Category: Environmental science

First, you will be using a resource called the Environmental Justice Atlas to complete the semester project. You should: 1. Go to https://ejatlas.org/about and read the background information about the EJ Atlas and the information it makes available to the public. 2. Using this map, students will select an “event” to use as the focus…

The assignment is to write a comparative essay, regarding the question whether carbon taxing should be implemented (globally). In the essay, one must have a perspective in favour and not in favour. these perspectives should be represented by a scholary/scientific article/essay not older than five years.

For this assessment you will complete a 3 to 5-page analysis of the differences between NGOs and government-sponsored programs as it pertains to global public health. Consider a health topic of your choice and investigate what current NGOs are doing on behalf of your chosen topic. (Keep in mind that the country you focus on…

Overview For this assignment, you will generate two graphs (a scatter plot and a line graph). Scientists use several tools for statistical analysis of environmental data, including R, Python, Microsoft Excel, and more. In this course, you will be using Microsoft Excel as the tool for graphing and analyzing environmental data. You will also answer…

Read “Wakanda Doesn’t Have Suburbs,” https://time.com/5889324/movies-climate-change/ by Kendra Pierre-Louis and view Presentation 2.1 The Power of Culture and Narrative. For an optional deeper dive into Pierre-Louis’s ideas, you can also listen to her interview on the Grist podcast. https://grist.org/temperature-check/podcast-episode-one-what-wakanda-can-teach-us-about-climate-change/ For an optional related discussion about how Northern cities are unprepared for the impacts of global…

Lab 2 – Plate Tectonics The study of plate tectonics is the study of the structure of the Earth’s crust and the effects of movement, temperature and other factors on the crust’s behavior and other factors. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/plate-tectonics Please use both tabs (“crust” and “plate motion”). In both tabs, you can use the ruler tool to…

There are 5 regions that are generally recognized in the United States: Northeast, Southeast, West, Midwest, and Southwest. Choose a region you are interested in learning about, and make a post of a specific environmental concern for that region. This can be specific animal concerns, weather concerns, temperature concerns, etc. Please put the concern of…

Lab 1 – Glaciers and Erosion  Glaciers are agents of erosion for sediments in colder climates. By expanding, the glaciers move sediments and then deposit them upon melting. It is speculated New York’s Long Island was deposited by melting glaciers over time. Glacier growth and thickness depends on temperature and snowfall. More snowfall and lower…

Discuss separation processes. Which separation processes are most familiar to you? Have you visited a materials recovery facility (MRF)? Does your community have an MRF? How does (or would) your community benefit from an MRF?  

This is an Ecology manuscript, I will be providing the template and the instructions below, if you have any questions feel free to text me!  Image taken from (http://dukeforest.duke.edu/forest-environment/forest-succession/). See website for details on local succession. Through secondary growth, tree trunks increase in diameter every year. Grown under similar conditions (soil nutrient, light, and water availability)…