The New York Times published an article entitled “Billions of Plastic Pieces Litter Coral in Asia and Australia” on January 25, 2018. This story summarizes a survey recently published in the Science journal. This study, conducted by Dr. Lamb, coral…
Cape Town Water Crisis
I have always aspired to be thankful for the “littlest” things in life that we are given in the United States that are so easy to take for granted. I have never been fully aware that water was such a…
Drones planting 100,000 trees a day
News Article- I recently read a news article pertaining to deforestation and an innovative new way to go about rebuilding our forests. The news article discussed how companies are beginning to utilize drones to plant hundreds of thousands germinated…
Protecting the Bristol Bay Watershed
During the Obama administration, the EPA put in place protection plans for Bristol Bay watershed located in the southern part of Alaska. The protection of the watershed is very important to the people of Alaska as…
Cape Town Water Shortage
Blog Assignment #1: Water Shortage in Cape Town https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/africa/cape-town-water-crisis-trnd/index.html On April 12, Cape Town South Africa, a city of over 4 million people, will most likely run out of water. This shortage of water has caused city officials to declare…
EU Assigns New Environment Council President
On January 1 of this year, the European Union assigned a new president to the Environment Council a Forbes article written by Dave Keating reports. If you are unfamiliar with the EU’s rotation of governmental power, every six months…
The Effects of Climate Change on Glaciers
Kendra Pierre-Louis, a reporter on the Climate Desk for the NYTimes, brought to the public’s attention the massive avalanches Tibet has now experienced two times, and she reported that climate change is to blame. In 2016, Tibet faced a devastating…