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     This will be the last blog post I  do on this topic, I have been researching and learning about the issues of conservation and extinction for several weeks now and I feel a lot more personally connected to this issue. this exercise has helped me gain a new understanding of the threat we face in our world today. Nobody knows how many species are being lost each year nor the  total number of species that inhabit the earth today.   According to wwf panda organization , "Biologists estimate there are between 5 and 15 million species of plants, animals, and micro-organisms existing on Earth today, of which only about 1.5 million have been described and named. The estimated total includes around 300,000 plant species, between 4 and 8 million insects, and about 50,000 vertebrate species (of which about 10,000 are birds and 4,000 are mammals)." these species are considered   threatened  and about 23 percent of these species are at risk or on the...

 Are Microplastics a challenge for wastewater treatment?  By: Avery Bohon  https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwisgNK17qL0AhXWc28EHRoGDJ4YABAAGgJqZg&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQOD2zjxQivEAkuo6FXylWb654D99KNwj3BK1bgreYEuwfeCvQRmT0ExTNP1NMoUDdoWhzRU0BNFnXA8tu10nj0k&sig=AOD64_1sA3ftmMIF6BF6VCVVv0k0rWH81w&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjt-Mm17qL0AhXQQs0KHbRlDoYQ0Qx6BAgSEAE The plastic problem and the toll it has taken on the world’s ocean is massive. There is plenty of images shown in the news and on the internet that shows plastic waste covering the ocean and many marine aquatic animals suffering. Microplastics have been found everywhere: the bottom of seas and the tops of mountains, in the air that we breathe and in rainwater and they also run in our wastewaters. Because if their small size, Microplastics can easily enter the bodies of living things, and we don’t have enough research on the effects that they have on ecosyste...

 More about Vertical Farming:  To add a little more information about my last blog on vertical agriculture since in my opinion this new invention is going to be part of one of the biggest movements to end deforestation and the millions of fields to cultivate will be replanted to stay with many trees in the future.  For this I am going to give the answer to the questions that people usually ask about this topic. How effective is vertical farming? Vertical farming even promotes water recycling.  Municipal waste, including sewage, can be composted and used for agriculture within the facility.  Lastly, vertical farms can produce twice as fast.  This is the main reason why it has been touted as the ideal solution to the food crisis facing some countries. The 10 advantages of vertical farming: Reliable year-round crop production.  Unaffected by adverse weather conditions. Better use of space. Minimise water usage. Environmentally friendly. No chemicals or pe...

 U.S. Infrastructure- Caleb Monnig $1 trillion is being invested into the United State's "crumbling" infrastructure from the Infrastructure and Jobs Acts.Deteriorating roads and bridged cost and average driver $556 a year, with 20% of those roads and 6% of those bridges considered to be in unacceptable condition. Rhode Island is the worst state in terms of road infrastructure, with 50% of their roads are considered non-acceptable. Missouri is the 10th worst state with 25% of their roads being non-acceptable. However, Oklahoma drivers spend the most money on repairs due to its roads, at an average of $900 per person. Missouri is 10th with $699 per person https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/states-with-worst-infrastructure

  On today’s blog I will be talking about the toxic chemicals within agriculture. Now I will first come out and say this is a topic that I am unknowledgeable about. Growing up my dad was a seed  salesman  and did a lot with the chemical affects and how they helped us grow our corn, wheat, soybeans and many other crop products. I never understood how they could be harming our environment. After reading the  https://greentumble.com/harmful-chemicals-used-in-agriculture/#:~:text=Where%20nitrate%20and%20phosphorous%20fertilizer%20is%20used%2C%20it,creating%20an%20oxygen%20dead%20%28or%20hypoxic%29%20zone%20%5Bsc%3A3%5D . I found the said harmful chemical farmers are using is nitrate and  phosphorous  fertilizer, now in my eyes that is not harming our environment. The only way it is harming our environment is when landfill and other things happen that nobody has control of. Farmers are using these chemicals to help produce the best product so that you will have ...

Biodiversity is very essential in large ecosystems. The most noticeable, is the resource availability. With plenty of water, comes plenty of insects. The insects pollenate plants, which bring in amphibians and rodents, and fish. This draws in small predators like birds, reptiles, fox, and many more and this keeps going on and on. As long as the biodiversity is large within an ecosystem, it will continue to grow. Reintroducing biodiversity could rejuvenate a declining ecosystem as well, but this needs to be done very intricately so you do not cause a situation like the invasive species which causes a new issue. Why are our ecosystems dying if they can rejuvenate themselves through biodiversity? Well once again we as humans harvest anything we can from ecosystems. This not only hurts an ecosystems biodiversity, but we also stain the ecosystems with particular means of harvesting. For example, loggers use heavy machinery and power tools to do their job. This leaves oil everywhere, damages...