Hydrology

Invasive Species An invasive species is one that is not native to a particular ecosystem and that does or is likely to cause harm to the environment and/or the economy (Exotic Species in Illinois). For example, a Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora). This rose, also known as the baby rose, it is native to eastern Asia, and was introduced to the U.S. in the late 1700’s. The baby rose impacts an environment, by forming dense thickets that invade pastures, and crowd native species (Plants). Invasive…

Senior Career Research The National Park has many different career options. In the field of my senior project the dragonfly larvae mercury levels study it has career options that can satisfy people’s desire to be out in the wilderness. There are no unique careers like the ones offered by the National Park Service that change people’s lives forever. You get a different perspective in life with the enjoyment of the forest. Some of the jobs offered by the government are Physical Science…

"Fertilizers as Water Pollutants." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Natural Resource Management and Environmental Department, May 2013. Web. 12 July 2016. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides a considerable amount of statistical information, along with an extensive analysis on how chemical fertilizers contribute to water pollution. While there is no specific author, this text was constructed by FAO 's Natural Resources Management…

Coral bleaching events endangers the sustainability of major coral reef ecosystems around the world, such as the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the Florida Keys and the Coral Triangle Area. The loss of symbiotic algae and/or their pigment lead the bleaching of corals [2]. Moreover, the mass bleaching phenomena degrade the valuable ecosystem services of coral reefs, which are home to 25% of all known marine species and provide approximately $375 billion per year in goods and services around the world…

1. Planning for changes is difficult due to the natural fluctuation of the great lakes water levels but there are factors that are certain that the levels as well as the region are changing negatively due to climate change (Kahl & Stirratt, n.d.). The water levels of the Great Lakes have declined over the past decades (“Climate Change Indicators: Great Lakes Water Levels and Temperatures”, 2016). Climate change is a change in typical weather that lasts longer than usual (“Climate Change, Health,…

To: Michael Brown From: Katherine Midkiff Subject: Woburn, MA Analysis Date: June 3, 2016 Introduction The following consists of an analysis of how it can be challenging to ensure that conflicts are resolved along with the truth being found when a scientific issue is brought to the courtroom. The case study of the “Woburn Toxic Trial” will be referenced in this analysis to highlight the types of conflicts that can come about when science is debated in a legal scenario. The analysis will…

useful to anthropologists in other studies. According to the internet article, The Solar Origins of Dendrochronolgy, by Matthew Wills (2015), Dendrochronolgy is also valuable to use in the fields climatology, ecology, geomorphology, Glaciology, hydrology, and entomology (para.…

Underneath North America’s Great Plains lies the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest in the world. Since it is part of the High Plains Aquifer system it underlies 80% of the High Plains. The aquifer yields 30% of the water used for irrigation in America, and 82% of the drinking water to the High Plains. After WWII, central pivot irrigation became available and the High Plains aquifer system became one of the most agriculturally productive regions in the world. Rodger Funk, one of the first…

Why did Americans in California in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engage in unsustainable relationships with the natural world? Americans and other immigrant’s to California were driven by the pursuit of gold and wealth which led to unsustainable relationships which they maintained with their natural environment. Having little knowledge of the natural world, they were all out to exploit the resources: Gold without any sense of its availability and implications of mining to…

conservation. Soule (1986) argued that wildlife conservation purposes to avert the loss of biodiversity based on ecological principles such as carrying capacity, disturbance and succession. It also takes into account the physical geography, formation and hydrology of the environment. Two main types of…