For the past decade Lake Mead has been battling the worst 10-year drought in recorded history along the Colorado River, which feeds the 110-mile-long reservoir. Since 1999, Lake Mead has dropped about 1 percent a year. It is estimated that by 2012, the lake’s surface could fall below the existing pipe that delivers 40 percent of Las Vegas’s water.
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One of the most dramatic and deliberate impacts that humans have had on the natural environment involve dams. By diverting rivers to meet water, energy, and transportation needs, dams have had a tremendous impact on the way people are able to live. According to the Swedish Research Council, the flow of water in more than [...] The Occidental Chemical Corporation operates the Niagara Plant in Niagara Falls, NY. Here, they are making Chlorine, seventeen million pounds of it at a time. Chlorine is incredibly useful to industry due to its wild effects on organic chemistry. Lots of it is used to bleach paper; even a medium sized pulp mill can use [...] |
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