Environmental science 1301- Madison Lewis

 Six-Point Critical Analysis Worksheet 1. Exploratory                                        PFC, proper functioning condition. A term that is relates to the condition and or impairment of riparian climate, or streams and streamside vegetation, on nearly 248 million acres managed by the Bureau of land Management. It’s an important process and manufactures much effort to shift stream flow and water from poor health and stressors on the environment from nonfunctioning to proper functioning condition, and though approaches are mixed, conservation-oriented grazing is a valuable resource in establishing vegetation growth and allowing it to bounce back and recover to a more healthy and sustainable level. 2. Diagnostic                                     Much of the degradation of these ...

Six-Point Critical Analysis Worksheet 1. Exploratory                                         A gentleman named Jim Howell is the CEO of a company called Grassland LLC, which is a subcompany that exists under a company called Savory institutes, both of which Jim co-founded. Grasslands LLC. is the land management branch of Savory, which both “focus on conserving and restoring the world’s grasslands through what they call “Holistic management” (Robertson, E. 2016). When it comes to the grasslands and plains of the world, there are more efficient, and cost-saving measures that can be used to not only make the land healthier, but to also receive more yield from the agricultural practices they perform, equivalating to more money being brought to the ranch. Robertson himsel...

What am I being asked to believe or accept? (what are the claims being made)     In a summarized version, the things we are being asked to believe/accept from the podcast are also some of the background topics, or background information, used to support the claims being made in the podcast overall. Those summarized claims are COVID-19 exists, is a living organism, and isn't going to just go away The nature of living organisms always evolving in various ways gave rise to the creation and establishment of the pandemic-causing virus COVID-19 No matter what, the same exact disease can and will effects different members of the same species differently. Example, a disease could be deadly to one human but not another because of different body types and interactions to the virus The ways humans, and government entities handle new diseases has an affect on how the disease spreads, reproduces, and how long it can survive. If it can't spread reproduce for survival, then it will start to...

Introduction     Sustainability in terms of making the world a place that can maintain a healthy quality of life in humans and their environments was a term that wasn't introduced until 1987. Here a report given by the United Nations discussed "the analysis of human dependency and quality of life on ecological systems, social networks, and economic viability"(Theis, pg. 15), which are all interconnected on deep levels, and which also negate the need for more hands-on approaches in order to start solving the problems humanity faced. An analysis of environmental policy and framework concludes that there are at least 3 major periods that ushered in fresh ideas, scientific understanding, advancements in technology, political institutions, and laws which aimed to mitigate human impacts in the environment just like sustainability. These periods are the                                ...

What are microplastics?             Plastic is among the most used materials globally (HABB, pg. 23), and is one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S (Science of Plastics). It is a light-weight, durable, and cheap substance, therefore is used in a lot of products. However their cheapness means they can only be used once, or very minimally, before being thrown away. The size of these discarded, plastic products range from macro debris, things like clothes and food wrappers, to micro debris, or smaller plastic fragments that are at most 5mm in diameter (HABB, pg. 26). The smallest microplastics can be breathed in or ingested, and ultimately find their way to your internal organs, blood stream, and lymph nodes (Walker, Scott).       After being introduced to an aquatic environment the macro debris will eventually degrade through a process known as photo-oxidation (HABB, ph.27), which is a chemical change that occurs on the surf...