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Wetlands Restoration in Wisconsin
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that state officials in Wisconsin are well aware that wetlands have important value in both ecological and hydrologic terms. Wetlands furnish fundamental habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals and also improve overall water quality through trapping sediment, lowering nutrients and reducing contaminants. Unique legislation in Wisconsin has been enacted to assure that wetlands are both restored and protected. In addition, the report considers the importance of water quality as well as habitat maintenance in the restoration process. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWwiswet.rtf

What is Sustainability?
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5 pages in length. In light of the fact that the world's population continues to explode, thus requiring more and more room and resources in which to appease the earth's inhabitants, the environment is facing continued degradation. The time has come for a drastic change in thinking with regard to the current environmental crisis. It has become necessary for the world to think of the economy and ecosystem as one, altogether forfeiting the idea of economic gain at the environment's expense. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAsustn.wps

Why California Won’t Fall into the Ocean
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This 3 page paper explains why California will not fall into the Pacific, though it will continue to experience earthquakes. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVNoFall.rtf

Why Nature's Goods and Services can't be Priced
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8 pages. A discussion on why a monetary value cannot be placed on nature's ecosystems. A price would be unable to reflect the true market value and could not benefit the consumer or the public interest in the same way that it benefits nature. This paper discusses the role played by nature's ecosystems and why this is of intangible value. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JAnature.rtf

Wildfire Prevention
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A 4 page paper addressing safety aspects of preventing wildfires. Despite efforts to control the outbreak of wildfires, the fact remains that severity of wildfires is increasing. Forty years ago, a 1,000-acre fire was classified as serious. Now, crews may leave those to burn as they address more serious, much larger fires. Informed use of the natural forest cycle can serve to reduce the severity of unplanned fires, approximating what formerly was a natural cycle before introducing people and property to the mix. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSecoWildfire.rtf

Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming.
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(5 pp) In 1906, Mina Fleming was the first American woman elected to the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1907 she published a study of 222 variable stars she had discovered. A British astronomer made the following observation: "Many astronomers are deservedly proud to have discovered one...the discovery of 222...is an achievement bordering on the marvelous!" Bibliography lists 5 sources 1 visual.
Filename: BBflmngR.doc

World-Changing Science
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A 3 page paper discussing paradigm-changing contributors such as Max Planck, William Thomson and C.F. Mirbel, and how their scientific findings have benefited society as a whole. Planck’s quantum theory, Thomson’s thermodynamics and Mirbel’s founding of cell biology all continue to affect life and science today. The collective work of these and many others have brought us to a point where we can begin to gain an understanding of how much we still do not know, while benefiting society in the meantime. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSsciHist2.rtf