As we all know there are many issues in our environment and one of those issues is mercury in our water and air. Knowing this we need to come up with a plan to solve this issue before it’s too late and we can’t go…
To the Editor, I don’t think we should convert coal-burning plants near bodies of water to hydroelectric plants. In many areas, humans, animals, and the environment are affected by mercury poisoning, and it’s affecting everything in a terrible way and we need to find a…
Mercury pollution in our waters and air is a serious problem that needs to be solved not only for us but for the environment. Over the years more and more people have become aware of this issue and some are doing things to help out…
A food chain is described as a “sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organisms to organisms” (definition from www.britannica.com) However since most organisms eat many things, these food chains turn into food webs. For each ecosystems theres a…
A limiting factor is a factor that affects the population and distribution of an ecosystem. Ecological issues like mercury poisoning in humans because it gets into fish have many limiting factors. Some limiting factors include… Mining Mining is a limiting factor because when miners do…
You may ask, how does knowing certain elements help us understand more about ecological issues? Well, chemistry is everywhere, and even knowing about certain elements will help us understand more about why ecological issues are a big thing and why it’s happening. Elements that are…
Now a days there are many problems in our environment, but one serious ecological problem is big industries causing fish to have high levels of mercury which then poisons humans. However not many people know much about this issue. So what is this problem and…