World marketed energy consumption was 495 quadrillion Btu in 2007. Of this total, the United States consumes the largest percent share of 21 percent, followed by China 16 percent and India 4 percent.
READ MORE »Chapter 12: Nuclear Energy: Nuclear Cruise Ships – Edited by Dr. Mir F. Ali
The scope of nuclear civil vessels includes the following three types of vessels: 1. Nuclear Merchant Ships, 2. Nuclear Icebreakers, and 3. Nuclear Cruise Ships. This chapter is dedicated to Nuclear Cruise Ships. The scope of nuclear civil vessels includes the following three types of vessels: 1. Nuclear Merchant Ships, 2. Nuclear Icebreakers, and 3. [...]
READ MORE »The Nebraska Salt Creek Tiger Beetle (Cicindela Nevadica Lincolniana) – Edited by Dr.Mir F. Ali
A Data Gathering Survey Site 1. Taxonomy: Here are the major taxonomical attributes of the beetle: It is metallic brown to dark-olive green with a metallic dark green underside; It measures about 0.5 inch in total length, and is native to eastern Nebraska’s saline wetlands; and Tiger beetles are active, ground-dwelling, predatory insects that capture smaller [...]
READ MORE »Chapter 11: Nuclear Civil Vessels – Nuclear Icebreakers
The scope of nuclear civil vessels includes the following three types of vessels: 1. Nuclear Merchant Ships, 2. Nuclear Icebreakers, and 3. Nuclear Cruise Ships. This chapter is dedicated to Nuclear Icebreakers. 2. Nuclear Icebreakers: An icebreaker ship requires three main faculties that most normal ships lack: A strengthened hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the [...]
READ MORE »Rationale and Practicalities of Invertebrate Surveys – Edited by Dr. Mir F. Ali
Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone and they represent more than 97 percent of all species alive today. More specifically, they include animal groups such as sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, molluscs, arthropods, insects, segmented worms, and echinoderms as well as many other lesser-known groups of animals. Invertebrates are recognized as important components of biodiversity. They [...]
READ MORE »Conservation groups say tar sands extraction violates international wildlife treaties
Today, conservation groups represented by Earthjustice and Ecojustice Canada submitted a petition to Interior Secretary Salazar asking him to report to President Obama that Canada’s destructive tar sands extraction undermines international efforts to protect endangered and threatened species.
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