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| Austria's longest glacier was 2 km longer in the 19th century. It is now a dammed artificial lake |
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| What part of the United States are glacier shrinking? |
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| Explain how the water cycle works in general. |
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Water cycle is the perfect cycle.
- evaporation comes back into the atmosphere. Warm moist air and get cold air and get water. Soil sucks up water to the underground storage. Ground water will flow downhill to the water again.
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| 97% of Earth's water is in salty seas. Where is the remaining water? |
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| 2/3 is stored in glaciers, ice caps, permafrost or underground. So, only 1/3 is available to us. |
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| What is the amount of "adequate water" that is needed per person per day? |
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| How many gallons of water do US and Canadian Citizens vs. UK use? |
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| When and how many people did the UN estimate that there will be a fresh water shortage? |
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year 2025 and 2.8 billion people in 48 countries
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| Why are there a different number of nutrient distribution in biomes from different parts of the world? |
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| Different environmental conditions change biological processes which regulate nutrient distribution. |
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| What are the three ecosystems that have different distributions of nitrogen in their soils? Include where most of the soil is found within the components of being above-ground, soil or roots. |
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tundra- soil
tropical forests and savannas: vegetation
temperate-zone: about equal distribution |
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| Where is most of the carbon found in the tropical forest in Venezuela and in New Hampshire? |
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Venezuela's tropical forest has the most carbon in wood
New Hampshire has the most carbon the forest floor organic debris |
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| What is the result os the Hubbard Brook Study? |
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| Biogeochemical cycles are very conservative in a natural ecosytem. The input and output are relatively equal. Disturbances of natural conservation, such as clearing of forests, will disrupt the natural conservation. |
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