The roots of these trees can absorb the excess nitrogen in the runoff before it reaches the streams. Farmers sometimes object to letting trees grow on land where they might otherwise be cultivating crops. But there's a government program that compensates them, that pays them for creating these...
Why is the base of a dam or a high rise building made wide? Why is it hard to clean up water pollution? Why is runoff important in the water cycle? Why is biological productivity low in the open ocean? Why does a lake freeze from the top down instead of from the bottom up?
Taking binary intervention as an example, when Xi(1) and Xi(0) denote the outcomes of a given variable Xi under intervention and non-intervention, respectively, the individual causal effect (ICE) of Xi can be formulated as: ICE(i)=Xi(1)−Xi(0). When considering the collective ...
A lot of those are captured in what we call “enhancement of the alkalinity” of the ocean. This is why I’m particularly interested in what we can be doing, both to preserve the ocean as a carbon sink and to expand the activities that will lead to more c...
Why might some regions in deserts serve as runoff sinks (i.e., have more water flowing in than out)? Why might a lake with a large surface area mix more often and more deeply than a smaller lake? Why does hot water sometimes feel cold on human skin? What is the biggest problem face...
Plowing breaks up the blocky structure of the soil which can aid in drainage and root growth. Plowing fields can also turn organic matter into soil to increase
People today are eating more and more meat, and it is becoming more and more of a problem. In countries where people are enjoying greater wealth, meats on the table can be a symbol of prosperity. Yet, few people pause to consider the harmful consequences of heavy meat eating. Ye...
Narrator:Listen to a conversation between a student and a consultant in the computer lab.Student:Could you check the settings in this computer?Consultant:Sure, what’s wrong?Student:I’ve clicked print like four times but nothing’s happening.Consultant:Well, this will be an easy fix. Today ...
Yeah. I also just can't wrap my head around a banana being a berry. That's crazy. Daniel Konstantinovic: Feels wrong. Berries got to be small, it's got to be compact. Minda Smiley: Yeah. Daniel Konstantinovic: Banana's too big. ...
So I am essentially making rainfall runoff plots, so an inverted hyetograph (rainfall) on one y axis and flow on the other. Now plotyy works great when I use an area function to describe the flow and a bar graph for the rainfall. However, when I c...