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Hand crafted with original plans in 1987, it is thought that this may be the first of its kind in Canada.
Glaciers and ice caps cover about 10% of the world’s landmass. These are concentrated in Greenland and Antarctica and contain 70% of the world’s freshwater. Unfortunately, most of these resources are located far from human habitation and are not readily accessible for human use. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 96% of the world’s frozen freshwater is at the South and North Poles, with the remaining 4% spread over 550,000 km2 of glaciers and mountainous icecaps measuring about 180,000 km3 (UNEP, 1992; Untersteiner, 1975; WGMS, 1998, 2002). Groundwater is by far the most abundant and readily available source of freshwater, followed by lakes, reservoirs, rivers and wetlands. Analysis indicates that: - Groundwater represents over 90% of the world’s readily available freshwater resource (Boswinkel, 2000). About 1.5 billion people depend upon groundwater for their drinking water supply (WRI, UNEP, UNDP, World Bank, 1998). - The amount of groundwater withdrawn annually is roughly estimated at 600-700 km3, representing about 20% of global water withdrawals (WMO, 1997). - A comprehensive picture of the quantity of groundwater withdrawn and consumed annually around the world does not exist. Most freshwater lakes are located at high altitudes, with nearly 50% of the world’s lakes located in Canada alone. Many lakes, especially those in arid regions, become salty through evaporation, which concentrates the inflowing salts. The Caspian Sea, the Dead Sea, and the Great Salt Lake are among the world’s major salt lakes. Rivers form a hydrologic mosaic, with an estimated 263 international river basins covering 45.3% (231,059,898 km2) of the earth’s land surface, excluding Antarctica (UNEP, Oregon State University et al., in preparation). The total volume of water in the world’s rivers is estimated at 2,115 km3 (Groombridge and Jenkins, 1998).
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Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 0.50m LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DSM).
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Global water type by percentage. Estimates of global water resources based on several different calculation methods have produced varied estimates. Shiklomanov in Gleick (1993) estimated that: - The total volume of water on earth is 1.4 billion km3. - The volume of freshwater resources is 35 million km3, or about 2.5% of the total volume. Of these, 24 million km3 or 68.9% is in the form of ice and permanent snow cover in mountainous regions, and in the Antarctic and Arctic regions. - Some 8 million km3 or 30.8% is stored underground in the form of groundwater (shallow and deep groundwater basins up to 2,000 metres, soil moisture, swamp water and permafrost). This constitutes about 97% of all the freshwater potentially available for human use. - Freshwater lakes and rivers contain an estimated 105,000 km3 or 0.3% of the world’s freshwater. - The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is 200,000 km3 of water, which is less than 1% of all freshwater resources, and only 0.01% of all the water on earth (Gleick, 1993; Shiklomanov, 1999).
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Durham, NC is a city in North Carolina. It is part of the Research Triangle Park region, known for its technology and scholarly institutions. It is the home of Duke University, and according to recent (9/2020) crime statistic reports, Durham's crime rate in some categories is higher than the national average, however, it also has very vibrant and diverse communities within. It has many excellent eateries downtown and a welcoming environment. It is overall a great place for a visit. While there try and get in a Duke Men or Women Basketball game.
The capacity of ocean's blue carbon sinks (total annual blue carbon sink burial rates).
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Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 25cm LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
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Field trip to Perigi Talang Nangka village.
Photo by Icaro Cooke Vieira/CIFOR
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Friday Frenzy Storm Photo Images captured throughout the night! First sets I was able to be outside to capture as still light rain with wind just starting to pick up! 2nd set I was sitting on my couch inside my living room. The window is to the left! The rains were intensifying! This 3rd set was from my inside front porch to the right looking out my row of windows that overlook the right side of my yard. Stay tuned as I go through the night. Photo images credited to Vickie L Klinkhammer of Vickielynne Photography and Designs (VLP&Designs)
The Entrada Sandstone is a Jurassic-aged succession of redbeds, which are hematite-rich siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. Sediments were deposited in environments ranging from very shallow ocean (tidal flats) to sand dunes along ancient coastlines.
The "goblins" of Utah's Goblin Valley formed by differential weathering and erosion - the harder sandstones weather and erode more slowly than the softer, finer-grained shales and siltstones.
Stratigraphy: Entrada Sandstone, San Rafael Group, upper Middle Jurassic
Locality: Goblin Valley, east-central Utah, USA
The Eden Project comprises artificial biomes that house plants collected from all around the world. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, close to the town of St Austell, Cornwall.
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species,and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The domes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The first dome emulates a tropical environment, and the second a Mediterranean environment.
This is a 3 shot HDR processed with SNS HDR.
Soldiers attached to the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team scan the desert for targets during a live-fire exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, July 28, 2021. Members of the 45th IBCT are at the NTC as part of their annual training, which provides opportunities to conduct individual, squad, and platoon-level tasks in austere environments in preparation for potential deployments overseas. (Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Spc. Caleb Stone)
This rock was named the Virgin Rock by early explorers, who could see an image of the Virgin Mary and child in the rock. Weathering has now faded the shape of the child, yet the Virgin Mary is still distinguishable. The local community has installed lights that come on at night and highlight the rock and its features.
The museum contains an interactive environment rich in history, while encapsulating the architecture and social history through its town centre location. The building is prominently located within the historic walled town of Ludlow, forming a key focal point at the head of Broad Street. The Buttercross occupies the main approach to the town centre from the south, forming a pivotal point on the dramatic spatial progression that leads from Ludford Bridge via Broadgate to the Ludlow Castle gates.
Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire. It sits near the confluence of the rivers Corve and Teme. The oldest part is the medieval walled town, founded in the late 11th century after the Norman conquest of England. It is centred on a small hill which lies on the eastern bank of a bend of the River Teme. Situated on this hill are Ludlow Castle and the parish church, St Laurence's, the largest in the county. From there the streets slope downward to the River Teme, and northward toward the River Corve. The town is in a sheltered spot beneath Mortimer Forest and the Clee Hills, which are clearly visible from the town.
Ludlow has nearly 500 listed buildings, including examples of medieval and Tudor-style half-timbered buildings. The town was described by Sir John Betjeman as "probably the loveliest town in England".
Shropshire (/ˈʃrɒpʃər, -ʃɪər/; alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian /səˈloʊpiən/ sə-LOH-pee-ən, Welsh: Swydd Amwythig) is a county in England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south. Shropshire Council was created in 2009, a unitary authority taking over from the previous county council and five district councils. The borough of Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority since 1998 but continues to be included in the ceremonial county.
The county's population and economy is centred on five towns: the county town of Shrewsbury, which is culturally and historically important and close to the centre of the county; Telford, a new town in the east which was constructed around a number of older towns, most notably Wellington, Dawley and Madeley, which is today the most populous; and Oswestry in the northwest, Bridgnorth just to the south of Telford, and Ludlow in the south. The county has many market towns, including Whitchurch in the north, Newport northeast of Telford and Market Drayton in the northeast of the county. Wikipedia
This piece started out as a piece of discarded nail art. It would have hung on the wall vertically, and there would have been a little vase underneath the "flowers". I made an environment for a Fisher Price spaceman (or hazmat tech) and a fat little bee - they live in a world of rocks and flowers.
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 25cm LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
Data supplied by Environment Agency under the Open Government License agreement. For details please go to: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/v...
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Meet #10 --- a huge beautiful male and the the last of the "family of 2012" that I had the glorious pleasure of raising from baby Caterpillars to Adult Monarchs. They say a Mother never really has favorites, but this guy WAS my favorite --- for many reasons. First and foremost because he was a surprise arrival in the beginning --- so tiny, I hadn't even noticed him on the bottom of the fresh milkweed that I had brought inside until several days later when he had started getting nice and plump and mobile. In fact the 3rd pic below is of this guy right next to one of his siblings (#3 - a pretty female) just after she emerged on August 5th --- himself still a Cat. I also so appreciate his emergence from chrysalis state because i was able to get the best sequence photos of the event EVER.
Several hours photographing this wonderful creature was how I spent my day on August 18th, 2012. From early morning until his rebirth at 11:25 am until I let him go at 3:04 pm and he flew away strongly and safely into the nearby trees in the warm afternoon sunshine.
My day changed dramatically after that ----- and I learned the true meaning of "Evil" --- of the human sort. I had been warned by my "new" neighbors that they were going to "make my life a living hell" 5 days earlier, but felt if I just kept to myself, I would be immune to their threats. Not possible. Some day I will tell the story, but not in a public forum.
I am happy to say I am now out of that horrible environment and apartment --- safe in a wonderful new place that is within 7 minutes of my "old" home that hosted BB Bear and Rose-breasted and Evening Grosbeaks, Flying Squirrels, Deer, and many, many other birds and critters for breakfast, lunch, and dinner over 2 years ago. I have had the power and heat turned back on and immediately put out bird seed --- within 2 hours, the Chickadees had found the feeders and yesterday, there were Nuthatches coming round also --- so it shouldn't be long before the "word" spreads that "She's Back"!!!
My new apartment is a "single dwelling" down in the valley close to the West River and yesterday morning I was greeted by a Gorgeous male Cardinal high in the trees right outside my door singing his heart out. Life is finally coming full circle and I am back where I belong.
So many things to do --- but I SO look forward to catching up with everyone of my Friends on Flickr asap. I even actually have high speed internet in my new home.--- what a TREAT after years of satellite service and then almost 7 months with none.