Many of the aquatic invertebrates are responsible for keeping the ecosystem clean by feeding on litters. Extinction of theses invertebrates would totally disrupt the balance of the ecosystem. The aim of this study is to bring awareness about the harmful impact global warming has on the local aquatic invertebrates and on the ecosystem at a global scale. The hypothesis for this study is that the biotic diversity of the slow moving water and fast moving water are driven by abiotic factors. To support this hypothesis, three predictions were made.
Ryan Witt Doug Peterson ENC1101 December 5, 2014 The Soda Ban Act With portion sizes at chain-restaurants skyrocketing 457 percent over the last 20 years, it’s not hard to believe that in 2030 an estimated 42 percent of Americans will be obese. Statistics like this are what began the Soda Ban’s evolution. In the efforts to “help people help themselves by simply saying ‘No.’” as Nadia Arumugam would say, the soda ban restricts or puts a limit on the size drink Americans can purchase at most food franchises. However, will restricting the public of what they desire ultimately control the consumption of sugary beverages? The world can only advance through education, thus the Soda Ban’s restriction on sugary drinks contributed towards a
Environmental Protection Agency estimated that 70 to 140 billion gallons of water are used to fracture 35,000 wells in the United States each year. This is approximately the annual water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50,000. Fracture treatments incoalbed methane wells use from 50,000 to 350,000 gallons of water per well, while deeper horizontal shale wells can use anywhere from 2 to 10 million gallons of water to fracture a single well. The extraction of so much water for fracking has raised concerns about the ecological impacts to aquatic resources, as well asdewatering of drinking water aquifers. It has been estimated that the transportation of a million gallons of water (fresh or waste water) requires 200 truck trips.
Over the years, the silt has been collecting in Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, and it is predicted that over the next few hundred years this lake will fill up with silt. This could threaten the entire Colorado River reservoir system. Just in the past 10 years, Lake Mead’s water levels have dropped by more than 100 feet and the basin is only half full. Something needs to be done to stop the trends and even
One resource that is at high risk of being contaminated due to fracking is water. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that up to 140 billion gallons of water are used for 35,000 wells each year. Fracking procedures are even excluded from the safe drinking water act of underground injection controls and regulations except when diesel fuel is being used. That means these companies that perform fracking procedures avoid using diesel so that we have no idea what they’re putting in to the ground. Even some states allow fracking to be exempt from state water use regulation, an agreement limiting large water withdrawals; despite the fact that each fracking well uses up to five million gallons of locally sourced water.
I am juicing this way for a detoxifying cleanse of my body and weight lost. The green monster provides me with a daily dose of 26.7 grams of protein, 239.4 grams of carbohydrates, and 8.4 grams of total fat. According to the United States Department of Agriculture I should be having “73 grams of protein, 260 grams of carbohydrates, and between 85-100 grams of total fat” (USDA, 2012). There is a vast difference in macronutrients recommended by the dietary recommended intake (DRI) in comparison to my current green monster juice diet. When I am not on my juice diet I would consume a green monster drink for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch and home cooked dinner to provide a more balanced diet.
Some of the major negative economic effects of natural gas drilling are the enormous amounts of pollutants released into our water sources. With estimates coming close to 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sitting in the Marcellus, it’s no wonder companies are willing to drill at any cost to the local water systems and communities. In other words, there is conservatively two trillion dollars in nature gas reserves sitting right under us. The problem with fracking is being able to find an economical and environmentally friendly way to dispose of the waste water. There are approximately thirteen treatment plants used to deal with the waste water that is accumulated by the massive fracking operations all over the state.
A site can only go through fracking 18 times. That means for each site 72 trillion gallons of water are used and 360 billion gallons of chemical. A majority of the water used during fracking we will never be able to use again. As of how fracking is done now, I see it as a more negative things then positive. Maybe in years to come we can find a new and less harmful way to get natural
This pales in comparison with the $1.8 billion spent on drug abuse prevention for other drugs, the $53 billion in estimated annual costs to society for youth drinking, and the billions spent on alcohol advertising and promotion. And Congress must designate a single federal agency to coordinate the response to this critical public health issue and show measurable reductions in underage drinking.... A Law That Saves Lives I wish today that Congressman Jim Howard, the wonderful chairman of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, was here with us to celebrate the 20 years of saving 20,000 lives. Not long before his death in 1988, Chairman Howard talked about returning home to his district in Asbury Park, New Jersey, after an especially grueling week in Washington. Exhausted, making his way home he noticed the many lights on in the windows of the homes as he drove by, and he wondered which lights just might be burning bright that night because someone's life had been saved by "21" or one of the other highway safety laws he had shepherded through the
Student Name: Jesse De La Torre Communication 120-07 Due Date: Saturday, November 21 Persuasive Speech General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the legalization of Marijuana. I. Introduction A. According to drugwarfacts.org about 435,000 people die per year in the United States alone, from tobacco use and more than 80,000 U.S. deaths are caused by alcohol use per year. How many deaths does Marijuana cause: 0.