Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Water


http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/sustainable-earth/water/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_r1p_us_ot_w#

We all need water, but most people are not receiving clean water. Those people lived in the developing country and they are using contaminated water. About 5,000 children die everyday from diarrhea diseases, which is caused by the unsaved water. Many families have low income, and they travel over 3 miles to the nearby access water and come back to feed the family. There are still high number of places that are not receiving clean water, but the efforts of government and the NGOs are helping everyday. So far, they have helped over 2.7 billion people receiving clean water, but the people are increasing rapidly that it will be difficult to feed everyone.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Chimp and Human Y Chromosomes evolving faster than expected

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/13/chimp.and.human.y.chromosomes.evolving.faster.expected


Y chromosomes are evolving rapidly for the pass 6 millions years since when the chimpanzees and human emerged from a common ancestor. Ys chromosomes have evolved more quickly than the rest of the respective genomes. We have the expectation of believing that the chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes would be highly similar, but they are remarkably different in structure and gene content. Example: the Y chromosome in chimpanzee has lost 1/3 to 1/2 of human genes, this is a huge change because the chromosome is likely changes to a home undergoing continue renovation. Like when things are being changes and reconstructed. This showed that the Y chromosome is ingenious at maintaining diversity of genes and our knowledge about the Y chromosome is still advancing. The researcher believe that the evolution of the Y chromosomes were due to traits specific, and differences in mating behaviors.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

How Climate Affects the Quality of Bubbly

http://www.livescience.com/42270-climate-affects-bubbly.html


The climate and the weather patterns have high influence on the difference between a sub-par and high class bottle of bubbly champagne even when the ranging of soil type and bottling practices, the climate has a huge influence.
Precipitation: Grapes are pick before it becomes fully ripe. It contains the tart and sweet flavor. It plays an important role because if the crops experience heavy rain fall then the berries will grow faster and the flavor will become bland, and if the crops experience little rain, it will create too little of sugar due to the slow photosynthesis and can delay ripening.
Temperature: Grapes grow in fairly mild climates. When it's hot, it ripen prematurely and it prevents them for having full flavor and results in sour taste.
Cloud Cover: This can slow photosynthesis because it takes the excess heat away and it limits sugar production, and the fruit becomes tart.
As the climate patterns start to become more erratic, the vegetation zones begin to shift northward. This result in having other regions in the country to be able to produce delicate grapes destined for bubbly.