Anthropogenic

Geologically, Greensboro is situated at the headwaters of the Cape Fear River Basin, the biggest of the 17 noteworthy waterway bowls in North Carolina. The Reedy Fork Creek and Buffalo Creek bowl (Figure 1) in Greensboro are framed from precipitation that keeps running off impenetrable and pervious surfaces, and from water that leaks up from neighborhood springs and in the long run winds up in the Ocean, only south of Wilmington, NC. The bowl is situated in a move zone between warm-mild and…

Over the course of the last several months I have been in contact with Dr. Emilie Snell-Rood from the Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior (EEB) program. I am applying to the PhD program at the University of Minnesota because of the opportunity it offers understanding the impacts of human-induced changes on ecology. My goal of pursuing a graduate degree is something that I have been focused on throughout my undergraduate experience at Boise State University (BSU). A path to achieving this goal is…

Climate change is a global-scale atmospheric externality. It is an issue that must be understood and addressed globally. Environmental trends based on scientific and observed studies have shown an increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, an increase of the Earth’s surface and ocean temperature causing a decline in sea ice, and more prevalent extreme weather patterns- all due to human influence. However, trying to understand each of these trends separately will not fully explain the causes…

Abstract Global climate change has become one of the most important issues and one of the most highly debated ones of the 21st Century. The scientific community has largely reached an agreement concerning the responsibility of human action for the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and the accompanying changes in the atmosphere, oceans, and on land. Environmental policymakers at the United Nations and from the member countries are working to formulate a plan to combat the progress of…

According to our guide, anthropogenic activities in/around the lake led to vast amounts of salt water flooding the lake, and as a result, ruined the natural ecosystem. Subsequent herbicide and pesticide runoff from surrounding lawns (i.e. golf courses) also adds to this ecological…

Sirota suggests that we will face in the future are as follows: Global climate change, economic conservatism and plutocracy. I agree that David Sirota makes valid points when it comes to: Global Climate Change: We have known for a long time that anthropogenic climate change is intensifying drought, flooding, storms, etc.; and that historically dry areas are becoming much drier. Human beings have created a way of living that distance us from nature and makes us feel as if it is our servant, when,…

driven by the oceanic uptake of chemical inputs to the atmosphere, including carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur compounds (Guinotte and Fabry, p.320). Today, the overwhelming cause of ocean acidification is anthropogenic atmospheric carbon dioxide. Over the past two-hundred years, the rapid increase in anthropogenic atmospheric carbon dioxide has directly led to decreasing ocean pH through air-sea gas exchange, driven by the land-use changes such as, the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation,…

This points to the ability of journalists to distill information from scientific studies and diffuse it to the public. There is merit in the non-environmental perspective as it may report on historical facts, economic expenditures, or anthropogenic consequences of CCD. Both the scientific and media outlets chosen for the non-environmental viewpoint covered economics and reported unbiasedly on the possible causes of CCD. Each explore neonicotinoids, nutrition, overwintering, diseases, parasites…

Global climate change (GCC) has become a very controversial topic. People often argue about whether or not it actually exists. Some people just refer to it as global warming. However, global climate change is much more than that. It includes global warming along with many other weather pattern changes. These include, but are not limited to, rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and melting of ice (Shaftel, 2016). One of the biggest causes has been the increase in the amount of greenhouse…

Melanoma, one of the most prevalent and dangerous types of skin cancer, presents an increasing threat to human health as the incidence of melanoma is growing every year. Not only skin cancer is a threat to public health, but it is also becoming an economic burden to society. American Cancer Society identified that the average per-patient cost for the last stage of melanoma ranges between $34,103 to $152,244 per year in the United States. The survival rates for melanoma differ by its stage: the…