Comments for Vijay Vulava's Environmental Blog

Comment on Imagine an entire county run out of water… by Parker Galloway

Parker Galloway — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:41:49 +0000

Modern Island countries around the world have very little resources they can depend on year around. Even though the climate change to these areas has brought little rain and the other factors such as rising sea levels and climate change, these island countries need to have back up plans for such catastrophic events

Comment on Greenland is losing ice – at an alarming rate! by Charlie Linder

Charlie Linder — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:42:26 +0000

This is a very troubling article, but falls in line with most of the articles concerning the arctic today. I can imagine that such a huge drastic change to the arctic of Greenland will have some affect on the wildlife or climate of the area, though it may take some time to notice such changes. One promising aspect of this article is that congress met to discuss the issue, and global warming in general. Though it sounds promising, I can’t help but wonder if it reaped any productive benefits. My suspicious cynical side says no, just in following the pattern of productivity congress has made over the last decade concerning the issue. (which is very little). Nevertheless, it is always positive when awareness and attention is raised to an issue, even though it has to take a change the size of New York to occur. Hopefully this will gain the attention of the world public and bring increased awareness to the issue. Hopefully. In the mean time, I guess we can just keep on recyclin’.

Comment on Is Science being censored? by Victoria Feakins

Victoria Feakins — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:12:44 +0000

Unfortunately, I think money controls many situations in the United States and that is why our country has not taken more action to prevent global warming or focus on sustaining out planet. There is so much evidence proving that we need to make a change and pay better attention to the environment, but the government is the ultimate factor that could make a significant change- and much of their concern is about the economy.

Comment on Coal plants are a step in the wrong direction? by Thea Sigal

Thea Sigal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:14:25 +0000

This plant is DEFINITELY a step in the wrong direction. Have we learned nothing about these chemicals? They are extremely dangerous and adding more mercury into the environment is a huge hazard to us. We already get some mercury from the fish we eat and now it will be in the air. Also, global warming is already a huge problem for us and to release even more carbon dioxide into the environment is ludicrous. The solution: Find another solution that isn’t going to endanger our health and the environment’s. Scientists all over the world are coming up with innovations in environmental technology. Finding an alternative to a coal plant really shouldn’t be that far behind, if not already discovered.

Comment on The “new gold rush” and it’s impact on the environment by Thea Sigal

Thea Sigal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:05:16 +0000

I think that the environmental regulations are extremely important to keep up. I think our environment should be our number one priority and that if there was a shortage of natural gas, we as people would be able to adapt. However, if we do something that endangers the environment, it will be harder for the environment to adapt. This is another case of exploiting our resources, so we need to learn to treat our world right.

Comment on Lessons from Easter Island ignored? by Alexandra Beanland

Alexandra Beanland — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:40:12 +0000

I thought this article drew an interesting parallel with the happenings of Easter Island. As Easter Island was once a functioning civilization and then became extinct of all life when environmental issues were ignored; this seemed to also begin in Nauru. They may have let the events of Nauru slip away for a bit of time but hopefully they have caught onto the environmental risks that have risen soon enough to save the island. By fixing the damage in the minds to start – I hope for the best for this little country in the pacific! We need to learn from the history of Easter Island and not only draw parallels with Nauru but also with the path the Earth and its atmosphere is on.

Comment on Mountaintop Removal by otter

otter — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:40:51 +0000

This reminds me of the movie October Sky. Although it isn’t necessarily talking on becoming rocket scientists, it both deal with coal. October Sky saw the economical impact that a coal mine does to the community. However, as the article stated, if there are not protections and regulations, all the people will become ill and die so the economy will perish due to no one being alive in the area. I am sad to see narrow-minded people in places of power.

Comment on Where have all the honeybees gone? by BestBeekeeping

BestBeekeeping — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:42:20 +0000

One other thing you can do to help is to keep bees in your own backyard. More beekeepers means more bees. By keeping bees you really can make a difference – not to mention all that delicious honey!

Comment on Tsunami threat to Eastern US? by Brian

Brian — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:24:54 +0000

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
No rifts on the surface, no volvanic activity, no landslide. It’s all lies.
I am surprised that people are still stupid enough to keep repeating this rubbish.
The doom-scenario documentary has been completely destroyed by real scientists. The original story was written by an ‘end of the world’ science fiction writer working for a Hazard Industry company that wants to sell Hazard Warning systems to Europe and the USA. Their mother company is an insurance company.
Have Europe and the US paid them any money? No. Why not? because there is absolutely no scientific basis for their ridiculous scare story.

Comment on Estimates of groundwater depletion in the “bread basket” of India by Ryan Riols

Ryan Riols — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:26:10 +0000

I guess it goes back to out of sight of mind we discussed. I guess never thought that ground water could be used up. Water in America is taken for granite. I know I am guilty of running my water while I brush my teeth. I never think of the amount of people in the world who need it.