Sci 275 Annajane Schnapp Final project: Mitigation Plan Energy Conservation/ Non-renewable energy sources Energy has easily become one of the most important necessities for our everyday lives. Without it we would simply not be able to have transportation or be able to gather any of our other resources that we depend on. If at anytime our energy supply ceases or no longer attainable the results may be horrific. However‚ it is quite easy to keep this from happening‚ It is crucial that our current
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Bridger Tetons SCI 275 June 23‚ 2013 David Dykeman Bridger Teton The Bridger Teton National Forest is ~3.4 million acres of public land in Wyoming State. It is untouched and uninhabited by humans for the most part. It is the also largest parcel of public land in the lower 48 states. Some think that it should be preserved from environmentally destructive practices‚ such as drilling and mining. There are others who claim this area can provide much needed fuel sources that will offset
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Air Pollution Chart |Issue |Sources |Health/Environmental Effects | |Carbon dioxide (CO2) |Combustion of fossil fuels like|Causes a reduction in the hemoglobin used by red bloods cells | | |gasoline and coal. On a lesser |to transport oxygen inside the human body. Increased exposure | | |volume‚ industrial mineral |can
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Jeanesha Bryant Sci/275 Community Environmental Issue The issue I chose to write about is health and the significant impact that it has on millions across the world in our society. In relation to the environment‚ there are certain types of health risks that can play a major part such as: cancer‚ mortality‚ certain disabilities‚ and how all of these things are managed on a consistent basis. These environmental issues affect everyone‚ not just one particular person or type of group amongst us all
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Risk Assessment Assignment SCI 275 Risk Assessment of Malathion Currently before the Genericville city council is a proposed pesticide application program to reduce the mosquito population. The current pesticide of choice for this is Malathion. While there are many different viewpoints on the effects of the pesticide Malathion‚ it is my decision as a city council member to vote for the usage of Malathion as part of the pesticide application program. Included in my vote is the condition that
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Mitigation Strategies and Solutions Topic: Energy Conservation By: Barry Auman Sci/275 The topic that selected is energy conservation because it is a big environmental problem that we need to work on to save the environment. This problem is very serious when energy is an expensive source and a very useful one. This problem causes environmental pollution and it needs to be reduced in order to make the earth a safer and healthier place. We all need to do our part to address this problem
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Community Environment Issue SCI/275 Community Environment Issue The Bay Area is a designated region in Northern California that contains popular cities such as San Francisco and San Jose‚ which are well known in the global community as breeding grounds for some of the greatest innovations. With the Bay Area being one of the most productive and populated places in California and even the United States‚ most of its residents work in these cities and are constantly struggling to afford housing
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Week 2 Worksheet – Chapters 3‚ 4‚ and 5 ACROSS 1 The movement of a substance from one place to another due to the substance’s kinetic energy. Diffusion 3 The smallest living structural and functional unit that is enclosed by a membrane. Cell 6 The point at which a substance becomes evenly distributed throughout the solution and the concentration gradient disappears. equilibrium 7 One cell or a group of highly specialized epithelial cells that secrete substances into ducts‚ onto
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SCI/275 Environmental Science Letters to the Editor (Conservationist) Dear Editor: As is evidenced in recent world news and events‚ taking steps to energy independence is paramount to the continued survival of the United States as a Nation. Growing increasingly dependent on the natural resources in other parts of the world further compounds the possibility for this independence. As a conservationist‚ it is my belief that we as a country can begin to develop the means required to carefully
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Checkpoint: Local Environmental Issue Michelle Winters SCI/275 Environmental Science July 2‚ 2010 I live in the beautiful small town of Eagle Point‚ Oregon. Our small community has a beautiful creek which runs right through our town; and although many people would say that our biggest environmental issue would be that our creek has an e-coli warning‚ I believe our communities biggest issue
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