The Western Range is the vast tract of dry grasslands and deserts stretching from Western Nebraska, Kansas and Texas to the Sierra Nevada. It has been used extensively as a grazing ground for the Western livestock industry since the end of the Civil War. In the 1870s, cattle drives were...
One of the most important natural resources in Texas is its soil. The soils are complex and come in a wide variety of types. They have different properties and can be used for different purposes. In fact, there are more than 1,300 different kinds of soils that are recognized in...
Response to Question OneWhile the implementation of Zero Waste concept threats the Waste Management’s landfill business, Michael (2016) has a totally different view. According to Michael (2016), the Zero Waste concept is an opportunity for the company to adapt to the varying environment of the waste management market. As such,...
The cool gentle breeze played across my shoulders, sweeping down my exposed neck and hugging my trembling body, raising every tiny hair in response to the welcoming call of the ocean. It wasn’t a warm jacket type of cool, but more a simple cozy sweater to cut the chill cool;...
Today’s major environmental concern in Barbados and wider Caribbean region is about excessive amounts of brown seaweed that keeps on washing ashore. The weed is accumulating faster than people can move it away. The major problem lies in its mutating capacity, which is undetermined and comes as a great nuisance....
Tropical rainforests are biomes in which temperatures generally maintain an average of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the entirety of the year, the environment stays moist due to consistent heavy rainfall, and the conditions are consequently idyllic for the dense growth of vegetation. Tropical rainforests typically receive about 60-4000 inches...
In 2005 Kim and Mauborgne developed the idea of blue and red oceans to describe the market, where blue oceans represent untapped, unknown market spaces and red oceans represent “all the industries in existence today” – that is, known market spaces (p. 106). According to some researchers, Kim and Mauborgne’s...
Article 1 Summary: California snowpack lowest in past 500 years The scientific study highlighting a significant drop in snow pack mainly concluded that the significant reduction in spring mountain snowpack which supply’s California with fresh water indicates a low unmatched for the first time in 500 years; and also an...
The water crisis in California is one of the biggest State’s problems. Although the region often deals with severe droughts, the main reasons for this crisis are actually related to the irrational use of water for industrial needs and to the incorrect pricing. Both State’s authorities and scholars have already...
