Global Competitiveness Report

to be nutrient rich as it is only lacking in water and does not have much vegetation using the other nutrients. They can be categorized into hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold. The conservation if these areas are not much of a concern as with global warming, deserts are growing in size. Tropical Rainforests, on the other hand, are very moist and warm. They receive about 250 cm of rain per year which makes the air very humid. It rains more than 90 days a year. They are…

Have you ever wonder why there’s no running waters on Mars? Many of us might be questioning why we can’t survive on Mars; well, the main reason is there’s lack of air, oxygen, and importantly water. There are resources clarifying that there are water on Mars; however, the water are all frozen into ice. Scientist are discovering the reason that causes the water to turn into frozen ice. The article “Climate cycles may explain how running water carved Mars' surface features” written by Matthew…

Being one of the top predators in the Arctic, polar bears are exposed to very high levels of toxins and pollutants through their food. One fish may have a small amount amount of toxins in its tissue, but seals eat many fish a day and the polar bears eat the seals resulting in a high amount of toxins being consumed by the polar bears. Polar bears who have high levels of toxins and pollutants in its body have low levels of vitamin A, thyroid hormones, and antibodies. Those previously listed are…

Released in 2012, Chasing Ice follows the efforts of nature photographer, James Balog, as he documents climate change through the world's melting glaciers. The film is written by Mark Monroe and its producers include, Jeff Orlowski, Jerry Aronson, as well as, Paula DuPre Pesmen. I chose this particular documentary due to my interest in the effects of climate change throughout the world. Two filmmakers, Jeff Orlowski and Jerry Aronson, along with, one film producer combined efforts in order to…

In Notes From Underground: Florida’s Sinkhole Peril, David Owen elaborates on sinkholes in Florida. Owen discusses, among other things, examples of specific Florida sinkholes, the dangers of sinkholes, anthropogenic activities and their influence on sinkhole development, and the history of sinkholes in Florida. Overall, the article provides an overview of sinkholes in Florida and provides the reader with important information related to this topic. This review will discuss the major ideas…

Dakota Seidenspinner SOC 5 Kutil Compassionate Conservation As human population and consumption of resources rises to unsustainable levels, we need to rewire back into our brains that conservation is important, and in fact, a necessity. Compassionate conservation aims to take off the blindfold on modern society and open their eyes to the way they abuse the things that single handed us give us life. Our buildings, transportation systems, energy use, and production methods all affect the…

Imagine a world without the east coast of the United States. Imagine the entire state of California evacuated due to severe drought conditions. Imagine continuous forest fires wiping out wildlife in the southern states. Although these disastrous events are not present in the world today, it may be heading in this direction due to the rapid increase in temperature, also known as climate change. The issue of climate change has been playing a variety of different roles throughout the world over the…

Seashell Lab What does the different concentration of acid do to shells? Due to earth’s increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) rates scientists have shown that it can make shells , skeletons and corals up to one-third lighter in weight. As the ocean water becomes more acidic it lowers the calcium carbonate available to aquatic animals. ‘Scientists have predicted that the increase in ocean acidification could significantly reduce the ability of these creatures to build their casings, potentially…

This article wakes up the reader’s perspective of how natural disasters can be steepened by the hubris of politicians in control; they’d rather worry about attracting growth to a city without considering the safety repercussions of its citizens. The article gives specific examples of exactly how the politicians failed the citizens. The disaster of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, and the flooding along the Mississippi River, was extremely disastrous to humans and the environment. Freudenburg says…

So, The Quaternary period is characterized by several periods of glaciation. It is believed to start about 1.8 million years ago. This Time period is also known for its time of change. This period is divided into two epochs the Pleistocene and the Holocene. It is thought that the Woolly Mammoths still existed at the beginning of this period. Some environments were altered because of the several periods of glaciation and some animals and plants did survive but not all. In other words, glaciation…