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    Dr. Roark’s talk, Deep-Sea Coral Perspectives on Ocean Circulation and Mississippi River Drainage Basin Changes, discusses the correlation between agro-industrialization and land-use changes and how these factors influence ocean biogeochemical cycles. He uses multiple elements, but mainly radiocarbon and Rhenium accumulation in deep-sea black corals to determine ocean circulation. The black corals retain these elements because the feeding matter they take in is exported organic matter from the

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    One of the largest forests in the world, passing nine nations and over 1.4 billion acres, the Amazon rainforest stands as an amazing wonder in the world. The majority of the Amazon rainforest lies in Brazil, but also is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, and Guiana. Covering such a vast amount of land makes this region one of the most diverse ecological habitats in the word, but, while recognized as a priceless jewel of nature and a key factor in the global

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    is prone to flooding. One of the current propositions is to include flood water basins. The water basins to mitigate for the 100 year flood are essentially large ditches on the corner of neighborhood streets. When a water basin sits in the middle of a neighborhood it is not a functional part of the surrounding environment and can become an eyesore in a community. This probably causes the NIMBY-ism around water basins, no matter how beneficial they may be. Noise is a very prevalent issue in Lancaster

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    crisis during those years, where the governor of California declared a state of emergency and urban Californians were mandated to find ways to cut their water consumption drastically . In 2012, 10,000 avian mortalities were reported in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges because of the shut off of water facilities that support wetland habitat for migratory species (Learn 2012.) During those dry years, an article titled Birds are Dying As Drought Ravages Avian Highways ran in National Geographic

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    The various uses of fonts, sizes, and educational literature is not only visually appealing to viewers, but also is a change of scenery many may be used to when visiting an exhibit. If the mixture of descriptive texts and labels of the items were the same font and size, the aesthetics of the exhibition would have been decreased a significant amount. The Amazonia display has an abundance of resources for guests to engage with. The use of audio, visual and interactive materials, engages those who visit

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    There is a chain reaction due to deforestation. Deforestation leads to decrease in biotic pump disrupting the water cycle leading to a decrease in transpiration and increase in temperature. Such rise in temperature leads to lack of rainfall, increase droughts and forest fires to which the fires will disrupt the water cycle even more. The effects of deforestation on Amazon forest resilience research by Zemp et al. (2017), build upon previous research done in the field of forestry studies and used

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    efforts are currently underway in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to stop the fish from going into the great lakes. In 2002, The Army Corps of Engineers installed an electric-current barrier between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River drainage basins. The electric barrier is in place to stun the fish and turn them around, apposed to actually killing them. This expensive project cost taxpayers over 40 million dollars to install (American), and currently costs upwards of 60 thousand dollars a month

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    Dr. Marina Singh, a scientist for a pharmaceutical company in Ann Patchett’s novel “State of Wonder” travels to the amazon to see how close Dr. Annick Swenson is to creating a new fertility drug and to find answers on her coworker’s mysterious death. Ann Patchett inflates the importance of setting, theme, and point of view in her story. Anders Eckman is dead. The grim letter that Annick Swenson sent Mr. Fox at the pharmaceutical company, Vogel implied that Anders had died. Dr. Swenson wrote, “I write

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    Amazon Descriptive Essay

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    A deep, dark blue river, lush green plants full of monkeys and birds. Warm air blowing on my face, the smell of cool and refreshing, but fishy, water. The breathtaking beauty of the Amazon. On a large cargo ship, though a cruise in the Amazon, we (me and my family) float down the river. The original blue paint is wearing off. It stops at large villages to load and unload, but boats from small villages have to pull up against the moving ship. Pink, freshwater, dolphins live in this large river (the

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    Belgium, a country in europe, was considered “superior” to other counties in the general area. Belgium had a lot of advanced technology compared to the Congo. For example, the Congo was very poor, it wasn't important as a developing nation, however, the Congo did have many resources, Belgium for example, became interested in the Congo's, copper, gold, diamonds, rubber, cobalt, and many more resources. Thus, a lot of european countries wanted Congo’s resources as well, as a result, twelve nations

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