By: Ella Kang Although the world’s 7.6 billion people only account for 0.01% of all living things on the Earth, humanity has caused the enormous loss of diversity. Despite being such a small part of the planet, human pressure on nature has existed since forever and it is steadily destroying every form of life on …
By: Ayush Patel Over one hundred million animals are affected by laboratory experiments and research every year. The research is taken to prove and test the safety of new products for both humans and animals. The benefits of experimentation on animals are enhanced biomedical and fundamental research, safer results for humans and accurate results for …
By: Ayush Beginning with the Revolution and the early 1800s, American society has taken a greater interest in wildlife preservation. Legal wildlife trade in the United States of America is completely controlled and set up by states and their individual governments and how they see fit. However, like all aspects of American life, the federal …
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By: Ayush As a result of the 2020 COVID-19 breakout, nations across the globe have had different experiences and taken different actions regarding air quality improvement and deterioration. Among the nations that exhibited the greatest impacts was Canada, specifically its Toronto and Ontario regions. As the nation shut down and restricted civilians from leaving …
By: Ayush Imagine this: hundreds of cows, young and old, starved and alone, forced to live in small crates measuring merely feet in size. They call out in pain and agony as they wait to be either slaughtered for meat, inseminated for reproduction or to be over-milked. These are all standard behaviors in the brutal …
By: Ella In June 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Earth Summit, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 179 countries and their political leaders, scientists, media representatives, and non-governmental organizations participated in this global conference to focus on the impacts of human activities on the …
By: Ella What is Ocean Acidification (OA)? The ongoing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration results in direct consequence in the atmosphere. The ocean absorbs over 25% of all anthropogenic (environmental pollution and pollutants) originating in human activity) emissions from the atmosphere each year, and when the CO2 dissolves in seawater, it forms carbonic acid which decreases …
Author: Aryan Jain Sustainable Agriculture and Microrobotics We read and hear news about ‘exponential growth’. We take vegetables and fruits for granted. We disregard the immediate vitality of our local farmers to the fabric of society and the national economy. What does growth in terms of our economy, population, crime rates, and resources really mean …
Author: Aryan Jain Microtechnology has shown extensive developments in the past ten years, especially in the last six months with biocompatible and biodegradable xenobots. Advanced Simulation technology has allowed for more precise and efficient experimentation with microbots; coordination of microbots with artificial intelligence has allowed for self-learning locomotion and spatial recognition. The real-world applications for …
By: Victoria What We Can Do There are many aspects that play into the role of the extinction of Southern Resident Orcas, all of which humans can be to blame. One of the main sources of prey for these Orcas is the Chinook Salmon, native to the Pacific. Oceanic pollution caused by sewer drainage is …