Make Up/Optional blog- due 12/20

Acid Mine drainage (2 articles)- make-up/optional article if you missed a blog

https://www.colorado.edu/cwest/research/research-themes/water-and-environmental-quality/acid-minerock-drainage

https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/faq/what-can-be-done-prevent-or-clean-acid-mine-drainage (really short)

Additional info: links on the second article and https://news.psu.edu/story/505679/2018/02/21/research/researchers-team-tackle-states-acid-mine-drainage-problem

Blog due on 12/11

Soil Salinization issues

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/earths-soil-getting-too-salty-crops-grow-180953163/?no-ist

3-2-1 response on your blog

blog due on 11/13

Roundup and Chemical Risk

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-you-need-to-know-about-a-popular-weed-killers-alleged-link-to-cancer

there is a lot of info out there too for more investigation if you are curious

3-2-1 response as always

Blog due on 11/6

Human Population Growth

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2016/jun/28/over-populated-or-under-developed-real-story-population-growth

3-2-1 response

Blog due on 10/30

Indicator species, keystone species, and trophic cascades- 2 vid clips

Indicator species (very short, but a LOT of you missed this concept on the island biogeography wkst) https://youtu.be/xRfdDE6scWA?t=72

Keystone species (like 20 minutes- watch the whole thing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGg5it5FMI

3-2-1 response on your own blog as always

Blog due on 10/23

See if you can link this to island biogeography:

https://e360.yale.edu/features/will-large-protected-areas-save-the-oceans-or-politicize-them

3-2-1 response on your blog

Dont need to write about, but good news about species recoveries! (its 4 short paragraphs)- https://e360.yale.edu/digest/south-atlantic-humpback-whales-have-rebounded-from-near-extinction

blog due on 10/16

Population Ecology and Texas mosquitoes

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/crash-course-bio-ecology/crash-course-ecology-2/v/crash-course-ecology-02

3-2-1 reply on your blogs

Blog due 10/9

2 Articles this week

Frogs and the fungus that is wiping them out:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/quest_to_save_amphibians_climate_change_cascades_drought

Effects of pesticides (pollution) on bees
https://extension.psu.edu/pesticides-and-pollinators
optional extra is you find this interesting: https://extension.psu.edu/pollinator-declines

Do one single 3-2-1 reply from these two articles.

Blog due on 10/2

The (possible yet eminent) extinction of bananas
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35131751

optional additional reading: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/banana-extinction-biodiversity-simran-sethi_n_56706d16e4b0e292150f8c68

3-2-1 reply on your blogs

more facts and figures on biodiversity importance:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/170/why-is-biodiversity-important-who-cares

No blog due on 9/25

Got lazy and forgot to post, so no blog this week

Blog due 9/18

Wildfires, arctic biomes, and climate change

https://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_new_global_tinderbox_the_worlds_boreal_forests/2916/

Bit of a longer article, but a good read 

Reply on your blog using the 3-2-1 response.

Want to know more? Optional reading: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2011/10/31/savannas-forests-battle-biomes-princeton-researchers-find

1st APES blog

1st APES blog of the year! Read the article and post a response on your own blog

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/30/20835091/amazon-rainforest-fire-wildfire-bolsonaro

reply on your blog (the summer assignment one) in the 3-2-1 format:
   A) 3 things you found out from the article (summary of the important stuff)
   B) 2 ways this applies to Environmental Science
   C) 1 question you now have after reading the article 

Last APES blog!

Burning Trash- it does reduce the land needed for landfills, breaks down far more waste faster, and usually doesn't contaminate groundwater, but... leads to air pollution, releases dioxins from burning plastics, and encourages waste generation

http://theconversation.com/garbage-in-garbage-out-incinerating-trash-is-not-an-effective-way-to-protect-the-climate-or-reduce-waste-84182

3-2-1 response on your blog as always (and for the last time)

Blog due 4/17

What is precision agriculture? It's already here!

Watch (>4 minutes) https://youtu.be/581Kx8wzTMc

Then read
https://www.edf.org/ecosystems/sustainable-agriculture/precision-agriculture

3-2-1 response

Blog due 4/10

Land use for food

Pick one of the TED talks below and write your 3-2-1 response over it

Livestock and land use
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth

GMOs and land use
https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food

Aquaculture (off land use)
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_greenberg_the_four_fish_we_re_overeating_and_what_to_eat_instead

blog due 4/3

Diet and Climate Change

Read https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/commission-report-great-food-transformation-plant-diet-climate-change/

optional fact sheet to check out: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-04/documents/9509_fastfacts_20180410v2_508.pdf

3-2-1 response as always

Blog due 3/27

How will climate change affect food production? Its kinda long, but covers a lot- important to actually read!

https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/07/25/climate-change-food-agriculture/

3-2-1 responses as always

blog due on 3/20

A lil' bit about radon

https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/indoor/indoor-air-pollutants/radon.html

Optional: heard about the Deer Park fire currently still burning? What to know if its affecting the air you plan on breathing? check out https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/03/18/325482/fire-at-deer-park-petrochemical-facility-spreads/

3-2-1 response as always

Blog due on 3/6

Trash Incineration to Energy and Air Pollution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/burning-trash-solution-our-garbage-woes-or-are-advocates-just-blowing-smoke-180959924/

3-2-1 response

Blog due on 2/27

Everyone reads: http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2018/09/climate-change-demands-fresh-approach.html

Then pick at least one of the following (both are important, and both articles are short if you can afford to read them both):

Frogs and atrazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/science/08frog.html
Pthalates: https://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/chemicals-and-contaminants/phthalates

Cape Towns near death experience

http://time.com/cape-town-south-africa-water-crisis/

Optional video: How California farmers and the drought co-exist (ie, they dont) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh90Tm_TH1Y 

blog due on 2/6

Hydrogen fuel- pro and cons

https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/advantages_disadvantages_hydrogenenergy.php

Also, just read the 1 paragraph abstract (it was published September of 2018): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652618316822

3-2-1 responses

blog due on 1/30

China, Solar power, and "green" energy. 2 short articles to read

https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/18/technology/china-us-clean-energy-solar-farm/index.html

https://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/environmental-impacts-solar-power.html#.XFBORlxKg2w

3-2-1 response

blog due 1/23

Coal mines and human health: The Black Lung

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/675253856/an-epidemic-is-killing-thousands-of-coal-miners-regulators-could-have-stopped-it

(read the article or listen to the audio, your choice. Same info, different presentations)

3-2-1 response on your blog

blog due on 1/16

Impacts of coal in developing world

https://e360.yale.edu/features/indonesian_coal_mining_boom_is_leaving_trail_of_destruction

3-2-1 response: 3 things you learned, 2 ways this relates to APES, 1 question you now have