Environmental science

to the environment. Since the USACE foresees possible environmental problems, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required. The EIS will look at the possible environmental impacts of the project and potential alternatives. The purpose of this project is to build a mine that will produce gold to sell over a 15-year period. The project covers over four thousand acres of land. With the large amount of land there were many environmental impacts for the USACE to look at. One of the…

is experiencing rapidly growing pollution issues, including: mass deforestation, smog, water pollution, and various other forms of environmental destruction. As a poverty ridden nation lead by a government with too little resources at its disposal the issues of extreme pollution are often put on hold to other societal issues. In Indonesia, many forms of environmental pollution / destruction are not only affecting their population of well over a hundred million people, but also including the…

through an environment? 2. Organisms and events cause environmental changes. How would an environment be affected by a change that harmed some hunted organisms but favored other hunted organisms? What are some natural events that change environments? How can living things change an environment? How do environmental variations cause changes within an environment? 3. Environmental variations affect the survival of organisms. How might environmental conditions differ…

advances of modern agriculture are topics of discussion usually under the radar in Politics. Believe it or not the majority of Americans do not realize the emphasis being put on spending and encouraged consumerism in our everyday lives. Growing environmental concerns have surfaced our economy within the recent years in regards to American consumption and over spending in the economy. Some may argue the positive effects of encouraged consumerism such as stimulations and growth in the economy.…

challenges the idea of individualized, consumer-based environmental solutions. The author attracts the reader immediately by recalling a famous Dr. Seuss tale, The Lorax, which tells of a "short sighted and voracious industrialist" who is blinded by greed and destroys the landscape in order to produce "Thneeds" (pg. 31). However, the book ends with a sense of hope, by commanding a young individual to plant the last Truffula seed. The environmental degradation in this tale mirrors that of today…

This study examined the effects of physical factors on diversity in freshwater environments by observing invertebrate diversity in riffles and pools in a freshwater stream. It was hypothesized that differences in invertebrate diversity between riffles and pools would be due to physical factors in the environment. To test this hypothesis, invertebrates were collected from each environment and classified by their taxa, and Shannon-Simpson indices were produced from these data to analyze the…

Apart from showing the social inequality, a smaller percentage of the world’s population having access to practically all the resources, this statements also challenges the environmental impacts brought by that uneven consumption. The fact that the pollution caused by 25% of the population represents nearly 70% of the total pollution means that the current way of consuming and disposing of the world’s resources is far from sustainable…

white tea and cucumber. Burt’s Bees Facial Cleaning Towelettes site points out that “White Tea is an amazing thing. It has three times more polyphenols as Green Tea and is believed to neutralize free radicals as well as help minimize damage from environmental pollutants.” In addition to that, white tea also helps with oxidation stress and inflammatory effects. Although the benefits of cucumber extract are not listed on the Burt’s Bees site, it still is a huge benefit. The main benefits are its…

There are many environmental scientists that are rather notable. Each one of them have made great achievements in the environmental science field. One well known environmental scientists is former president Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was a man that was fond of nature. To begin, Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York on October 27, 1858. Roosevelt spent four years at Harvard College. He eventually went on to study in Germany for a short period of time. Theodore Roosevelt became…

very existence was made of, and in AP Environmental Science I am learning of a love for the environment I never knew I had. Science classes as my school have made it possible for me to explore my interests in science and my environment.…