Riparian zone

I was born in South Korea and grew up in America. As a person who has dual-citizenship, it is nice to know that I have another home. When I become legal, I will have to choose which country I would like to have citizenship in and that would be a bit challenging. The United States is a place where I would want to continue my education while Korea is where I would like to reside in without having to have a work visa or get married to a native. Korea, my first home, is a country that I always look…

North Korea is described as “among the most harshly repressive countries in the world where basic rights are taken away from the citizens and they deal with abuse like murder, rape, and forced abortions” (HRW). Their inhuman actions have led to much controversy around the world. Other than this, their involvement with building up and testing these nuclear weapons has also been a world issue. Their desire for nuclear weapons is valid to ensure the security of the country from its own citizens,…

As a little girl, I always found myself pondering who I was, and what made me this way. At the time I didn't give thought to culture or race, I thought more of why my thought process was this certain way and wondered why every person must have their own different voice in their head. As I got older and began to grow through new knowledge and experiences, I then understood that we simply do not have this magical thought process that just suddenly appears. I realized that the way we think, the way…

After the Marco Polo incident, the Japanese then spread out in China soon reaching Nanjing. To protect the Chinese citizens from being killed brutally, the International Safety Zones Community built a safety zone. Not long after it was built more than 200,000 people move into it. Thanks to the International Safety Zones Community’s effort, this left a legacy in the Chinese history in standing up to the Japanese. Before the Massacre started, the Japanese first have to settle in China. Japan…

As portrayed in the movie The Interview, North Korea seems like a horrible place full of fake grocery stores and a cruel leader. In reality, North Korea’s situation is much worse. The average North Korean goes through many obstacles every day and has limited access to resources that citizens of other countries would have an abundant amount of access to. Through the continued abuse of human rights, no outside countries seem to believe that they should interfere with how North Korea treats its…

The water quality of the U-High Creek was identified as excellent, but not all bodies of water have excellent water quality. Humans can pollute water in many ways, and make it unsuitable for organisms living in the water. One way humans can pollute water is when farmers put pesticides and fertilizers on their crops, which contain harmful chemicals like phosphates and Nitrates. When it rains, the pesticides get washed away through the soil and end up in rivers, streams, and creeks, therefore…

to marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems contain a lower salt content (KidsDoEcology , 2017). A feature of freshwater ecosystems are riparian zones. Riparian zones are areas of land in the immediate vicinity of freshwater ecosystems (WaterNsw, 2017). These zones, as well as the freshwater ecosystem, can support diverse species of plants…

A riparian zone is the land in between a creek, river, or stream and terrestrial land. Riparian zones work in many different ways. For example, it helps delay floodwater because the trees and vegetation absorb pollution and water making it harder for a flood to continue. Riparian zones are also good for the environment in terms of providing organisms habitats. Another pro of riparian zones is the fact that it decreases land erosion and runoff…

The water quality of the U-High creek was excellent. Although, not all water quality is excellent due to pollution. One type of pollution is pesticides and fertilizer. When fertilizer and pesticides run off into a creek it causes algae to grow rapidly. Once the algae grows rapidly it can block the sunlight from being able to reach the bottom. Which will kill plants if they do not receive the sunlight. These algae also use up all the oxygen in the water which ends up killing most animals…

The water quality of the U-High Creek is excellent. However, not all bodies of water are excellent like the U-High Creek. Some creeks, lakes, rivers, streams, etc. have bad water quality. This poor water quality can come from eutrophication. Eutrophication is the process of runoff water from land entering a body of water that contains an excess amount of nitrates and phosphates, polluting the water of these chemicals. Once the water contains this nitrogen and phosphorus, it causes algae to grow…