Wetland

including rapid population growth, rise of living standard, decrease of land rate, lack of urban planning, etc. Urban sprawl creates numerous problems that would decrease in environmental quality through wildlife habitat destruction, deforestation, wetlands, and farmland, and increase natural resources consumptions. In this project, the urban expansion and vegetation loss from 1993 to 2011 in central Southern Ontario, Canada, will be analyzed. Definition of Study area The urban population of…

rainwater harvesting, constructed wetlands, detention basins, bioswales, rain gardens, green roofs, and permeable pavement. Retention and detention ponds are fundamental green infrastructure technologies. Both retention and detention ponds hold water and thus reduce peak runoff rates associated with storms, which decreases flood damage. Retention bonds are continuously filled with some volume of water, and this volume fluctuates based on rain events. Constructed wetlands fall under the umbrella…

learned about how we are trying to restore the water quality that we once had in Florida as well as what an increase in climate will do to our environment. As Grassy Waters Preserve, I learned that there are fifty percent less wetlands than there originally was in Florida. Wetlands are important because they are what recharge our groundwater. Grassy Waters is working to restore the habitat…

Agriculture covers thirty-eight percent of Earth’s land surface, but the land has continually been turned into cropland as the world’s population steadily increases (Brennan, Withgott pg. 225). Food is a necessity to human survival, however, agriculture, specifically industrial agriculture has caused multiple environmental impacts. Compared to the other land uses, agriculture causes the most harm to the planet due to the use of inorganic fertilizers, machinery, irrigation, pesticides,…

In 2014, the National Climate Assessment conducted a study on the effects of climate change across all the regions of the United States. Three areas of concern that were induced by the study conducted in the Southeast region are rise in sea level, extreme heat, and decreased water availability. These matters bring devastating impacts on their own, however when observing the state of the Southeast, it is discovered that they are exacerbating problems the Southeast is already facing. The rate…

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…

that prefer to live in the wetlands, which have an easy access to food and water. They weighed up to 450-1200 kilograms. These buffalos were introduced to Australia because it was a good source of meat and milk at the time. The early settlements were unsuccessful to farm them and were then abandoned in the 1850s. The buffalo were then set free. The buffalos have impacted its habitat, other native organisms, and social health. Buffalos has been known to live in the wetlands; which they have…

The formation of Mississippi Deltaic Plain (MDP) requires comprehensive work between the river and multiple coastal scales, such as temperature and space. It is very important to restore the MDP not only because it helps to understand the details that are needed to ensure the sustainability of the delta system, but it also possesses the potential to mitigate future damage from climate change to coastal ecosystem. The contribution of riverine inputs increase accretion and bulk density, benefit…

I found Government Bullies to be a very informative book. Rand Paul discusses multiple government bureaucracies and how they bully their own citizens by enforcing laws that are not clearly define. He discusses stories on how the EPA, TSA, FDA, and USDA have set in place many laws that are not clear and have fines that are ridiculous. He also puts forth his viewpoint on the Lacey Act and how it is "an open license for government bullying". Senator Rand Paul is a republican senator from Kentucky.…

took when I visited Pinckney Island. Marshes are usually found on the edge of a stream, pond, or lake. They often flood and if the surrounding area gets too dry, they feed the water from the flood back to stream, pond, or lake. A marsh is a type of wetland, an area of land where water covers ground for long periods of time. Unlike swamps, which are dominated by trees, marshes are usually treeless and dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants. Herbaceous plants have no woody stem above…