Weathering

David Schuberth Environ 306: Global Water Professor Gaden Conflict in the Murray-Darling Basin The Murray-Darling Basin is a large region in Australia consisting of a network of irrigation systems and two rivers crossing over three states, and stakeholders sharing them causes quite a lot of conflict. The Murray River itself is the third longest river in the world at 2520 kilometers and supplies water to 1.5 million households, including the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 40…

There is a famous saying in the bronc football program which is simply, “stay the course”. Often things go wrong in competition or in route to completing a goal. The biggest lessons come from weathering the storm. The best are able to accept that something didn’t work, and simply move on. Sometimes when we would play football we would get behind a score or a couple of points. It was important in those situations not to freak out and abandon ship…

The U.S. had major problems in the 1930’s and 40’s.Weather is what caused the dust bowl. Farmers had major struggles from the dry weather and dust storms.“Farmers and landholders in the Great Plains had to migrate in the 1930s during a period of drought, irregular rain, and erosion.”"Sander"All farming was ruined because of the weather farmers couldn't grow crops and the topsoil was ruined.They moved west to California where conditions would be better and tried to restart there.Weather was so…

A Swinger of Birches Hardened by the daily toils and responsibilities, the soft innocence of youth is easily forgotten with age. Walking through the woods in solitude, a man lets his busy mind wander for a moment. With the sight of trees swaying in the wind, his mind understands that the heavy ice and snow is what bends the thin trees. But his heart wonders if it was a boy’s doing – climbing to the top of the trees just to bend them enough so he can let go and fall safely to the ground – that…

Intro WHAT IS CONTEXT ? It is a term frequently implied to define the exact location of an artifact or structure. A statement of the context of an object or feature involves as assessment of the stratigraphy of the site . It refers to either the physical built fabric within which a project is situated, the ground in a figure-ground perception within which an architect or group of architects, a work or body of work is culturally and historically placed, or in relation to which they may be…

A nation’s capability to adapt to its terrain and to utilize its natural resources is often critical in determining the ability people to survive in its land. This was evident in numerous successful ancient civilizations like the Egyptian civilization, organized around the Nile River, which ruled from 3200-1640 BCE. To the south, and a few millennia later, the Aksum Empire adapted to its mountainous terrain and long seacoast to dominate trade and agriculture from 100-750 CE. Just before the…

Geologically, we can divide the outer core of the earth into two parts which are lithosphere and asthenosphere. Lithospheric shell contains a number of major breaks which can be referred as plate boundaries. Lithosphere sits on Asthenosphere, which is the portion of the mantle, causing the plates to move around as its solid and ductile properties. When we think about the movements of plate tectonics, we generally come up with the idea of dramatic natural disasters which destroy and derive…

Respiration (Short-term storage) Carbon that is stored in plants, animals and all living things is released back into the atmosphere during the process of respiration. Energy is required for all living things to carry out life processes therefore stored glucose must be converted to energy by respiration. Oxygen is used to break down carbon stored as sugar for energy by the process of respiration. Carbon dioxide is released as a waste product back into the atmosphere C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O…

Australian Rail Track Corporation LTD 2005 define a railway ballast as; free draining coarse aggregate or metallurgical slag used to support railway tracks. It is recommended that ballast should be “hard durable and as far as possible angular along edges/corners, free from weathered portions of parent rock, organic impurities and inorganic residues” (Reference) Rocks which contain minerals which are deemed harmful to the longevity and behaviour of the ballasts may be rejected following…

The Forbidden City The Forbidden City, known as Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties—the years 1420 to 1912. It lays at the center of Beijing. It currently houses the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for nearly five hundred years.The most noticeable and vital aspects of the Forbidden City are the history, architecture, and…