Deep ecology

The Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition is reaching out to you as an individual or organization recognized for their interest and involvement in environmental stewardship. If you are unaware of the coalition, we are an organization comprised of a network of organizations with the same interest, to promote environmental awareness and stewardship. The Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition formed in 1996 with the idea of networking and pooling resources to promote environmental education and…

Ecology and evolution are considered sister disciplines of the life sciences. Natural selection, life history, development, adaptation, populations, and inheritance are examples of concepts that thread equally into ecological and evolutionary theory. Fresh water ecosystems is a living community of interacting organisms and their physical environment and habitat. Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems. Some of those aquatic ecosystems include lakes, ponds, rivers,…

Many conservationists and practitioners argue that environmental regulations are crucial to guarantee the sustainability of the Earth’s biological systems as well as the health and wellbeing of people, and that protected areas such as national parks constitute an essential tool in such regulatory toolbox (Kramer et al. 1997; Brandon et al. 1998; Terborgh 1999). Although the preservation of nature, which is the main objective of national parks, has become a worldwide concern, taking into account…

1. Adaptation is a noun. Also a change or the process of change of that an organism can best suit the environment lived in. A: Desert, Its hot and very dry. Less than 10 inches or rain. Quite a bit of direct sunlight. Soil is rocky and sandy which means it is unable to hold much water. Winds are usually very strong which means it drys out the plants. Plants are exposed to very hot and no water. B: Grassland, or prairie have very warm summers and chilly winters. Not much rainfall…

There are two major trophic cascades that scientist use. One is called bottom-up and the other is top-down. The controller of top-down would be the top predator or the apex predator (Wallach and O’Neill, 2009). The apex predator can also be known as the keystone species in that ecosystem. Top-down control is when the apex predator regulates the structure and population of the ecosystem (Wallach and O’Neill, 2009). The apex predators will prey on the consumers, which keeps the consumers…

Wolves are a keystone predators, they help maintain a balance in the ecosystem. They do this by hunting the weak in herds of hooved animals. Some of the animals they hunt include deer, elk, moose, and caribou, as well as beavers and rabbits. They have adapted to eating large prey. The wolves also help the herds become healthy because by eliminating the weak, they are also eliminating disease to be spread amongst the herds helping them become strong as well. When hunting, they hunt in packs of…

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument management guide has acquired an extensive list regarding some of the possible threats that may pose a potential risk to the park’s conservation efforts. These risks are all or partly the direct result of human interactions with the park, they are as follows: threats to migratory birds, population decline in Hawaiian monk seals or green turtles, effects on various species, fish, marine invertebrates and spinner dolphins, coral damage, release of…

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The earth as an organism has been a popular topic over the last hundreds of years throughout science. However, James Lovelock’s approach of the earth was, and still is, an extremely controversial concept among scholars. He describes his theory as, “A complex entity involving the Earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet” (148). In other words, the…

importantly it altered the hydrological characteristics on slope-lands. As an increase of economic value in betel nut trees, people started to convert fruit orchards and forests into betel nut plantation. The root of the betel nut tree grow wide but not deep, so it has no strength to hold onto the ground as tight as other trees when facing strong wind and rainfall. After a devastating earthquake (called 921) and a continuous rainfall afterward, many people lost their life/home because of the…