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- 3481: Environmental Protection
- ... assumptions that there are potentially unlimited resources at one end of our economic pipeline and, at the other, a bottomless sink for disposal of wastes. Of course, there is neither. The first inhabitants of California lived for centuries within the limits of their environment, and the Spanish and Mexican economy was oriented more toward stability than growth. Unfortunately, the "get-rich-quick" mentality of the Gold Rush pioneers who followed them ...
- 3482: Endangered Species 3
- ... wiyh human activity. Wolves became endangered because they preyed on livestock. they were hunted and trapped by livestock holders in such large numbers,that they disapeared from most parts of the world where they once lived. Sometimes killing one species affects the population of another. Ranchers in the United states poisined prairie dogs because these rodents ate the grass and made burrows under land that was wanted for cattle. By killing ...
- 3483: El-nino
- ... in flooding, mud slides, droughts, fires and sundry related calamities, hundred of thousands were forced out of their homes, and economic losses topped $8 billlion in the United States. This years version of El Nino lived up to its expectations that had been predicted. There are not any exact totals as of yet, but we have already seen the destruction it has caused the United States and the world as well ...
- 3484: Early Intervention And
- ... recognized disabilities, it quickly became the largest group in the area of special education. Almost half of all students identified as eligible for special education classes are SLD. It is a disability that must be lived with throughout a person's life. (Hallahan, Kauffman, 1997) Contrary to what was once thought, SLD is not a form of mental retardation. SLD students usually have a normal I.Q. and may even be ...
- 3485: Discovery
- ... the story and Sally Morgan begin their search for knowledge as women without an understanding of their past history. They both need to connect with their Aboriginality and understand how their relatives or tribe members lived. They both travel around looking for information. By learning stories of the past, and writing them down, both women are able to understand who they are and connect with the wealth of aboriginal culture and ...
- 3486: Dingo
- ... Wolf, like many domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), but it has enough of its ancestors charachteristics that it has its own variety. There are two theories about where the came from. One is that its relatives lived in India and were brought there by indian traders. The other is that its relatives were from south east Asia and was brought there by people traveling the sea. However it happened es did very ...
- 3487: Dinosaur History
- ... there was horses no bigger than dogs, and birds as tall as man, three hundred million years ago giant dragon flies buzzed around in the large forests, six million years ago small animals, called trilobites, lived in the sea and were rulers of the world. Evolutionists think that the world started off with just plants on it, then came legged animals from the sea that took over. They feel that a ...
- 3488: Darwinism
- ... found this out from the tortoises that he thought were different species, but they were actually of the same species. "… all forms of life on the earth have evolved out of other forms that lived at an earlier time, and that those in turn had evolved out of still earlier forms." (Korey, XI). The members of the species have varied characteristics because they adapt to their surroundings, and this may ...
- 3489: Cystic Fibrosis
- (CF) used to be considered a childhood disease, because people born with it rarely lived to reach adolescence. Now, with marked improvement in treatments—from physiotherapy and antibiotics that keep the lungs clear of mucus and microbes to enzyme supplements that aid digestion—many people with CF live into their ...
- 3490: Climate Change (term Paper)
- ... affected by dust and sulphate aerosols, usually concomitant to volcanic eruption. “The dust scatters and partially reflects incoming solar radiation whereas the aerosols act as cloud-condensation nuclei. Both cause reduced temperatures for short-lived periods unless the volcanic eruptions are very large.” Tree ring evidence has found that cool summers since the 17th century have indeed been primarily due to volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions can further influence climate ...
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