ENV234H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chemical Reaction, Archaea, Chemosynthesis
29 Jan 2013
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Due to hydrological system, a lot of water is stuck. Aral seas started draining to the point that different parts of the lake have separated. Aral sea depleting affected the climate as well, more continental, colder winters, hotter summers. Soil salination, irrigate (concentrated salt, there fore nothing can grow there) Water diversion in the great lakes major diversions, chicago diversions in the mid 19th century created a direct link the great lakes and the mississippi drainage basin. Connected to water basins (opens way invaders) asian carp. They went into the mississippi scared by the boats; they would jump out of water and are very large. Don"t know how this affects the great lakes. At least one or more made it past the barrier. Canada has 9% of all the renewable water of the world (a lot of it travels north)
