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Cod Collapse

unclear. Years ago, it was believed that overfishing was the culprit. Particularly after the "factory boats" arrived and indiscr...

The Farm As A Natural Habitat

point out that the little bit of nature that is left is being consistently squeezed out and pesticides spread beyond the crops the...

Marine Ecosystems

(Juda and Hennessey, 2001, p. 43). The LMEs are large areas, approximately "200,000 km2 or larger, characterized by distinct bathy...

Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome And The Counting Method

upon as wholly overwhelming. II. SUMMARY The individual conjures up a traumatic memory while the therapist counts from ...

Thoreau/Importance of Wilderness

requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...

Microsoft Corporation

Paul Allen and Bill Gates attended the same high school at a time when a small computer was a box sporting lights on the front and...

Graham Greene: "The Destructors"

to do with self-preservation. We know that the house stands next to their playground, and that it is the only structure left stan...

Man, Trophic Level, and Environmental Impacts

of a particular ecosystem. The food chain, of course, starts with plants and those are eaten by herbivores and omnivores. Plants...

Climate, Topography, and Pollution: Battle Creek, Michigan

high levels of air pollution from the various industrial activities around Battle Creek, the result is that the precipitation that...

Monkey Eating Eagle of the Philippines

Noting how the Monkey-eating eagle requires "a contiguous territory in excess of 100 square kilometers of advanced second growth a...

British Company Cavendish and Diversity Management

Relations Act: if the organisation is perceived as supporting discrimination in this way, not only does it leave itself open to le...

Time Bomb That is the Human Population Explosion

In eight pages this paper describes the human population explosion as a time bomb wreaking havoc upon ecosystems and the environme...

Grasslands Ecosystems

some of the basic elements in the definition. Firstly, an ecosystem is a dynamic interaction and interdependence between plants, a...

Social Interaction and Self Preservation

cognitive revolution of his time. Humans, according to Bruner, are storytellers and as such they utilize this trait one of the es...

Illinois' Endangered River Otter Species

successful that the State of Illinois discontinued the program because their numbers were successfully increasing on their own. T...

Values and Professionalism in Nursing

that "People choose nursing for love, not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and...

Environmental Preservation Trends and the Amazon Rain Forests

of its timber and other valuable commodities. At the center of this raging debate resides the fundamental principles of sustainab...

Digital Data Preservation Challenges

and easily preservable. Of course, while the goal might be to preserve a piece of paper for example, digitization is not concerned...

Rhodesia, Brazil and Declining Rainfall and Deforestation

and food for the animals and life, the forest is also a container, that ensures there is a regular flow of water (Butler, 2002). T...

Overview of the Canis Lupus Species

ago. This resentment, and the loss of habitat which seems to characterize so many indigenous species of the Americas, translate t...

Water Properties and Their Significance

beyond what is generally accepted. For example, Dr. F. Batmanghelidj (1995) claims that water is the cure for all disease from as...

Environmental Protection and the Rainforest Café Restaurant

served in both the bar and dining room, allowing patrons to enjoy global cuisine while lounging in their favorite animal chair whi...

Pennsylvania Farm Preservation

In ten pages Pennsylvania farm preservation is examined with proposed community solutions included. Six sources are cited in the ...

Comparison of A Jury of Her Peers and A Respectable Woman

In five pages these Susan Glaspell and Kate Chopin short stories are contrasted and compared in terms of common threads of social ...

Northern and Southern Ecosystems

The boundaries of an ecosystem are usually defined by the person studying it. Ecosystems tend to interconnect, so it is often diff...

'Chain of Survival' Link and Emergency Medical Services

In eight pages EMS and its importance in the preservation of life is examined. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

How to Preserve the Earth's Environment According to Al Gore

In a report that consists of five pages the environmental position of Vice President and 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore are c...

North and South Ecosystems

In five pages ecosystems are defined and north and south facing slopes are compared and described. Three sources are cited in the...

Biodiversity and its Value to America

This paper consisting of five pages emphasizes the importance of biodiversity in a paper that argues in favor of greater commitmen...

President Bill Clinton's 1999 State of the Union Address and Social Security

In five pages this paper examines Clinton's references to Social Security system preservation in this address and considers whethe...