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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Environmental Science Worksheet SCI 256/ Week 1 April 29‚ 2013 1. Silent Spring is a book that Rachel Carson wrote in 1960 and was only the beginning of the environmental movement. During the same time there were many several major environmental events that were occurring. These environmental events include oil spills along southern California’s and Massachusetts coasts. Extinctions of many species were also taking place‚ for animals such as whales‚ song-birds‚ and elephants. James Lovelock
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Fresh water pollution is a problem that is widespread and there are no areas that are immune to it. Living in a rural community is a pleasure‚ but when you actually sit down and look at the facts surrounding all of the river bottom farm lands‚ manufacturing companies‚ and rock quarries that have nonpoint surface runoff‚ you realize that there is more than meets the eye. My plan for sustaining cleaner fresh water in our lakes‚ streams‚ and rivers is to start by educating our community. In order
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Water Resource Plan: Declining Fish Stock According to National Geographic News only 10% of the big fish in the ocean are left (2003). Many fishermen disagree with this figure and say their fishing hauls have not been affected. Environmentalists say that if something is not done to halt the mass fishing industry many species will become extinct. Fishermen say that if their industry is halted in any way it will affect jobs and the communities that depend on the fishing industry
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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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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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b. Discrete data with categories that do not follow a natural sequence c. Continuous data that follow a natural sequence d. Discrete data with categories that follow a natural sequence e. Quantitative data 4. A study of 275 patients admitted to a hospital during the past year revealed that‚ on the average‚ the patients lived 15 miles from the hospital (6 points) a. What is the variable of interest? The variable of interest include the distance of a
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Water Quality Raychel Rizzo 1/26/2013 Trent Sorensen SCI/275 Pollution is a world-wide spread problem that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. Water pollution is a big worry considering that water is essential to all living and nonliving things. As Adrian Armstrong (2006) says in his article Ethical issues in water use and sustainability‚ “...water is valuable‚ because we need it‚ and so we protect it in so far as it benefits us” (p. 10) The main problems
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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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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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