Abstract This research paper deals primarily with the discharging of unclean wastewater into the oceans of the world. There are three major areas of this paper. The first area deals with improper discharging of unclean water into the ocean. This includes toxic chemicals and waste products from ...

Acid Rains Scientific evidence has shown that atmospheric deposition of sulfur and nitrogen compounds can harm ecosystems. Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA or the Act) addresses the problem of such effects by mandating reductions in emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, t...

River Day is a celebration of the rivers in the southeast Michigan region. The heart of River Day for Friends of the Rouge (FOTR) is Rouge Rescue -- your chance for hands-on involvement in the restoration and protection of the Rouge River.Since 1986, thousands of volunteers have come to the river on...

DECLINING CLARITY OF A JEWEL -EXPLORING LAKE TAHOEBYLESLIE WATSON ELLINGSONAPRIL 20, 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Lake Tahoe An IntroductionPage 2Lake Tahoe -- HistoryPage 3Figure One -- Tahoe Region Map Page3ALake Clarity -- Introdution to CausesPage 5Figure Two -- Secci Depth ChartPage 6ASoil ErosionPa...

WETLANDS: AN INTRODUCTION"Wetlands", according to a description found at North Carolina State University's website, is the collective term for marshes, swamps, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands are found in flat vegetated areas, in depressions on the landscape, and between water and dry land along t...

 The Environmental Concerns of the Livestock Industry The United States leads the way in a global trend toward increased meat consumption. The averageAmerican consumes almost twice his or her own body weight in meat every year. World meat production has...

INTRODUCTION- Since its itroduction to the New Jersey shore in 1988, the western Pacific shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus has spread to inhabit rocky intertidal locations along theAtlantic coast from Massachusetts to North Carolina (McDermott 1998). Many reasonshave been proposed to explai...

AbstractColiform bacteria are good indicator organisms for the presence of pathogenic bacteria due to their realtionship with these pathogenic bacteria, their relative ease of determination by simple methods, and by their occurrence in large quantities in human feces. The MPN method used in this ex...

Introduction Today, in the dawn of a new century and amid the information technology explosion, there are at least 400 million people living in countries experiencing water stress . by the year 2025 , this number is estimated to climb to three billion.While there is no denying the impact of the int...