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Environmental Issues
Information about climatic changes; changes in the environment; and saving the environment.
500 Questions
What are the role of estate surveyor in property management?
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Following are the role of estate surveyor in property management and they are Act as Educators and instructors, Land dispute arbitrators and Employers of labour.
Industrial spills or dumping Where are these chemicals dumped?
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Spills come from broken pipelines, or crashed oil tankers and trucks, or mistakes (deliberate and accidental) at factories and power plants. Dumping often occurs in bushland and National Parks, anywhere where they think they will be unseen.
How is global warming affecting narwhals?
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it takes on narwhals in the environment.
How are solar power and wind power unreliable?
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Solar Panel Issues Include
- Solar energy is not available 24 hours a day
- Cloudy weather reduces solar output
- Dust on solar panels reduce the power output
- As temperature of the solar panel increase their efficiency decreases
Wind Power Issues Include
- Wind energy is not available 24 hours a day
- Wind power must be stored or put into a dummy load otherwise the generator will break.
- Wind strength is variable.
- Bird and bat strikes
Alternative energy strengths
- Geographically distributed alternative energy improves its overall availability
- Alternative energy into the electricity grid eliminates the need for local storage
- Solar thermal energy can be stored in salt ponds to extend operating hours.
- Excess alternative energy can be used for peaking power plants such as 2 level dams and hydro electricity.
- Solar energy output and grid energy demand both closely follow temperature in warm climates. E.g. above 18 degrees Celsius.
What does recycling have to do with human environment interaction?
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Recycling is a good thing to humans because you are reusing that material. it is much easier for people to fix up something that has been reused than something new to create.
What two ways can technology be used to keep the environment clean and green?
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ive got more than two but....
recycling
renewable energy
water purification
air purification
sewage treatment
enviromental remediation
solid waste managment
egain forcasting
energy conservation
hope this helped :) x
Which non renewable energy do you use the most?
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Coal is the most widely used source of non-renewable energy.
Why do solar panels emit greenhouse gases?
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Solar panels on your roof do not emit greenhouse gases. They are clean and green, turning sunlight into electricity and saving greenhouse gases from being produced by coal and oil-burning power stations.
However, in the production of solar cells, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is used. NF3 is a greenhouse gas 17,000 time more damaging to the environment then carbon. Some of this gas escapes into the atmosphere. One study suggests that its global warming effect is counteracted by the first few months of the solar panels reducing carbon dioxide.
What are the problems of people due to narmada valley project?
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Cities which lie before the dam will get drought due to less water and cities which lie after the dam will overflow due to over water.
What air pollutants do power plants produce?
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Nuclear power plants only emit water vapor. However, all of the Uranium must be transported to the plant, and all of the spent fuel rods have to been shipped by rail for underground storage. Coal fired power plants emit carbon dioxide, water vapor, mercury, and sulfur dioxides. Hydroelectric power plants do not generate any emissions, however the damming of a river leads to the loss of large areas of wetlands and old growth forest. Natural gas power plants emit carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrous oxides.
How do you measure rain acidity?
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With a PH scale.. Acid rain is usually around 3-4 on the PH scale 1 - 6 = Acidic 7 = Neutral 8 - 14 = Alkaline
What city has the most green space?
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Over a years, many countries are in the status of actively to fight the climate change and build an environmentally friendly future. And the one of the most green space city in the world is Reykjavik in the Iceland country followed by San Francisco in California.
The total supply of land and other natural resources is what?
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The total supply of land and other natural resources is: Perfectly elastic
Are tornadoes good to the Environment?
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They have both positive and negative aspects. They can destroy trees and animals habitats, but they can also clear out old vegetation to give room for new growth.
Filter-feeding bivalves can be used to monitor the environmental health of a habitat because?
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Because basically what they eat is what they're filtering from the sea. Pollutants and such will be included. If there is an over-abundance or organic matter due to pollution, it might show in causing larger population numbers of bivalves as well...
