Let’s Protect Our Environment! Go Green! \(^^)/

 Why is it important to protect our environment? The Earth systems are under threat. Global warming, freshwater depletion, biodiversity reduction, hole in the ozone layer, greenhouse effect - are all examples of such threats. Environment is just like our home. If it is safe, then we are safe. And if it is damaged then we have to pay for it. So we have to protect the environment. Make it clean, safe and better.

How do we start protecting our environment? There are many ways for us to protect our environment. These are some simple ways for you to start with:

• Reduce, reuse, and recycle
• Switch of electrical appliances when you’re not using them
• Don’t waste water. Turn off the water when you’re not using it
• Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones
• Use public transportation or eco-friendly vehicles
• Avoid using plastic bags, use reusable shopping bags

Whirlpools

A whirlpool is a small "underwater" tornado. It is created by two currents or tides coming from different directions and colliding. The vast majority of whirlpools are not very powerful. More powerful ones are more properly termed malestroms. Vortex is the proper term for any whirlpool that has a downdraft. Very small whirlpools can easily be seen when a bath or a sink is draining, but these are produced in a very different manner from those in nature. Smaller whirlpools also appear at the base of many waterfalls. In the case of powerful waterfalls, these whirlpools can be quite strong. The most powerful whirlpools are created in narrow shallow straits with fast flowing water.

The five strongest whirlpools in the world are the Saltstraumen in Norway, which reaches speeds of 37 km/h (23 mph); the Moskstraumen off the Lofoten islands in Norway (the original maelstrom), which reaches speeds of 27.8 km/h (17.3 mph); the Old Sow in Eastport, Maine, United States, which has been measured with a speed of up to 27.6 km/h (17.1 mph); the Naruto whirlpools in Japan, which have a speed of 20 km/h (12 mph); and the Corryvreckan in Scotland, which reaches speeds of 18 km/h (11 mph).

Source: Wikipedia ^^

Will the Water Cycle Eventually Stop?

Water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Water can change states among liquid, vapor, and ice at various places in the water cycle. The water moves from one reservoir to another, such as from river to ocean, or from the ocean to the atmosphere, by the physical processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and subsurface flow. In so doing, the water goes through different phases: liquid, solid, and gas.

When will the water cycle stop? In some areas of the world where there is no rainfall for long periods of time, local water cycles do stop. When one event in the cycle fails to happen, the cycle breaks down.

But water can neither be created nor destroyed – it will always exist in some form. If you consider the world as a whole, with one big water cycle, the processes involved are always occurring somewhere; this cycle never stops.