Based on your data, what effect do you predict coal mining has on the environment? Answer = 4. What can be done to prevent mine drainage from damaging the ecosystem? Utilize at least one scholarly resource to support your suggestions. Answer = Experiment 2: Solar Energy Table 2: Solar Energy Experiment Results | Environmental Descriptor/Variable | Observations(Each should be compared against direct subnlight) | Weather of the Day | | Motor speed in direct sunlight | | Motor speed at 45 degree angle | | Motor speed under reflectors | | Motor speed with 25% shaded | | Motor speed with 50% shaded | | Motor speed with 75% shaded | | Motor speed under red filtration | | Motor speed under blue filtration | | Motor speed under green filtration | | Motor speed under yellow filtration | | Post-Lab Questions 1.
These are the clues that prove the climate is changing day by day. Begley suggests there is no certain way to stop climate change due to global warming, so now people need to find out how they are going to make efficient adaptation plans to keep the planet safe from climate changing threat. Rising global temperatures have been accompanied by changes in weather and climate. Small changes in the average temperature of the planet can be a large and potentially
(2011, April 13). Climate Change: Cap-and-Trade / Carbon Tax. Retrieved November 12, 2011, from The Pembina Institute: http://www.pembina.org/climate/carbon-pricing Washington State Department of Ecology. (2008, September 17). Economic Analysis of a Cap and trade Program.
#11 Question: The region where the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCs) can found is Correct Answer: B) My Answer: E) Why it’s Wrong: The mid latitudes was not the correct answer. For some reason I thought the mid latitudes was the equator. I guess I was wrong. The equator has most of the tropical convergence zones witch is (ITCs). #14 Question: If a sailboat is becalmed due to lack of wind its location is likely to be: Correct Answer: D) My Answer: C) Why it’s Wrong: My answer was wrong because 30 degrees South has some winds.
One of the biggest disadvantages is not being able to make connections as easy as the copper. Fiber optic cables have a core as fine as a human hair, making it extremely difficult to splice. Copper cables are obviously not going to be around forever with the fiber optics being so futuristic, but they still have advantages over the fiber. Copper is very easy to work with. When making connections it is so much easier to splice the copper cable than it would be for the fiber.
A Rhetorical Analysis of Global Warming Abstract Global Warming is an issue of great debate, but through careful consideration of both sides of the argument one will come to realize that it is not an issue that requires immediate action. With so much talk of global warming today in the news media, books, and movies like An Inconvenient Truth and The Day after Tomorrow, it is important for one to understand the arguments both for and against the issue of global warming. It is also necessary for one to decipher whether global warming is understood by the scientific community and general population before taking a personal stance. The argument has been approached from both sides here. Upon considering all of the evidence, it may then be
Changing to alternative sources would be too expensive. Those that debate a change is needed say that Coal, oil and natural gas is polluting our atmosphere, the air that is breathed and killing wildlife. People will soon run out of these three sources and there should be a backup plan put into action before it is too late. I personally can see both sides; however, I want to see the United States use wind, solar or water for their energy sources. The United States is broke, and we owe so much money to other countries as it is.
Pollution Prevention Melissa D. Byerley ENV 325: Environmental Management Instructor Robin Glenn June 10, 2013 There are a variety of ways to prevent pollution including altering production or manufacturing processes, eliminating waste at the source, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, reusing materials or items, and population control; which can all work simultaneously for a better world, but issues such as political processes and policies create a hindrance. The many ideas surrounding pollution prevention are quite often simple, but due to economic impacts, these options are not always favorable because worldwide governments want the most successful economy possible, and
at the moment is a dysfunctional one. It is extremely hard to pass any policy changes at the moment, and the current fight over the Affordable Care Act taking place at the moment only makes health care changes harder. However, if there were to be a change and the most likely of options to be legislatively possible will be the Bismarck model or some derivative of it. This is mainly due to the fact that the Bismarck model is close to what is being used in the country at the moment for those under 65 years and working, and also because it has a lesser amount of government involvement than the other models. The Bismarck model will be the one with the best chance to survive the political landscape in the U.S., while bringing equity and more efficiency to the U.S. health care
Alternative Energy Paper Tracey O’Baker SCI/362 November 3, 2014 Howard Schmidt Alternative Energy Paper Since energy prices are on the rise, the United States is constantly competing in the global market to find other energy resources. This has been a big challenge for the United States government today in finding and using alternative energy sources. Alternative energies is defined as energy sources that are renewable and free. Three Viewpoints The viewpoints on climate change vary from person to person in today’s society, but if we look back into the past, one would find some pretty important people who were pioneers of their time on this particular subject. George Perkins Marsh wrote on global environmental changes and humans as the agents of global change.