Just this past November in 2017 Pohang, South Korea was hit with 5.4 magnitude earthquake, taking the title of the second strongest in decades. The earthquake left 1,500 people homeless, 1,536 people were forced to evacuate their homes and 57…
Plastic Problem
Blog #5 Assignment
This article is about some kind of bacterium that can help clean up pollution and oil spills. I picked this because it really piqued my interest on how bacteria can get rid of stuff that is harming the environment. Oil…
Are We too Smart for Our Own Good?
This citation was taken from the article Digging deep: Harnessing the power of soil microbes for more sustainable farming posted on the Sciencedaily network. When reading these first few sentences of the article, most of the audience might feel…
News Article: A Running List of How Trump Is Changing the Environment
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/how-trump-is-changing-science-environment/ Nat Geo article posted March 23, 2018 This post in National Geographic keeps an updated timeline of how the Trump Administration is making changes to legislation affecting the environment in real-time. This is an incredibly important tool to be…
Blog #3 Assignment
I have picked this article because it made me wonder how climate is involved with storms destroying climates, and how forests protect the climate. When Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico last September, it ripped off roofs, flooded neighborhoods and all…
A surprising new afterlife for chewing gum
As the world becomes more educated on the environmental effects of the amount of trash we create, more and more people are trying to integrate more sustainable ways of living. There are a variety of ways to make your life…
Using Seawater to Make Hydrogen Fuel
A new device capable of producing an alternative type of energy that doesn’t release CO2, and uses only sunlight and seawater has been created. Assistant professor Daniel Esposito and his team at Columbia Engineering created this floating prototype, capable of…
Assignment #2
When I read the headline of the article, I was interested to read why would it be the cause of the problem. The article is about why using deodorant is making the air less clear. We all know having deodorant,…
Can the Games be Green?
I chose to write about an article from the New York Times titled, “Higher, faster, more sustainable”. The article is dated February 21, 2018. The author’s name is Kendra Pierre-Louis and she’s a part of the climate team…