Soil Cycling Soil is very important for nutrient cycling and is an integral part of biogeochemical cycles. For each of the biogeochemical cycles you have learned (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, hydrologic) answer/describe the following questions as it relates to soil and biogeochemical cycles. 1)...
This week we have gone over various aspects of ethics and safety. For this assignment, we are going to revisit a topic from earlier in the semester whistleblowing. The textbook lists several problems associated with this topic. One aspect not covered by the textbook related...
For this assignment, you will identify and weigh the effectiveness of strategies that serve to mitigate environmental racism and work toward environmental justice...
For the case study you can choice between European, Asian and African tourist markets. The scope of the case-study is to identify the trends in tourism for next 10 years based on current regional geopolitics and geo-economics It is suggested that the following structure...
We are facing overpopulation and a growing food crisis in many parts of the world. After reading your assignments last week, do you think such crises are the result of poor planning, food hoarding, climate change or a combination of all of the above? As...
By LadyofHats (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFood_web_diagram.svg Consider the two example food webs above depicting a terrestrial food web and a marine food web. Notice how interwoven these examples are and direction of the energy flow (from eaten to eater). In the...
Some environmental regulations seem to stand alone whereas others act like add-ons. Research the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations under Section 402, Section 403, and Section 405. Explain how each of these relates to other types of environmental regulations. How did these relationships come...
Some environmental regulations seem to stand alone whereas others act like add-ons. Research the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations under Section 402, Section 403, and Section 405. Explain how each of these relates to other types of environmental regulations. How did these relationships come...
Ques2on 1: From a strictly sustainability point of view, explain succinctly the concept of “interdependence" among: environment, society and economy. Use a real world example to show these principle. Ques2on 2: What is the rela2onship between Overfishing and the “Tragedy of the Commons”. Propose a...
The timeline contains at least 10–15 events related to the topic being studied. The timeline can be organized in the following time periods: 1500–1700, 1700–1900, 1900–1950, 1950–2000, 2000–present. You will create a timeline that incorporates important early writing, the first conservation groups, disasters, legislation, community and...