Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 5 pot

... a waterlogging of the soil. Waterlogging cuts off the supply of oxygen to the roots, and the plants die. Irrigation of crops in dry cli- mates can often result in salinization of the soil. In these ... Hand- book. 2 vols. New York: Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 19 85. Web Sites Natural Resources Canada...

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... volume in the subzero temperatures of Alaska’s north slope and Global Resources Alaska pipeline • 27 This portion of the Alaska pipeline was designed to trace the path of the Denali fault. (USGS) fore, ... mechanism to prevent certain sizes of particulates from reaching the lungs, but there is no protection againstthesmallerparticles of coal dust and the larger particulates in t...

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... metals because of their relatively high value per unitofweight. In contrast, owingtothe bulk of im - purities of copper ore, copper is considered an indus - 62 • Argentina Global Resources A soybean ... category of exports. Together, they amount to about 15 per- cent of the total value of the country’s exports. The main recipients are Chile, the United States, Brazil, and Chi...

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... approximately 50 per- cent of the dollar value of Canadian fish exports. Of the remaining 50 percent of export dollar value, 15 per- cent is dominated by the export of salmon. Two-thirds of the salmon ... extraction of natural gas by drilling wells is the conventional means of retrieval but is expected to de - 162 • Canada Global Resources Global Resources Canada •...

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... that included creation of a Department of Energy, deregulation of domestic crude oil prices, and promotion of conservation and alternative energy sources. An advocate of environ - mentalism, ... most processing of ceramics. Althoughsimple, thisdescrip- tion of ceramics was an accurate one until the time of WorldWar II. In the early 1940’s, the field of materials science, of...

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... Review of Energy, 2009 152 ,800,000 141,100,000 141,100,000 60 ,50 0,000 58 ,800,000 47,800,000 47,700,000 40,200,000 36,000,000 Metric Tons 1 ,50 0,000,0001, 250 ,000,0001,000,000,000 750 ,000,00 050 0,000,000 250 ,000,000 Ukraine Kazakhstan Poland South ... conventions; government and resources Date: June 21, 2006 In the later part of the twentieth century and the early part of...

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... Annual, 2006 20 25 2010 20 05 2000 19 95 1990 20 15 2020 2030 19 85 1980 89.2 88 .5 93.6 121.7 140.6 150 .7 161.7 1 75. 2 190.2 82.4 70.0 Quadrillion British Thermal Units (Btus) 200 150 10 050 World Coal ... liquefaction Global Resources of electricity. Industrial consumption of coal, particularly in the produc- tion of coke for the steel and iron manufacturing industry, is...

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... 290 • Department of Energy, U.S. Global Resources U.S. Department of Energy Secretary of Energy Deputy Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ChiefofStaff Office of the Under Secretary For ... a wealth of resources, the Department of the Interior has been prone to scandal. In 1929, Depart - ment of the Interior secretary Albert Falls was con - victed of bribery in...

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... 2008. Web Site World Resources Institute World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience— Growing the Wealth of the Poor http://www.wri.org/publication/world -resources- 2008-roots -of- resilience See also: ... ex- amples of resource problems in desert areas include overhunting of native ungulates for animal products such as tusks. Natural Resources Deserts of the world hold most...

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... threshold, thereby covering species in a large part of their range. Federal agencies could use Global Resources Endangered Species Act • 353 heat per unit of electricity generated than other sources. ... actions of the Bush administration as bureaucratic obstacles that resulted in reduced num - Global Resources Endangered Species Act • 355 President Bill Clinton announces th...

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