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Author: Kenneth Oppel Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 1443411248 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 143
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It's been months since Paul has seen his younger brother, Sam. Now Sam has completely disappeared. Why? The truth lies at the heart of Watertown, a polluted slum afloat in the city's toxic harbour, where Sam has been working as a research assistant. Paul goes there to find his brother--and encounters people who will do anything to stop him. Can Paul find out the truth? Or does the dead water zone devour everyone who dares to enter it?
Author: Kenneth Oppel Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 1443411248 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 143
Book Description
It's been months since Paul has seen his younger brother, Sam. Now Sam has completely disappeared. Why? The truth lies at the heart of Watertown, a polluted slum afloat in the city's toxic harbour, where Sam has been working as a research assistant. Paul goes there to find his brother--and encounters people who will do anything to stop him. Can Paul find out the truth? Or does the dead water zone devour everyone who dares to enter it?
Author: Carol Hand Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 1467795755 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 80
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Times are tough for shrimpers and fishers in the Gulf of Mexico. The animals they rely on for their livelihood are harder to find. Every summer a dead zone—a region of low oxygen—emerges in the waters along the Gulf Coast. Where oxygen is low, fish and others animals cannot survive. Currently the world has more than 400 identified dead zones, up dramatically from the 49 dead zones identified in the 1960's.The good news is that people can eliminate dead zones by changing agricultural practices and reducing pollution. Using real-world examples, this book looks at the impact of pollution on global water resources, and discusses the interconnectedness of ecosystems and organisms.
Author: Philip Lymbery Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 140886827X Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 385
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'An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' CHRIS PACKHAM Why are so many animals facing extinction? Climate change and poaching are not the only culprits. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating, and it is vital that we confront this problem if we are to stand a chance of reducing its effect on the world around us. · We are falsely led to believe that squeezing animals into factory farms and cultivating crops in vast, chemical-soaked prairies is a necessary evil, an efficient means of providing for an ever-expanding global population while leaving land free for wildlife · Our planet's resources are reaching breaking point: awareness is slowly building that the wellbeing of society depends on a thriving natural world From the author of the internationally acclaimed Farmageddon, Dead Zone takes us on an eye-opening journey across the globe, focussing on a dozen iconic species - from elephants to bumblebees to penguins - and looking at the role that industrial farming is playing in their plight.
Author: Kenneth Oppel Publisher: Kids Can Press ISBN: 9781550741124 Category : Brothers Languages : en Pages : 170
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Muscular sixteen-year-old Paul tries to find his genetically stunted younger brother Sam in the polluted ruins of Watertown, where Sam is trying to cure himself with toxic "dead water" that alters the metabolism of those who drink it.
Author: David L. Kirchman Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0197520391 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 176
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Dead zones are on the rise... Human activity has caused an increase in uninhabitable, oxygen-poor zones--also known as "dead zones"--in our waters. Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe, and it is a necessity for nearly all life on Earth. Yet many rivers, estuaries, coastal waters, and parts of the open ocean lack enough of it. In this book, David L. Kirchman explains the impacts of dead zones and provides an in-depth history of oxygen loss in water. He details the role the agricultural industry plays in water pollution, showcasing how fertilizers contaminate water supplies and kickstart harmful algal blooms in local lakes, reservoirs, and coastal oceans. Algae decomposition requires so much oxygen that levels drop low enough to kill fish, destroy bottom-dwelling biota, reduce biological diversity, and rearrange food webs. We can't undo the damage completely, but we can work together to reduce the size and intensity of dead zones in places like the Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay, and the Baltic Sea. Not only does Kirchman clearly outline what dead zones mean for humanity, he also supplies ways we can reduce their deadly impact on human and aquatic life. Nutrient pollution in some regions has already begun to decline because of wastewater treatment, buffer zones, cover crops, and precision agriculture. More needs to be done, though, to reduce the harmful impact of existing dead zones and to stop the thousands of new ones from cropping up in our waters. Kirchman provides insight into the ways changing our diet can reduce nutrient pollution while also lowering greenhouse gasses emitted by the agricultural industry. Individuals can do something positive for their health and the world around them. The resulting book allows readers interested in the environment--whether students, policymakers, ecosystem managers, or science buffs--to dive into these deadly zones and discover how they can help mitigate the harmful effects of oxygen-poor waters today.
Author: Massimo Greco Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1482298341 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 1491
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RiverFlow 2004 is the Second International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, organized as speciality conferences under the auspices of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) within its Fluvial Hydraulics and Eco Hydraulics Sections. RiverFlow conferences are a significant forum of discussion for many researchers
Author: Gerhard H. Jirka Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9780203027325 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 692
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This text presents the key findings of the International Symposium held in Delft in 2003, which explored the process of shallow flows. Shallow flows are found in lowland rivers, lakes, estuaries, bays, coastal areas and in density-stratified atmospheres, and may be observed in puddles, as in oceans. They impact on the life and work of a w
Author: J.H.W. Lee Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 148226286X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 2319
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This two-volume set, with cd-rom, comprises the Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics & the 14th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research held in December 2004 in Hong Kong. Volume 1 covers the selected papers presented at the 4th Internation
Author: Jimmy C.M. Kao Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1351849379 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 1667
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This two-volume work contains the papers presented at the 2016 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (ICCAE 2016) that was held on 4-6 November 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. The meeting was organized by China University of Technology and Taiwan Society of Construction Engineers and brought together professors, researchers, scholars and industrial pioneers from all over the world. ICCAE 2016 is an important forum for the presentation of new research developments, exchange of ideas and experience and covers the following subject areas: Structural Science & Architecture Engineering, Building Materials & Materials Science, Construction Equipment & Mechanical Science, Environmental Science & Environmental Engineering, Computer Simulation & Computer and Electrical Engineering.
Author: Kenneth Oppel
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Author: Jimmy C.M. Kao