Environmental Definition and 76 Threads

How do you feel that BP should be punished?

The month long debacle over the BP oil spill, and earlier collapse of a coal mine killing scores of coal miners, makes me wonder: what are the risk to human safety and environmental impact for mining, processing nuclear fuel (i.e uranium, thorium) ? Could acquiring nuclear fuel lead to a...

My wife and I support the World Wildlife Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Arbor Day Foundation to try to preserve habitat, fund research and repopulation efforts, and encourage tree-growth. We have a life-time supply of return address labels and little note-pads, though I wish...

Big deal or not?

Homework Statement 1. Consider ideal gas in a rigid cylinder of 2 litres, at pressure of 3 Bar. The gas is connected through a thin capillary to a free expanding bag, which contains ideal gas at pressure 1Bar and volume of 1 litre. A valve in the capillary initially prevents the gases to mix...

i want to know about environmental science education, what is this education exactly deals with can a student with a bachelor degree in mathematics can take this course.

Can someone please list and if possible explain some positive and negative effects of genetic modified crops?

For a long time, I have only wanted to work in a science field. I know I don't have to explain the reasoning because most of you probably share the same passion. My problem is settling on a major. After working as a lab tech at a soil lab for the past year and a half, I am fairly sure that I...

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1. Most environmental problems are caused by? a. animals b. people c. plants d. water e. air 2. Which of the following are examples of applied science? a. engineering b. environmental science c. medicine d. geology e. mathematics 3. The study of how humans interact with the...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-three-gorges-dam-disaster

on a free response question, i need to know how to plot crude birth and death rates. is it as easy as just plotting numbers? what should be the x and y axes? help!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aiUsVKaqDA7g

What nuclear fission reactor design has the least environmental impact? Including the building, operating, safety, and amount of pollution produced? I'd imagine IFR/breeder reactors as they burn actinides.

Hello everyone, I live in Allentown, PA. I am looking for colleges maybe in or near my area that is an engineering school that specailize for Environmental Engineering as a BS degree. Is there any schools like that in my area? I been trying to search by using Yahoo and Google search but I am...

I need help with the following problems: 1.Are there environmental concerns that arise as a result of the chemical process of cleaning?(if yes go into details) 2. Has the cleaning industry made any recent advances that have chemical foundations(if yes go into details) Websites, Answers...

I'm planning on taking 3 of the following science courses next year: Chemistry Honors (Highest Chem course at our school) AP Biology AP Enivronmental Science This year, I'm taking AP Physics B and I have A's for both semesters. I also have some other choices- AP Stats, AP Music Theory...

Environmental Science...help! Hi, Anyone knows the answer to this questions? 1) Solutions are always comprised of: a)water and salts b)solvents and solute c)compounds and ions d)liquids and solids 2)Plants get the nitrogen they need to build additional cells from: a)directly from the...

Hi, I am currently investigating environmental time series and algorithms to determine when an 'unexpected' event/reading has occurred in the series. I am currently constructing the gaussian probability density function (pdf) based on historical readings and checking if 'new' readings are...

Hi, I'm the newbie... so be gentle :biggrin: I was wondering if there are any goog texts relating to good environmental abatement measures. I realize that good environmental practise is to engineer environmental systems into the design phase of projects. However often this is not often...

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/215/4

What are the environmental conditions necessary for the operation of an STM and an AFM?

HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- Commander Eileen Collins said astronauts on shuttle Discovery had seen widespread environmental destruction on Earth and warned on Thursday that greater care was needed to protect natural resources. Her comments came as NASA pondered whether to send astronauts out...

Hey. I was wondering if you guys could help me with something. I'm doing an assignment on air masses & instability etc etc. One of the things it asks me is about envirionmental lapse rates detected by a rising radiosonde. It seems fairly straightforward mostly, however it asks me to work out the...

Jus a thought.

I consider the basis for all ethics/morality the existence of emotional creatures. I my considering of the ethical implications of any action, I consider the effects of the action upon any emotional creatures...basically, does it cause pain or joy? to what extent? I have been an...