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The Use of Geosciences to a Safer, Healthier and Wealthier Planet Earth
... fire suppression are a well-intentioned disaster from which our forests will probably never recover. Boreal forests actually depend on forest fires for spreading seeds and cleansing the undergrowth. What I want to make clear is that we usually act upon certain hypothesis ...
Asbestos - Mineral, Friend or Foe?
... crystal development. There are two main types of asbestos: amphibole and serpentine. Asbestos, being a versatile mineral, can be found in numerous places throughout the home because of its thermal insulation, fire protection, and strengthening of other materials. The controversy ...
Global Warming
... sea level and encroachment and retreat of glaciers and the ice caps. These temperature variations are dominantly driven by energy from the sun with distance from the sun and the sun's current energy output being the main contributors, and the angle of the earth to the sun ...
The Arctic Zone
... the sun drives the earth's weather and climate, and heats the earth'ssurface; in turn the earth radiates energy back up into space. Atmosphericgreenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases) trap some ofthe outgoing energy, retaining heat somewhat like the ...
Diamonds
... the direction of octahedral face. (Arem, p.32) In this direction, the crystal lattice appears to consist of parallel planes that are spaced at relatively wide distances from one another. Diamond crystals ...
Perspective on Environmental Issues
... nature will even out. Another perspective on environmental issues is Pluralism. Pluralism is an approach that teaches that while individuals can be diverse they can still have respect for each other. Pluralists generally keep an open mind ...
Fundamentals of Environmental Science
... states the problem or unanswered question. (2) The scientist develops a hypothesis, or educated guess, to explain the problem. (3) An experiment is designed and performed to test the hypothesis. (4) Data, the results obtained from the ...
Global Warming
... The sun and the cycle of the "greenhouse effect" is what keeps all of humankind living. The sun aides the weather, climate, and surface temperature of the Earth. Once our Earth receives this energy it radiates it back into space. The "greenhouse effect" is what helps to make our Earth's temperature ...
Malthus's population theory
... the United States census. Conveniently, that count was required each decade, starting in 1790, by the Constitution of the former British colonies. Land was so fertile and uncrowded that food production seemed not to limit population growth. Immigration counts were available to subtract from natural ...
Roles of a modern firefighter.
... from past mistakes. To where the modern fire house of today is more than a fire stopper. The modern fire house has many roles today such as serving community, teaching, forest fires, saving lives, and even search and rescue. There are many other disasters other than fires ...