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Air Pollution Basics Sulfur Pollutants Has the most important gaseous air pollutant in its group, sulphur dioxide. Once oxidized it then becomes sulphate which takes 4 days till it decomposes. This results in pollutants traveling far from where it was first emitted. These long traveling emissions then react with other chemicals in the air to form hazardous chemicals like ammonium nitrate and even acid rain. Although volcanoes and wildfires emit sulfur pollutants like sulphur dioxide, humans are responsible for more than 75% of the Earth’s sulphur dioxide annual emissions (Freedman, 2018). Human production of these emissions are caused by burning coal and petroleum based fuel sources. Toxicity by sulphur gases can result in shorter vegetation growth, and humans can develop respiratory issues and illnesses by short extreme exposure or prolonged minor exposure (Freedman, 2018). Nitrogen Pollutants Contain nitrogen gases like nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, and ammonia. Nit...

 Alternative Energy: Wind Energy      Alternative Energy is commonly known as renewable energy due to industrialized countries not relying on them as their main energy source(s). Conventional Energy sources like renewable energy have been increasing in price, becoming more scarce by the year, and theoretically nearly entirely consumed soon. Meanwhile renewable energy like solar energy derives from solar activity which will last 4 billion years, which will outlast human sustainability. For this reason solar energy is considered as a “completely renewable” energy source. Emerging economies of developing third and first world countries are exponentially consuming energy in decades and will require more rapidly depleting fuel sources or create infrastructure for renewable energy sources. Unfortunately solar energy is expensive and most nations and their communities are making an easier transition to wind energy.      Wind energy is powered indirectly by so...

  Concept map of  Exploring Natural Resources ( J erome, B. A., 2017).      The above concept map details the advantages and disadvantages of multiple energy resources humans use around the world. The non-renewable branch of the map explains how non-renewable energy sources like coal, and crude oil are being depleted, and a transition to natural gas, may be imminent to support our current infrastructure.  "Due to its advantages over oil and coal, natural gas may help bridge the transition to alternative energy supplies."  ( J erome, B. A., 2017).  Therefore  I am hopeful that a transition will set methods, principles, policies, and procedures on how entire nations transition to alternative energy sources, and can then be implemented to transition to wind energy source alternatives at an easier pace than the transition from crude oil to natural gas as our main energy source .      This introduction video informed ...

Activity 3.1 – Human Population     For this core activity I chose Denmark and Somalia to compare and contrast their reported population ecology to understood how we can understand what generally classifies them as a developed and third world country, respectively, and how they may differ from other countries in their same classification. Denmark's demographic profile (2021): Total population: 5.8 million Birth rate: 1% Death rate: 0.9% Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): 0.1% (calculated using birth rate - death rate ) Life expectancy for males and females: 82 years average Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1.7  Percent of All Births to Mothers Ages 15-19: 0% Infant Mortality Rate: 3.2%  Gross National Income (GNI):  62,180      For the data set in 2021, Denmark has a higher GNI than the average of Most Developed(2021) countries, almost by 50%. Additionally having less of a percenta...

     Concept Map of Chapter 4: Energy and Ecosystems, informed the reader how energy is measured, transforms, its scientific principles, and how it generates life in ecosystems.      Concept Map of Chapter 7: Biodiversity, informed the reader what is biodiversity, its value to human societies and wildlife, and scientific classification system to organize and label life forms.      Concept Map of Chapter 8: Biomes and Ecozones, informed the reader the multiple different biomes and sub-types, and how we can map them as Ecozones to assist in ecological conservation and adaptation.     In  "Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective" by Bill Freedman Chapter four(4), seven(7), and eight (8), throughout each of these three chapters, they would reference each other's information building on top of knowledge previously gained from the previous chapter and interconnect information. The textbook initially informs the reader...

My daily water use I calculated from a period of 3 months using my water utility bill.  People in my home: 3 Water Utility Recorded Water Consumed First Month: 3,924 gallons of water consumed Second Month: 3,765 gallons of water consumed Third Month: 3,468 gallons of water consumed Monthly per person average First Month: 1,308 gallons of water consumed Second Month: 1,255 gallons of water consumed Third Month: 1,156 gallons of water consumed Per Person Daily Average Consumed in a Month 43.6 gallons of water consumed per day per user on 1st Month 41.83 gallons of water consumed per day per user on 2nd Month 38.53 gallons of water consumed per day per user on 3rd Month Average Daily Consumption of Water per person over the recorded 3 months: 41.32 gallons each day per person