The Browning Of Surface Waters

The narrator in the first chapter is Ruth McBride. Ruth is addressing her son James McBride because he is interviewing Ruth.“I don't remember the name of the town where I was born, but I do remember my jewish name: Ruchel Dwajra Zylska. My parents got rid of that name when we came to America…” pg 1

Groundwater is in contact with surface water. However, traditionally, groundwater and surface water used to be considered as separate water resources (Winter, 1998). Because of that, management of groundwater and surface water resources poses a risk of allocating the same water twice in the water budget (Geosciences Australia, 2013). Not only two resources are in close contact rather they do interact. So, Winter (1998) considered groundwater and surface water as a single resource.

Have you ever felt like a minority? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this status?

[1] Ruth's memory of her childhood includes the explanation of her drastic separation from her family, that explains why she always avoids the topic of her family when it's brought up. Ruth is hesitant to remember the memories of her painful past.

The one big question that an author always asks themself after deciding a story line, is how the plot should be arranged. Everyone has their own thoughts when it comes to this decision. An author may not necessarily pick the best method, but if they feel it is, they will work their magic to ensure the plot is powerful and enticing. In the memoir, The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, author James McBride uses many different structural strategies throughout his piece. He relates previous chapters with later ones to vividly show the bend between the past and present of his mother’s life journey, while still keeping a chronological order intact. McBride incorporates his own unique style to draw readers in and show how

The book, The Color of Water by James McBride presented many aspects of cultural diversity from different individuals to groups of people. The book is an autobiography about James McBride’s mother, Ruth. The author thoroughly explains what Ruth had to go through during the time where diversity amongst individuals was clearly avoided. In addition, it explains James’ life after the death of his father and the ups and downs he encountered. After reading this book, I now have a better understanding of how important it is for people accepted the differences in each other and accept that we are a country of cultural diversity, not divided groups. The analysis of this book will thoroughly explain the positive and

In The Color of Water, author James McBride explores all of the hardships and experiences that lead to the inevitable aspect of life; change. Writing this autobiography and memoir for his mother allows readers to understand what he and his family dealt through. James holds an insane infatuation for his mother’s past and went on to find out who she was in order to understand her constant proclivity to keep her previous life confidential. Rachel Shilsky remained mute and hopeless throughout her childhood. Unlike Rachel, the life she lived as Ruth was that of a woman with power and a voice that fought against mistreatment. It was imperative for Ruth to destroy any memory of Rachel Deborah Shilsky and take on a new identity in order to start afresh. James McBride focuses the book on the high levels of deprivation his mother went through. His thoughts on his mother’s way of life change when he comes face to face with the life she lived. As Ruth faces more challenges throughout her life she grows as a person who no longer fears anything, and finally relinquishes her past to James.

The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride is a Multiple Point-of-View novel in which a white mother and her black son deal with a recurring question: Is it possible to reject certain parts of one's Identity? They each find themselves lost in a world of racial and religious prejudice. Determined to start a new life, the mother, Ruth, leaves home with one goal: to leave behind her old identity. While searching for a new life, Ruth learns that her own view on topics such as race and religion are sometimes more meaningful to her life than the traditions she had once grown up learning. She uses the method of rejection to not only push her past behind her, but to also open up a world of new opportunities for her new identity.

The Ocean. Commonly known, as the big blue is one of the most ecologically diverse habitats on earth. It is home to 7000,000 million different species, all of which directly rely on the stability and natural habitats, which exist around the globe. In fact, over two thirds of the species living in the ocean are unknown (DNews). The industrial revolution changed the world for the better; the industrial revolution introduced hundreds of new products, which changed the way humans live. Throughout this paper we will discuss the causes and solutions to environmental degradation in the ocean.

The title “The Color of Water” is the best title for the book because It shows how just like the water that’s a stream that continues on and on in spite of what is going on around it. James keeps on moving forward by going on with his life even though he’s facing so many challenges or obstacles that he’s experiencing in his life. There are two meanings that are behind the title “The Color of Water” such as a literal meaning and figurative meaning.

23. Why does reduction in soil moisture content pose an impending disaster for many areas in the world?

Anthropogenic activity has led to greatly increased emissions of greenhouses gases. Increased temperatures, acidification and stratification are all affected by increased carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. These symptoms of climate change have direct and indirect effects on to marine ecosystems, all of which start at the major primary producers of the oceans: phytoplankton.

Researchers are worried climate change and increase average global temperatures will free large quantities of carbon at an unmanageable rate (Peat bogs "amplify" global warming, 2006). Enzyme activity causes increases in the decomposition of sphagnum moss. When such enzymes are warmed and exposed to air they are permitted to act on peat moss and release carbon compounds into external environments (the atmosphere) (Peat bogs "amplify" global warming, 2006). It is projected that by the end of the century temperatures will increase by an alarming 5.8 degrees Celsius (Peat bogs "amplify" global warming, 2006). As the earth becomes warmer, droughts will increase causing the level of water in the wetlands to decrease, allowing the soil to be exposed to air. If the oxygen within the air gets into contact with phenyl oxidase, the enzymes that break down sphagnum spp., a reaction causing carbon release will occur, allowing carbon leakage into rivers and streams. This carbon pollution can enter in the sea and come into contact with marine bacteria, which will attack the carbon and eventually convert carbon to carbon dioxide. Increased carbon dioxide levels will consequently produce more warming leading to more carbon dioxide production through Greenhouse gas, in a rather cyclic series of environmentally detrimental events (Peat bogs "amplify" global warming, 2006). Researchers have predicted that an extra 60 years of industrial emissions can cause doubling in atmospheric carbon, causing acceleration in global climate change (Peat bogs "amplify" global warming,

The main factors in this climate change are observed to be the increase in temperatures and the resulting acidification of the oceans. The previously mentioned changes and others in the report are readily observable, such as the uptake of anthropogenic carbon since 1750 that has led to the ocean becoming more acidic, with an average decrease in pH of 0.1 units and in some instances blatantly obvious, even to the average layperson. It is difficult to conclude what the rate of change in the future will be and the effects of observed ocean acidification on the marine biosphere.

PBs for climate change, ozone layer and ocean acidification remained the same in both the Rockström et al. (2009) and Steffen et al. (2015) papers. Controls used for climate change were atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and change in radiative forcing relative to pre-industrial levels. The PB for CO2 is set at 350ppm; the zone of uncertainty extended to 450ppm by Steffen et al. (2015). The PB zone of uncertainty for radiative forcing is set at 1- 1.5Wm–2. Ozone depletion is measured using O3 concentration and the PB is set at 275DU. Ocean acidification is based on mean global aragonite saturation in surface seawater and set at ≥80% pre industrial aragonite saturation. Stefan et al. (2015) revises biodiversity loss, biogeochemical flows, land use