Essays Tagged: "Mauna Loa"

Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 and its impact on Global Climate

s been increasing. Measurements of the CO2 concentration have been carried out at an observatory on Mauna Loa, whose data is most quoted and most complete. Observations show a steady rise in atmospher ... ast quarter of a century. At the South Pole station, the upward CO2 trend closely parallels that at Mauna Loa (Kraushaar, 1988). Forecasts based on the current rate of fossil fuel consumption suggest ...

(6 pages) 306 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

It is about kilauea volcano in Hawaii.

the largest active craters on earth (New Standard Encyclopedia). Kilauea is on the eastern slope of Mauna Loa, which is much bigger than Kilauea but less active now.The main island of Hawaii is growin ...

(4 pages) 55 0 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences

"Hawaii"- describes the geographic elements of the island

round, Kilauea is currently the most active volcano in the world. Though seemingly an attachment to Mauna Loa, the largest volcano on Earth, the above sea level section is actually a large independent ...

(5 pages) 80 1 4.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Choose Three Careers in Geology, and explain what they do.

im of Kilauea. Volcanologists there forecast, supervise, and study the eruptions of the Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes. Another volcano observatory is in Vancouver, Washington, where Mt. St. Helens a ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences

Volcanoes

astating fires and can eradicate an entire neighborhood in hours.Today known the biggest volcano is Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii. The base of Mauna Loa rises from the sea floor five kilometers to ... from the sea floor five kilometers to sea level, then another four kilometers above the sea, making Mauna Loa from base to summit nine kilometers high. Mauna Loa last erupted in March and April 1984.E ...

(3 pages) 41 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Renewable Energy

of coal and oil (_) by this large amount of carbon dioxide is present in the air, Data gathered by (Mauna Loa) has show 30% (__) from?... (Industrial revaluation). Carbon dioxide which tunes to stay i ...

(3 pages) 60 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science