What occurs during soil erosion? Rainfall and runoff displace soil particles from inadequately protected surfaces. 12. Define: desertification. Process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought or deforestation. 13. Define: deforestation. Taking down of trees. 14. Define: pollutant. Waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil. 15. What is biodiversity? The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. 16. What is the difference
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building of levees, channel straightening etc.) are all important in the causes and consequences of flooding. * Firstly, there is the issue of deforestation; the cutting down and removal of trees. Deforestation means that there is less vegetation for the interception of water, meaning that there is a larger amount of surface run-off, while deforestation also results in the loss of top-soil, and therefore the inability for new trees to grow. Since 1990, Bangladesh has lost a total of 2,600 hectares
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companies that cause tropical deforestation and global warming. According to Wikipedia, tropical deforestation is clearance or clearing and removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Developing agriculture companies demand overseas trees and other supplies such as; wood products, beef, palm oil, and soy. The global demand for beef requires large areas of fields to raise cattle. These demands lead to tropical deforestations because companies clear about
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Thomas Mathew SCI-204 Environmental Science 07/08/15 iLab Week 1 Deforestation Discuss 5 products that come from tropical rainforests. 1) A. Medicines B. Bathroom Products (shampoo, conditioner, moisturizers, toothpaste, shower gel) C. Food (Bananas, avocados, cashews, Brazil nuts) D. Oils (palm & oil) E. Coffee With clear examples, discuss 5 major causes of deforestation. 2) A. Using wood for industrial use like furniture, paper products, and building materials. B. Agricultural
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Land Use in Pinchot Latonia Ross SCI 207: Dependence of Man on the Environment Jeff Kingsbury April 16, 2012 LAB QUESTIONS In the lab questions below, report your answers in the format of a scientific report: introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions and management recommendations. Click here for a tip sheet about writing scientific reports. Introduction 1. What is the question that this study aimed to answer? State the hypothesis that you tested. This study aims
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Who is most responsible for environmental degradation? Name: Yichang(Kathy) Chen Course: YUELI DY Instructor: Ben Collins Nowadays, environmental degradation has become the current greatest issue all over the world. Many scientists warn that if environmental degradation can not be prevented, one day the earth will suffer destructive disease such as natural diseases and the end of earth without any early warning. A great number of environmental problems now have
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theory and therefore when evaluating ethics and the environment they would look at the end result and not necessarily the action. Utilitarianism is a teleological theory and would look at the purpose or the end goal of an action. With regards to deforestation the end goal is to create space for new homes, particularly in Brazil and therefore according to utilitarianism this is ethical because it brings great pleasure to those who are provided with homes. Utilitarians believed that ethics could be found
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scientific application that is being used to help resolve the global issue of deforestation and the recycling of water is helping resolve Singapore’s problem of limited water resources. However there are benefits and limitations to these scientific applications and these applications have social and political factors. The role of recycling paper around the world is to reduce the number of trees being cut down for paper. Deforestation is a serious worldwide issue as trees not only provide oxygen but also
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that time, the timber exportation had brought more foreign exchange than tin and rubber exportation. However, studies had indicated that this harvest without a rigid control would lead to a rapid deforestation of the region. Environmental groups, that said be concerned about the consequences of deforestation, threatened to boycott the use in the Western of timber-derived products produced by Malaysia. In this scenario, the question to be analyzed is to answer to international pressure of environmentalists
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