Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 48 pptx

... as lime. Most soils also con - Global Resources Fertilizers • 423 tain sufficient amounts of sulfur from the weathering of sulfur-containing minerals, the presence of sulfur in other fertilizers, ... Fertilizers Global Resources 418 • Feldspars Global Resources Million Metric Tons Source: Mineral Commodity Summaries, 2009Data from the U.S. Geological Survey, . U.S. Governmen...

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... Herding reindeer contin - Global Resources Animal domestication • 43 Sheep were one of the first animals to be domesticated. (USDA) ues as a principal occupationofthe Laplanders of Fin - land, Sweden, ... from the combination of alleles of many genes. Animal breeding seeks to improve genetically the fu- ture population of a particular species by increasing the proportion of de...

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... resource Global Resources ture of printing type, is an alloy of lead with antimony, tin, and sometimes copper; this alloy is also used in metal parts for some musical instruments. Various al- loys of ... retrieval of minerals expensive and hazardous. Many parts of the continent never reach temperatures above freezing, Global Resources Antarctic treaties • 53 National Researc...

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... tons to markets in Asia and Europe. Global Resources Brazil • 139 138 • Brazil Global Resources Brazil: Resources at a Glance Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil Government: Federal republic Capital ... plants, from the level of their cellular biology to the level of their economic produc- tion, is considered part of the field of botany. Definition Botany is an...

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... management decisions. One of these agencies is the Bureau of Land Man- agement, a part of the U.S. Department of the Inte- rior. According to bureau literature, the Bureau of Land Management’s responsibility ... authorization included such diverse areas of 152 • Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Global Resources power was asignificant source of energy, largely in the form...

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... in order to meet global demand. Uses of Reef Resources The main usesof coral reefs are theirin situecosystem services. The vivid interdependency of the diversity they support rivals that of tropical ... with at least 50 centimeters of rainfall (corn is often irri - gated in drier regions) and daytime temperatures be - 258 • Corn Global Resources Uses of Copper Copper was one...

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... tons of carbon annually; this reflects impairment of an ecosystem service. The organisms in the world’s ecosystems contain a 332 • Ecosystem services Global Resources wealth of genetic resources ... kilometers of cropland. An increasing proportion of crop production— notably that of corn, soybean, and canola—is used to generate biofuels, while several crops are grown spe- ci...

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... precision in the determination of iso - tope mass and abundance. Global Resources Isotopes, stable • 639 642 • Italy Global Resources Italy: Resources at a Glance Official name: Italian Republic Government: ... Knowledge of this variation allows for the study of storm behavior, identification of changes in global climatic patterns, and investigation of past climatic cond...

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... no shortage of this industrial mineral resource in the foreseeable future in Japan. Global Resources Japan • 653 Global Resources Kazakhstan • 657 Kazakhstan: Resources at a Glance Official name: ... of the Japanese fishing enterprises, Japan passed the Fishery Master Plan of March, 2007. The plan envisioned promotion ofresource re- covery and sustainable management of marin...

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... earthquakes in parts of Nevada hundreds of kilometersaway. Reservoirs, by design, regulate the flow of water downstream. In the process of doing so, they deny the river its normal seasonal flush of water in ... nonanthropocentric perspective of ethics, in which Homo sapiens is seen as simply a mem- ber of the ecosystem and not as the master of the Earth. It is also the title...

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