of cattle, there is excessive runoff which contaminates the 4,100 miles of river, spreading the corruption throughout the entire…

Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Soil Around Tar Creek Sophia R. Hunt Ariel Diaz Salinas Abstract This experiment is being done to understand how heavy metals are distributed in the soils surrounding Tar Creek. Heavy metals have harmful effects on human health, especially in young people. Mine drainage and multi-story high chat piles left behind in the Tri-state mining district contaminate local Oklahoma waterways, including Tar Creek, with elements such as lead and zinc. Using flood maps of…

There are several topics that we considered for identifying competence in problem solving in the group. The considered topics include, “Saving Endangered Species,” “Global Warming (Climate Change),” “College Tuition in America,” “Trump? Is he a problem for the America?,” Racism (Prejudice),” “Language Deprivation for the Deaf Children,” “ Preventing the Enlargement of Terrorist Groups,” “The Use of Antibiotics in Fast Food Production,” “Zika Virus,” “Nuclear Weapon,” and “Getting to the Mars.”…