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Summer of 2014, my life was changing quite a bit. As I come back from my first year at school in U.S. and more than prepared to live away from home, I pack my bags and go to São Paulo. Although it is very close to my hometown, Santos, it was still a great change: new swim club, new city, new friends. São Paulo it is much known to be a complete chaos: anywhere with 12 million habitants has to be at least somehow different. With too many people comes too many problems: air and river pollution,…

Landless, Land Entitlement and Collective Violent Resistance to the Mining Induced Displacement and Resettlement (MIDR) in the Developing Country: The Case of Anti-Phulbari Coal Mining Movement in Bangladesh Abstract: My proposed research project will explore the role of landless people in forming collective violent resistance to the Mining Induced Displacement and Resettlement (MIDR) process in the Phulbari Coal Mining project in Bangladesh, and will demonstrate the necessity to identify…

The Chesapeake Bay’s water quality has been deteriorating over the recent years. Some reasons for the decrease in quality are agriculture, chemical contaminates, and sediment. Agriculture has caused problems for the Bay due to the use of fertilizer. When it rains, the excess nutrients run off into the waterways that lead to the Bay. These excess nutrients include nitrogen and phosphorus. When these nutrients get into the Bay, it causes an algae bloom. The algae bloom blocks any light from…

My Opinion: • Road salt may be an effective way to melt ice on roads, but it comes with many drawbacks, that can especially harm the environment, and even damage infrastructure. Argument #1: Salt contaminates many bodies of water, which affects aquatic animals in a negative way. • Salt in ponds and lakes prevents aquatic plants and animals from getting their nutrients. • High concentrations of salt in freshwater has harmful effects on the growth, reproduction, and survival of invertebrates,…

Any kind of leak that you find in your home is serious, but a slab leak in your Collin County, TX home can be particularly devastating, as most homeowners do not discover the leak until it has become truly catastrophic. A slab leak in your Collin County, TX home is often the result of damaged pipes beneath your foundation, which is the primary reason why these types of leaks are so hard to detect. Things to look for include unusually high water bills, water spots and damp areas showing up on…

Many people don’t know what a Watershed is. Some people may know and others may be completely clueless. Well, since you are wondering now, a Watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. With that knowledge, our Environmental Scientist have discovered pollution inside the Watershed, caused by human interactions, located around the Mobile River in Southern Alabama. The pollution found in the river is affecting the wildlife that are in…

(Overfishing 2012) Salinity is also a major issue. When the water table reaches 1-2 meters below the ground’s surface, the water moves and brings salt with it. As this water evaporates, it leaves the salt within the surface layers of the soil. Over time this causes the soil to become saline and limits the growth of vegetation. Salt sensitive plants begin to die and can leave the soil prone to erosion. High salt content…

Yasmin Bateman Water Essay Why is stormwater pollution a problem and what can YOU do to prevent it? Stormwater is water that surfaces in a large quantity that results from heavy rain. Storm water runoff gathers and conveys litters, animal wastes,dirt and other pollutants as it flows.Storm water pollution is one of the biggest problems in the world today and many animals die or are harmed from it. The polluted stormwater deteriorates our waterways, like rivers , lakes or ponds. There are many…

Under the Surface The word literacy can cause an overwhelming amount of stress in one's mind. Growing up, I have felt the pressure weigh on me even when I began to think of the word literacy. This thought of pressure and stress has caused me to become unmotivated when being motivated is the key element to reading and writing. I had it set in my mind at which there was no purpose behind literacy. I just saw it as lines smothered together and people would proclaim them as “literature”. As I was…

Critical Review #2 1. Opposing Viewpoint In context: online resource covering today 's social issues. (website) 2. Marc Ribaudo, Robert Johansson, Jacqueline Langwith writes the article called "Agriculture Threatens Water Quality." Published by Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture in 2010. 3. Mark Ribaudo and Robert Johansson are scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Economic Research Service. The authors take the position of arguing that "agricultural…