Daily Star Article of Colorado River Crisis Questions

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First, read:

View:

Next, submit the following:

You will write an essay of 1000+ words (4 pages), not including a title page and a reference page. Each of the following questions should be addressed in your essay and supported with both quotations and paraphrasing from multiple sources you have been given in the module on this topic and that you locate through the EC Library.

    1. What is the source of the scientific information in the Arizona Daily Star article by Tony Davis?
    2. Discuss the expertise of the scientists (and others) involved in the study discussed by Davis.
    3. What alternative views does Mr. Davis discuss? What do these viewpoints say in contrast to the initial study he examined in his article? Would you say, based on this information, that the study examined by Mr. Davis is accurate, reliable, and unbiased?
    4. Compare and contrast the information in this Arizona Daily Star article with the information in the module readings and any additional material you may have found about this complex issue. Where does the Daily Star article agree and disagree with your other sources, and why?
    5. Who are the major stakeholders in the conflicting demands on the Colorado River water.
    6. What possible solutions to this problem are discussed in Mr. Davis’ article? Are there other solutions you have found? Describe these possible solutions.

Resources and Reminders:

You are also encouraged to do your own research through our library on the topic. Do not forget to include in-text citations and complete APA style references for all sources. The Excelsior Library Citation Tip Sheets and Resources (Links to an external site.) will be a helpful guide. You may also wish to use a citation generator – you just insert the information, and it creates the citation in the format you indicate (MLA or APA, for example). Here are 3 citation generators to choose from:

Coronavirus Disease Status Paper

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requesting 2-3 pages

Visit the World Health Organization web site. Look up the current status of Ebola and Leishmaniasis, and compare them to a disease (of your choice) that occurs closer to where you live (consult Figure 8.6 in your text for information).

What organisms cause the three diseases? What is their current distribution and prevalence? What environmental (think of natural environment, not their home environment) and social factors (that affect the environment) contribute to their spread? Does any treatment exist for the diseases?

The following guidelines should be followed for all paper assignments in this course:

  • Length: Between 1 and 5 full pages (not including the header and literature cited)
  • Font: Times New Roman, 12 point
  • Spacing: Double
  • Margins: 1 inch on all sides
  • Format: APA or MLA (your choice)

Muslim Impact of Ones Faith and Beliefs Essay

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Hello,

This assignment explores the impact of one’s faith and beliefs as they face the environmental challenges that we are currently facing. Describe your own faith and belief motivation to deal with today’s environmental challenges? How doe this interact or differ from other faiths? How would you bridge the gap between your faith and beliefs and the others?

I’m a Muslim in case you need to know that in this assignment.

It should be 1 page single space 12 font.

PSU Social Consciousness According Greta Thunberg Discussion

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The purpose of this assignment is to articulate a connection between the general education outcome and Greta Thunberg

General Education Outcomes:

  1. Social Consciousness competence; is articulation of strong, multidimensional views of empathy toward individual or group marginalization due to social stratification.
  2. paper should answer the following:
    1. Summary/history of the issue from the text or course discussion
    2. Articulation of how the issue relates to one of the general education outcomes
    3. What might we learn by connecting those issues to the chosen outcome

    the paper should be at least 2 pages. it should connect Greta Thunberg and social consciousness .

Framing Environments Annotated Bibliography

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Create an annotated bibliography

Step 1: Write the citation of the uploaded document. Write the citation in APA format.

Step 2: Evaluate and synthesize information from the literature. Thoroughly read the article and reference major ideas, concepts, and information that will help to communicate current knowledge and understanding of the topic. You should be able to answer one or more of the questions below.

1. Did the author discuss a theory or conceptual framework? If so, describe the

theory/framework and how it could be/has been applied to environmental problems.

2. What is the thesis/ research question/ hypothesis?

3. What methods were used to collect and analyze data? Note location and sample size of

the study.

4. What are the major ideas, findings, and conclusions of the study?

5. Are there any limitations of the study/theory/framework?

 

APA Citation Format

Cite literature using the APA format. There are a number of sources of how to write a citation using APA format. One source is Purdue Owl: (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)). Must include the

US Environmental Law Essay

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In this unit, you became familiar with U.S. laws, international agreements, and the impact of compromise on the enacting of environmental policies.

For this assignment you will write an essay describing a U.S. environmental law and an international environmental agreement. It is best if you select a law and agreement that are very important to you. In the essay, describe the law and agreement, and include why they are important to you. Your essay should also address the criteria listed below.

  • Describe a U.S. environmental law.
  • Explain an international agreement regarding the environment.
  • Articulate policy compromises that were required by negotiators in order to achieve the law and agreement.

Your essay should be at least three pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. Support your essay with at least two peer-reviewed articles from the CSU Online Library. The articles that you select from the CSU Online Library should have been published no earlier than 2000. In addition to your two academic sources, you may also use the textbook and other sources to support your essay. Be sure to properly cite and reference all sources using APA format.

Factors and Effects Surface Albedo Variations Project Proposal

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I need a final project proposal. The theme is confirmed.

Final projects and are expected to answer a specific question or set of questions in the field of terrestrial ecosystem ecology with original analysis of existing observational data that are readily available, or of new data generated from an original computer simulation.

Requires: The proposal should include a preliminary title and between 250 and 350 words (max 350 words) of text in an abstract form that describes the intended topic of study, possibly a question to be addressed (if identified), the methods of analysis, and anticipated findings (at least two).

Theme: Global Land Change, Albedo, and Climate Warming/Cooling

Humans have significantly influenced the global distribution of land cover types (biomes) primarily through agricultural expansion, urbanization, wood extraction, and pastoral management. One consequence is a change in planetary albedo that meaningfully alters Earth’s climate. Surface albedo varies across land cover types, within land cover types, as well as with the seasonal presence of snow. The impact on climate also varies with the intensity of solar radiation reaching the surface. This set of projects will analyze data on global historical rates of land change, variation in albedo across land cover types, snow cover variation seasonally and geographically, and the warming or cooling effects of these combined changes.

Datafile(s): GlobalAlbedoAndLandChange.docx describes several

a) Rates of global historical land change by region

b) Variability in albedo within and across land cover types

c) Global snow cover seasonality

d) Global solar radiation seasonality

e) Potential climate warming/cooling of any land cover in select locations

USF Economy and COVID 19 Participant Observation Research Paper

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Dear Class,

We have options for GEA1. Please read this announcement carefully. If you have not already done your observation please do not go to observe people. This is an unnecessary risk and I hope that you are all safe in your homes. Therefore, we will have alternate options for those of you who still needed to complete the observation before spring break. This will consist of special topics that require a bit of research to replace the observation portion. The structure of the paper and field notes will remain the same. I have included a list of topics to substitute for the observation. There are several options that include coverage of COVID 19, but not all of you may want to watch additional media coverage about the pandemic, so I have also included other options. I will create a poll or assignment so that everyone can choose the topic. After we decide the topics, I will send resources to complete the assignment.

COVID19

There are many topics you could explore related to the pandemic that are relevant to topics discussed in class. This may be easiest since you are already monitoring it and experiencing the effects of a pandemic. I have several sources that I can provide if you choose this option that will allow you to connect the current situation to topics from class and the book. If you want to focus your paper on the pandemic, you can choose from the following categories:

1. vulnerable populations- who is vulnerable

2. agism

3. racism

4. family

5. the economy

6. representation in the media

7. poverty

Migration

1. current topics related to the U.S. border

2. Refugees: U.S. policy, a specific route ex. Central Mediterranean Sea Route, current events in Libya and the effects on refugees,, or another regional topic. If you choose this topic be careful that you do not focus on too broad of an idea.

3. You can also propose a topic related to migration

Health and Illness

1. Rather than look at COVID 19, you could examine other pandemics: the Spanish flu, Ebola, or SARS. This would also need to connect with other topics (see above under COVID 19 option).

2. Cross-examination of the “Opioid Crisis” and the “Crack Epidemic”

3. Neurodiversity

4. Hela cell and Henrietta Lacks

Multi-species

This topic would include the examination of human and animal interactions. This can be a very interesting topic. Please email me if you are interested in multi-species ethnography and we will find a topic.

Art and the Media

This option is fairly open as well, but you would need to examine a current topic in art or the media and how it relates to the concepts that you need to discuss. One example could be about artists such as Banksy, who question contemporary art. Please email me if you want to choose this option.

Water Audit and Conservation Plan Questions

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Download this attached document for instructions and data recording sheet for your water audit and conservation exercise. Fill it out over the 4 days that you track your water use.

Submit the completed document through the submission link below.

Participate in the Discussion Board through the link below about your insights into how much water could be saved with simple conservation behaviors.

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Share you thoughts on this discussion board about how simple conservation behaviors can make a substantial impact on regional water supplies. Make your post by Thursday, Sept. 17 at midnight.

Also, would you use a water tracking app on your smart phone if it provided interesting statistics and motivational tips? Would you be interested in helping a fellow student develop such an app?

Arthropod Beetle & Ant Abundance Discussion

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Using these results of this entire answer sheets, your graphs, and your knowledge of how the experiment was conducted, write up a discussion of these results for arthropod/beetle/ant abundance and overall arthropod diversity. In this discussion, you should mention the results themselves and the ecological significance of the results, if any. You should briefly mention each of the results (means / medians / statistical tests / different graphs and different ways of measuring diversity) and the ecological significance of these results.

Do a little bit of research about the biology of desert arthropods and insects especially darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae beetles) since all of the beetles we found were darkling beetles, and write about their biology. Cite any sources you use for this section at the end, and use in-text citations as well.

Generally, ecologists find more arthropods in vegetated parts of the desert compared with unvegetated microhabitats. Describe three different possible ecological reasons that explain why you would expect to find more arthropods in vegetated areas compared with open sand areas. These three reasons are hypotheses (or educated guesses). This discussion of results, discussion of desert arthropod biology and list of 3 hypotheses should be at least 1 page long.

After your discussion of these three hypotheses, describe, in detail, an ecological study that could be performed to test whether one of these three proposed hypotheses is supported or not. Your description of this proposed experiment should include the materials needed to perform the experiment, detailed explanations of how to perform the experiment, and possible (hypothetical) results for the experiment. When discussing possible results for the experiment, you should answer the question: what sort of results would show that my hypothesis is wrong? What sort of results would support my hypothesis? When you discuss the “explanation of how to perform the experiment” (above) it should contain enough detailed information such that someone who was not an ecologist and did not participate in this ecology lab could perform your new proposed experiment, based upon your written instructions alone (think about writing instructions on how to perform the proposed experiment to your business or architecture school friend, for example : ) ). You can pretend that you have a lot of funding, so budget should not be a constraint for your proposed experiment, and you have all the time and helpers you need to complete it as well. This proposed experiment should be at least 1 page long. If it is well written, it should probably be approximately two pages long. Also note that this experiment should test a reason why you would find more arthropods in vegetated regions. This experiment should not simply test whether there are more arthropods in vegetated regions or not (did that already with our lab experiment) but should instead test one reason why there are usually more arthropods in vegetated areas.