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logging, making it the first national park specifically created to shelter any living organism. General Grant National Park formed a week after, expanding and widening Sequoia National Park. This was the second national park ever to be formed in the United States (U.S. Department of the Interior, 2015). The Sequoia and King Canyon National Park is one of natural beauty, and so much more. It has many different features that encompass all sorts of wildlife, terrain, rocks, and other characteristics of a

facilities. This is known as geological disposal. Geological disposal is the world’s preeminent option when approaching the rapid growth rate of nuclear waste. While numerous countries have found this to be agreeable, it has become extremely hard to sell local communities on a site. It is widely believed that if the general public accessed the same information that researchers have, the community would not fear discussing nuclear waste. Researchers know that geological disposal’s many barriers keep

would be a major drop in population over there which could reduce the amount of production created in this region all tying back into why the geological aspect of America is a main determining factor for seeing the importance of why America has the properties it has and will have in the future. Another well-known geological phenomenon in the United States is Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone is an extraordinary example of a caldera which is defined as “a volcanic crater that has a diameter many times

Introduction For this assignment, we are to examine earthquake activity around the world. Specifically, we are to examine the United States Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake website searching for earthquakes that have occurred around the world with a magnitude greater than two point five in the last seven days. Responses to the questions of the lab, based on the information obtained from the USGS website at 10:23 AM on Friday, January 3, 2014, are the basis of this paper. Greater Than Six Point

This aquifer provides water for uses of irrigation and drinking water for eight of the fifty states which are South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Wyoming. Since this aquifer spans over a vast area, it is considered the largest in the United States. Also, because this aquifer passes through eight different states, each state has a different policy about how each said state should handle the conservation of the ground water that provides water to nearly 2.3 million

As I recently drove on Interstate 80, from Colorado to Iowa, I could not help but think of John McPhee’s book Rising from the plains; and how from a different perspective a boring piece of land in the plains could reveal a rich history of geological cycles. McPhee is able to bring to life the study of geology in a way that is relatable by creating relationships between the landscape, people, and history through the use of transforming the same plot of land across eons of time. He uses several pages

lead to developing skin irritation or rashes. Health risks in contaminated wells been exposed to concentrations of nitrate, radon, lead, and organic compounds (DeSimone, 2009). Groundwater is considered the safest water quality to drink in the United States claimed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. According to Kennedy, Whitman Burrows, & Richmond (2004), “24 trace elements such as arsenic, lead, and zinc were collected at streambed sediment sample for protection of aquatic life in 2001.”

throughout the world as people seek understanding of why this happened? Moreover, they begin to worry of when this will happen again. California is a state susceptible to massive earthquakes such as the one that hit Nepal. In California, we are aware the “big one” might hit soon, and the best way to determine when, is to look at the history of our state. History of Earthquakes in California Growing up in Southern California, I remember practicing earthquake drills in elementary school. Teachers instructed

Throughout this event the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) “The USGS maintained communications with emergency-response agencies using a liaison stationed at the nearby Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Field Office” (United States Geological Survey, n.d). Providing critical live data to the emergency team is critical when they are the ones evacuating personal, clearing roads, and

also been an increase of 58% in the number of dairy farms and a 31% increase in the average herd size of dairy farms (Burns, 2013). For maximum production, sufficient irrigation is required for dairy farms (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000). Therefore dairying requires at least ten times more water than other farming practices (Ward & McKague, 2007). Over the summer months of December, January and February, this irrigation increase would represent a decrease in the amount