Assignment Content Competencies Describe the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and how they interact. Analyze the root causes, effects, and solutions of environmental problems. Determine how the environment and economies are interconnected. Analyze the importance of water and soil in the production and distribution of food. Evaluate the relationship between energy use, waste, and pollution and…
Assignment Content Competency Evaluate the relationship between energy use, waste, and pollution and their impacts to the environment. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario You have been asked to identify…
Assignment Content Competency Analyze the importance of water and soil in the production and distribution of food. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario You have been hired as an environmental…
Watch the video at CNBC: “https://www.cnbc.com/video/2014/08/25/ power-rundown-detroits-water-crisis.html.” and discuss Detroit and the burden of paying for water. How might we provide clean safe water to poor households who can’t afford to pay for the infrastructure necessary to get the water to them? How might this affect other health problems?
Assignment Content Competency Analyze the root causes, effects, and solutions of environmental problems Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario You are an environmental lobbyist who has been asked to make…
The diseases discussed in this module(Zoonosis and Vector Borne Diseases) have killed hundreds of millions of people over the last several thousand years. Many of them are facilitated by human behavior such as leaving standing water around homes allowing for mosquitoes to breed or people moving into the edge of forests where they come into…
Major challenges, harvesting and importance of corn? Major insects, disease and weeds – what are the most common insects and how they can be controlled with growing corn? other challenges for growing corn in the US? Harvest – when and how is corn harvested in the US? Yield – what is the yield of corn…
Termite pest control company- You can hire a pest control company to help you with your infestation. The company will usually come in and remove the insects and then put down pesticides to prevent future infestations. Flies and insect’s pest control-If you have a specific area that is infested you can try and prevent it…
You have a choice – pick one article, either: Gignac et al. “Co-creating a local environmental epidemiology study: the case of citizen science for investigating air pollution and related health risks in Barcelona, Spain” Krengel et al. “Health symptom trajectories and neurotoxicant exposures in Gulf War veterans: The Ft. Devens cohort.” They are quite different…
The Maunder Minimum was a time within the Little Ice Age (1645-1715) where there was little sunspot activity and colder temperatures. One the other hand, there was a period in the North Atlantic Region (950-1250) we refer to as the Medieval Climate Anomaly. In your opinion, are we in a climate anomaly, in a…