Surface area

since you are wondering now, a Watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. With that knowledge, our Environmental Scientist have discovered pollution inside the Watershed, caused by human interactions, located around the Mobile River in Southern Alabama. The pollution found in the river is affecting the wildlife that are in that area or even wildlife that migrate from or passing through that area. Many of the pollutants found in the…

Water pollution is when our water steams, and rivers get polluted by harmful things. Water pollution in Georgia today is a very disastrous issue. The problem with water pollution is contamination from chemical spills, burst pipelines and toxic waste. Water pollution is a major issue to be dealt with. There are many ways water pollution can be avoided. In addition to finding a solution to this problem, The Clean Water Act was made and passed. Even though Water pollution very harmful, People have…

process. The conclusion to objective four states that the farmer’s capacity to adapt is very limited due to the various daily obstacles faced including lack of resources, information, financial capacity and lack of support from the government. Lack of surface water for crop production remains the most serious limitation to adaptive capacity, followed by inability to access farm credit services and improved…

play a large role in reducing water erosion, and preventing water pollution”(GEI Works Erosion Pollution). There are 4 types of water erosion that can occur is Sheet,Rill,Gully,Splash. Sheet erosion is the Removal of a “thin layer of soil from a large area. Rill erosion is a series of small channels on a slope carved by running water” (Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary). Gully erosion is a “large, wide channels carved by running water. As a rule of thumb, a gully is large enough that it cannot be…

the overuse and misuse of the land we are not and will never hinterland again. The definition of a hinterland is defined as parts of the country that is less developed and unchartered. The Pacific Northwest use to be a hinterland, but as this area grew with the railroad system that brought people here. We slowly started to become less of a hinterland till we weren't one anymore. Logging became a defining part of what built…

Poison Dart frogs A popular poison found in nature is Poison Dart Frogs. These frogs live in rainforest habitats in Central and South America and some in the Hawaiian Islands. The name Poison Dart Frog is a name of a group of frogs in the family dendrobatidae. The frogs are mostly bright colored and are diurnal, which means they come out during the day and sleep at night. As usual, Poison Dart Frogs have a delivery system. The article, Poison Dart Frogs, by Vera L. Figueiredo says “The toxins…

A common refrain in 1960 was "Lake Erie is Dead." In the 1960s Lake Erie was terribly polluted. We cleaned it up, but it’s polluted once again. Lake Erie contained increased levels of phosphorus and nitrogen, which contributed to eutrophication, (a process that encourages the development of algal blooms). Since the 1960s Lake Erie has had many problems with algae. Waste water from the sewers also made their way into the lake, as this was happening factories were dumping pollutants into the…

refilled via the everglades(NPS,2016). In our region, the main source for drinking water for cities, stems from Lake Erie. Thus, phosphorous has an effect on drinking water in both regions. In South Florida, they use STA’s, or Stormwater Treatment Areas to control Phosphorous loading into the everglades. STA’s are constructed wetlands that are placed in between the phosphorous source…

irrigation where gallons of water are pumped over the crops. Desertification is a land degradation problem of major importance in the arid regions of the world. Deterioration in soil and plant cover have adversely affected nearly 50 percent of the land areas as the result of human mismanagement of cultivated and range lands. Overgrazing and woodcutting are responsible for most of the desertification of rangelands, cultivation practices inducing accelerated water and wind…

This research proposal seeks to test the hypothesis that pesticide run-off from agriculture, even in small amounts, can have a devastating impact on the aquatic ecosystem, in particular that of Daphnia.  For years, pesticides have been known to have devastating impact on the ecosystems surrounding the agricultural centers they are used in. On a regular basis, run-off from farms that utilize both fertilizers and pesticides can seep into the watershed and slowly trickle into bodies of water…