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Ocean Dumping
Environment  Mridu - 17 days ago - copperwiki.org Dumping one quart of motor oil down a storm drain contaminates 250,000 gallons of water. Every year ships at sea discharge somewhere between 5 and 50 million tons of oil.
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Ground Water
Environment Mridu - 19 days ago - copperwiki.org Approximately 50% of Americans obtain all or part of their drinking water from groundwater. Nearly 95% of rural residents rely on groundwater for their drinking supply. About half of irrigated cropland uses groundwater
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Endangered Animals
Environment Mridu - 19 days ago - copperwiki.org Aquatic species, which are often overlooked, are facing serious trouble. One third of the United States' fish species, two-thirds of its crayfish species, and almost three-quarters of its mussel species are in trouble
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Bamboo
Environment Mridu - 46 days ago - copperwiki.org Bamboo can grow about 4 feet in under 24 hours. A Bamboo plant can be continuously re-harvested every 3 years, without causing any negative impact on the soil and the environment.
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The Menace of Toxic Mud
Environment Mridu - 101 days ago - copperwiki.org In 2006, a mud volcano gushed from the ground in Sidoarjo. The steaming mud pool grew at an estimated 50,000 cubic metres a day, accompanied by hydrogen sulphide gas.
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US Midwestern Flood -- Manmade?
Environment Mridu - 101 days ago - copperwiki.org In the past century changes in the land, have made Iowa's terrain not only highly profitable but highly vulnerable to flooding. More so, in the past few years, the landscape has been radically re-engineered by humans.
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Carbon Dioxide Facts
Environment Mridu - 107 days ago - copperwiki.org Venus, our planetary neighbour, has an atmosphere that is 98% CO2. Due to the extreme greenhouse effect, temperatures reach 430°C. Similar conditions would exist on Earth if all the carbon stored in rock and vegetation were to be released as CO2
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Interesting Facts Climate Change
Environment Mridu - 107 days ago - copperwiki.org The twentieth century was the warmest century of the last 1000 years, and the 1990s was the warmest decade. Human activity is currently responsible for emitting 30 million tons of CO2 each year, 12 million tons of which accumulate in the atmosphere.
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Did You Know This About Methane
Environment Mridu - 107 days ago - copperwiki.org Methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas because it can retain 21 times more heat than CO2.
There's 400 gigatons of methane locked in the frozen arctic tundra
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Sustainable Architecture
Environment Mridu - 123 days ago - copperwiki.org Buildings account for about one-third of the energy consumed in the United States. Of this one-third, heating and cooling systems use 60 percent, while lights and appliances use the other 40 percent.
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