Jul
24
2009
Woodland Farms
Woodland farms (also known as forest gardens) are an agricultural concept which copies a self-sustaining forest ecosystem except that it is made to produce a variety of food that is easily harvestable. Woodland farms have a lot of different things going on in them to maximize sustainability, efficiency, and productivity but they are all simple, [...]
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Jul
22
2009
Inside A Turbine
Wind turbines, hydro dams, turbines that run on steam from geothermal, nuclear, fossil fuels, biomass, etc. All of these use a spinning motion derived from rising steam, flowing water or blowing wind to generate electricity. How do they do it? You’re about to find out.
Electricity happens when electrons start moving around. Running or spinning a [...]
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Jul
21
2009
Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are masses of natural structures composed of skeletal material from by reef-building (or hard) corals, small organisms that grow in shallow water. Corals are found in both temperate and tropical waters. Reefs, however, can only form within about 30° of the Equator. They leave their exoskeletons when they die and the tide [...]
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Jul
08
2009
Wind Power
Everyone has seen pictures of wind turbines— those sleek, white, three-bladed giants, usually standing in a group in a green field. When you hear about wind turbines, unless those are specifically implied, that is not what should come to mind. They are noisy eyesores which, though producing renewble energy, take a ton of energy to [...]
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Jul
05
2009
Sea Grass: A Critical Habitat
Who cares about sea grass? You should. Sea grass is an incredibly important environment for all kinds of marine life. Not only does it support the fising industry with the large quantities of fish it is inhabited by, sea grass processes waste that is dumped into the sea, cushioning the blow on the local marine [...]
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