After the invention of automobiles from the 18th century till the 21st century, the majorities of people all around the world have started to prefer using fuel-powered vehicles to horses, chariots, or walking because it is believed that driving a car can show the high social status in the society and that owning as many cars as possible can show the wealth to the public. ... According to one of the farmers in Banteay Meanchey province whose name was Prak Savay told the Phnom Penh Post that the flood of last year's rainy season cost him his entire rice paddy after the downpour, for...

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Maybe instead of driving our very polluting, gas guzzler cars, we can switch to a Prius or perhaps riding our bike to work and school. ... Forcing most households to use less water, not because they want to conserve water, but because they do not want to get fined and pay. ...

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Beach nourishment is an effective coastal protection measure. Beach nourishment involves replacing sand lost through erosion by adding fresh sand brought from another beach or dredged from the sea floor. This method is capable of transforming a narrow, eroded coast into a wide, sandy beach that can ...

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At one time the North American continent belonged to various forms of enormous, fantastic creatures. By the end of the Ice Age, most of these large animals had become extinct. There has yet to be a consensus among scholars as to what exactly can be blamed for this disappearance. Among the theorie...

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