Algal bloom

finding ways to lower the amount of carbon dioxide, such as growing larger populations of organisms like phytoplankton which use up carbon dioxide. Some professions have proposed the idea of dumping fertilizers into Earth’s oceans to encourage algal blooms artificially in hopes that the algae will use up vast amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans. Overall these suggestions show little signs of being able to reverse the damage done to Earth’s oceans, and fail to provide the oceans…

The status of Long Island groundwater, its biggest threats and contaminants, and the resulting problems. Long Island is especially venerable to groundwater contamination because Long Island’s aquifers are resident’s only water source. Development and agricultural use of the island have greatly contributed to contamination. The two main contaminators are: • Nitrogen (as nitrates) • Pesticides Pesticides are known to cause health problems, and legislation has banned those that have persistently…

The broad similarity between two articles Ehlers, Worm & Reusch (2008) and Campanella et al. (2013) is that both papers emphasized the importance of the genetic diversity of Zostera marina, an ecologically important plant for coastal ecosystem to survive adverse environmental conditions arising from climate change, catastrophic events (storm, heat waves) and anthropogenic activities (pollution, eutrophication, habitat destruction etc). Ehlers et al. (2008) talked about the effects of temperature…

Most animals and plants live on water as well, and can be easily affected by it as human beings will. They are susceptible to the chemicals in the water, which can either drastically change their lifestyles due to changing food supplies and the like to such dire consequences such as death. On the Office of Response and Restoration’s website, they state that light oils display two hazards. Some can ignite and explode, but are mainly toxic. It can kill animals and plants upon touch, even…

meters wide, and 12.1 million kilometres long, long enough to encircle the globe 180 times. Impacts include water degradation, the depletion of rivers and groundwater as well as eutrophication when excess nutrients enter the water courses and cause algal bloom. Rivers are drying up because of greater agricultural production and water consumption and groundwater levels are declining rapidly, especially in densely populated areas of North Africa, North China, India, and Mexico because of…

Industrial Pollution in the Great Lakes Pollution within the Great Lakes region has been an issue since before the 1970s, when pollution in this area caused concern, resulting in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States. This was in place to improve water quality of the Great Lakes region. However, we are still struggling with pollution in the Great Lakes- and all over the world. As countries develop, they become more industrial to meet high market demands of…

In today’s society, people eat meat on a regular basis, but never stop to think where this meat came from and how. They’ve grown a habit of eating meat because of taste, convenience, and tradition. People don’t acknowledge, what they are consuming or wearing. They don’t realize the health risk of consuming meat, and the horrifying conditions animals are subjected through. People think being a vegetarian or vegan is either too much work or it’s not as delicious as meat. A vegetarian is a person…

Covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface and comprising two-thirds of the human body, water is essential to the sustenance of life (CDC, 2016a). However, only 3% of the world’s water is freshwater (WHO, 2015). Due to the limited availability of freshwater, 663 million people in the world lack access to safe drinking water (WHO, 2015). Contaminated drinking water can contain pathogenic bacteria from human and animal waste, harmful metals, and dangerous chemicals from the improper disposal of…

Feeding The Factory Farm When a consumer bites into a hamburger they may not care where it comes from, but when they see chickens laying on top of each other ready to be slaughtered for their next chicken nugget they may raise their voice. The United States (US) needs more food for its ever-growing population but cannot afford to take up much more land for farming operations. This has led to institutions known as factory farms being built around the country in order to satisfy the growing…

The Historical Predation of the West Indian Manatee The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus), also known as the sea cow; was listed as an endangered species by U.S Fish and Wildlife Services in 1972. However, since then it has been downgraded from an endangered species to a threatened species (Heavy Poaching in Prime Habitat: The Conservation Status of the West Indian Manatee). The main reasons behind their decline; are pollution in the water, powerboats, and slow reproduction. As a result,…