The Issue The issue that I have been studying all year is coal-burning plants along the shoreline, filtering mercury into the ocean, poisoning the aquatic life living there. Now, you may think that this doesn’t really affect us, but you would be wrong. That mercury…
Overfishing is an issue that occurs when people fish too many fish, it can cause ecosystems to collapse. Overfishing can cause marine life to go extinct. Even overfishing the smallest species of fish can destroy ecosystems. It causes a ripple in the food chain. Overfishing can also cause economic…
To the editor, I think Hydroelectric dams can hinder and stop fish populations from growing. That being said, hydroelectric dams should be placed carefully. Hydroelectric dams are a renewable source that uses the motion of water. Hydroelectric dams should be carefully placed because it can…
One of the members I have chosen for my team for researching the mercury levels in fish poisoning people is David Suzuki. I chose David for my team because he is well known for providing facts about the environment in an easy to understand and…
Humans are using pesticides without acknowledging the effects it has on other ecosystems. One of those being the aquatic life. Thousands of fish were found dead on the coast of P.E.I due to chemical exposure. Heavy rain pushed the pesticides from some nearby agricultural fields,…
By now you probably know that farmers and others use pesticides for agricultural purposes, and you may know the advantages of it, but do you know the disadvantages? Pesticide use goes way back many, many years ago, although since then the pesticides we use now…
This blog post is about what 2 elements from the periodic table are involved in my issue. Well, I have one pretty much handed to me on a silver platter. Another one could also be Oxygen because the Earth oceans cover 70% of our planet,…
When I was looking for people who have researched about this issue, I came across these 2 people from Yale. Their names are Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall. They are 2 professor’s teaching logic and philosophy at Yale and have started research on the…
So basically, this issue doesn’t exist without humans. The mercury that comes from the factories around the ocean. The mercury comes from the factories and is filtered into the ocean. Fish, who swim in this ocean, swim through the mercury. This means they are now…
Water effects every living species, and nonliving organisms. Fresh drinking water includes with that. In the underwater ecosystem there are many factors such as amount of light, temperature, and saturation state. The human effect of the limiting factors consist of many things. The human effect…
