Environment Essays and Term Papers
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- I used two disposable cups to build my terrarium. I taped the cups together with scotch tape so it is air tight. I used a clear cup for the top so light can get to the plants.
*<Tab/>Growing Medium - I used soil and fertilizer…
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can look no further than where they sit everyday. People who live in rural or suburban areas often have the option of public transportation, at least for the daily commute to work. There are many advantages of using public transportation.
First of all…
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throughout human history; they have been credited from healing burns to treating diseases.
One of the earliest documented examples of plants used for medicinal purposes is garlic (Allium sativum). This cure-all plant can be traced back to the ancient…
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April 26, 1986, a reactor of the nuclear power plant had a meltdown. This accident released millions of radioactive isotopes into the air of the Ukraine and other countries eastern, and northern east to Chernobyl. People had to evacuate the Chernobyl…
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polluting our environment. Every time someone takes a short trip up to the grocery store or just to go over to someone else's home, you are polluting the environment that we live in. This is and has been a worldwide problem ever since the car…
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the last 15 years of the century. The rising temperatures are expected to raise sea levels, change rainfall, and other climate conditions. Changing the climate could change forests, crops, and water supplies. It might affect our health, or the health…
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evolution to a great extent has been based on it. Without computers, lights, most methods of transportation and communication, the last hundred years of progress could be set back. Thus electricity could easily be considered man's greatest discovery,…
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organ transplants could be done without another person dying or
sacrificing an organ as a living donor. In this same world there wouldn't be a disparity between the number of the people needing organs and the number of organs available. This somewhat…
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11, 2004 - Monday
Gas Fears
<Tab/>Scientists stated Monday that a mysterious jump in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 2002 may lead to a devastating acceleration of global warming if it continues at its rate…
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State of the World is an informative yet controversial, extensive yet imperfect book. The author, Bjorn Lomborg, stresses that the state of the world, as a whole, and human life in general is getting better, not worse, and that the alarmist claims of…