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Description In this week’s lab, you learned all about water quality, from major sources and types of pollution to methods of field assessment using benthic macroinvertebrates and chemical tests. Together, we completed an initial assessment of water quality in White Oak Creek. Now it is time to research your own local watershed. Step 1: To prepare for your assignment, Ensure you have completed the Water Quality Monitoring virtual lab. Begin by visiting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s webpage How’s My WaterwayLinks to an external site., and follow these steps: Read over the main page to familiarize yourself with the site. Move your cursor to the “How’s My Waterway?” widget on the page and type in your current home address. (If that does not work for any reason, or if you are currently stationed overseas, just choose a previous home address or the home address of a family member for this assignment.) Click the Go button. In the page that appears, you will see a map that includes a region surrounded by a dashed line. That shows your local watershed. To find the name of the watershed, hover before the list of water bodies next to the map. Your watershed’s name will be italicized. Now, use the website to research your watershed. Find the stream, pond, or other water body closest to your home that is marked by different colors. If the closest water body is unmarked, follow it downstream to the first section that is marked. Is your closest water body good, impaired, or condition unknown? If it is impaired, click on it, and a box will appear with more information. For what uses is it impaired? For more details about that use, click on the listed uses for their definitions, and click on the lighter i in the darker circle for more details about that particular use. The box may also include information about the sources of impairment. You can click on their labels to read more about them, including a definition and what you can do to help with that issue. Finally, at the bottom of the box, you will see this option: View Waterbody Report. Click on the hyperlink to get further details about this water body, including plans in place to protect or restore water quality (click on any hyperlinks to view these plans). Record all the pertinent information in your notes; you will use this to write up your report. Step 2: Next, follow your local water body downstream until it joins the biggest stream or river in your watershed—the main river into which all the other tributaries flow. (If your local stream flows into a lake, use that instead. If your local water body is a small pond or lake, zoom out to find the closest large lake in your area instead.) Click on that larger river or lake to pull up the same information as you did for your nearest water body, above. Record all pertinent information in your notes. Step 3: Finally, see what else you can learn about your watershed online. Using the name of your major river or lake, do an internet search for “[name or river or lake] water quality”. You might also go to Google News and do the same search there. Maybe your river or lake has been in the news either due to cleanup efforts or because of new contamination events. Finally, try an internet search for “[name of river or lake] organizations.” Are there any nonprofit groups working to protect your watershed? If so, what are their names, what do they do, and how might volunteers get involved? Write Now, you are ready to write your Watershed Status Report. In your essay, Describe your watershed. Name your watershed. State where the watershed is located in the United States. Discuss what the water quality is like for the closest water body to your home. Make sure to include all the details shared in the preparation section. Describe what the water quality is for the largest river or lake in or near your watershed. Make sure to include all the details shared in the preparation section. Explain your overall assessment of the water quality in your watershed. Explain any plans and steps that are needed to protect the water quality in your watershed. Discuss what plans have been put in place to protect or restore water quality for your local water body and the watershed. Summarize what additional steps you think should be taken to address any water quality impairments present in your watershed. Provide information about any organizations active in your watershed working to safeguard local water quality, including what they do and how volunteers can get involved. Discuss the latest news stories, if any, about the health of your watershed. You will submit two documents to Waypoint. One should be your completed Lab Worksheet and the other should be your Water Quality Monitoring Laboratory essay. Together these two documents are worth 5% of your class grade. The Water Quality Monitoring Laboratory Follow-Up Assignment essay, must be 2 to 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. must include a separate title page with the following in title case: title of essay in bold font Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page. student’s name name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) course name and number instructor’s name due date must utilize academic voice. Refer to the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance. must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources. must use at least 1 scholarly source, one credible source, and the course text, for 3 sources total. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source. To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips. must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications. Note: (By the way, at this point you might be wondering, “What data are available for White Oak Creek in Chattahoochee Hills?” To satisfy your curiosity, feel free to type “Hamilton Road, Chattahoochee Hills, GA” into the “How’s My Waterway?” widget. Click on the White Oak Creek segment next to Hamilton Road. What does it reveal? Is this information surprising? Why or why not?)

Description There are three steps to prepare for this assignment: Step 1: Identify your ecoregion. Ecoregions are large areas containing multiple ecosystems. Using the Level III ecoregions mapLinks to an external site., locate your local ecoregion by color or number. If you are currently overseas, choose an ecoregion that you have lived in or visited previously. If you live in an ecoregion that was once dominated by the longleaf pine, consider selecting an adjacent ecoregion instead. Step 2: Research your ecoregion. Using the Omernik Level Three Ecoregions of the USLinks to an external site. page, locate your ecoregion in the alphabetical list partway down the page; click More to reveal more of the list. Click on the name of your ecoregion to access descriptive information about it. Take some notes (see the bullet points explaining what to include in your essay for ideas for your notes). This is only a starting point. You will want to do additional internet research about that ecoregion and locate other credible sources or search in the holdings of the UAGC Library. Step 3: Locate information online about an ongoing ecosystem restoration project within your ecoregion. Find a project using an internet search engine; you might search by ecoregion name, or by other geographic label such as a nearby city, river, forest, and so on. Consider the following about your project: Who owns the land or is leading the restoration work? What is involved? What is the anticipated outcome of the project? Where exactly is the site? (If possible, include a locator map in your paper.) When will the restoration likely be completed? Why is the restoration being done? How is the project being carried out? Finally, is there a way that residents of the area can help? If so, how? Write Now, you are ready to write a paper about ecosystem restoration where you live. In your essay, Describe your ecoregion and its characteristics. Be sure to address the following: What is the name of your ecoregion, and why does it have that name? Where is the ecoregion located? What is or are the major ecosystem type(s) within that ecoregion? What is the topography of the ecoregion? Flat? Rolling hills? Mountainous? What are the major land uses in the ecoregion? Is most of it forested? Farmed? Paved over? How much of the ecoregion is undisturbed habitat? What are a few of the important native species in the ecoregion? Discuss the environmental damage to your ecoregion. Are any threatened or endangered species present in your ecoregion? If so, identify a couple of them and discuss why they have become threatened or endangered. What are the major threats to the ecological health of the ecoregion (e.g., urban sprawl, clearing for agriculture, water pollution, etc.)? Provide specific examples of how these threats have impacted your ecoregion. For example, you might mention how a city in your ecoregion has nearly doubled in size due to sprawl and population growth in the last decade. Or you might note how a common water pollution issue in your ecoregion is fertilizer runoff from corn and soybean production. Summarize the restoration project you found; in your summary, be sure to cover these questions: Who (what organizations, government entities, etc.) is overseeing the project? Where is the project taking place? What does the project entail? Detail the restoration process goal. How is the project being carried out? (What are the major steps involved?) When will the project be completed? Does the project accept community volunteers? If so, how can the volunteers help? You will submit two documents to Waypoint. One should be your completed Lab Worksheet and the other should be your Local Ecosystem Restoration essay. Together these two documents are worth 5% of your class grade. The Restoration Ecology Laboratory Follow-up assignment, must be 2 to 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. must include a separate title page with the following in title case: Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page. student’s name name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) course name and number instructor’s name due date must utilize academic voice. Refer to the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance. must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources. must use at least 1 scholarly source, one credible source, and the course text, for three sources. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source. To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips. must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Description Prior to beginning work on this assignment, ensure you have completed the Properties of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory. In this follow-up assignment to the lab this week, you will be submitting your completed Lab Worksheet to Waypoint, and then researching and writing a sustainable agriculture plan. This is your opportunity to apply what you learned about soils and sustainable agriculture to create a plan for a sustainable farm that would provide food for your local area. This follow-up assignment is worth 5% of your course grade. To prepare for your assignment, Try to find information as close to where you live as possible. If you cannot find information within a 50-mile radius of where you live, then try searching the closest large city, or within your county. Identify the predominant soil type(s) in your area. You can reference the ecoregion information from the Week 1 lab follow-up assignment. Identify the weather and climate conditions of your area. Research what types of agriculture, if any, are currently being practiced in your area. Now, you are ready to draft a paper about soil and sustainable agriculture where you live, and your own plan for a 500-acre sustainable food production operation. In your essay, Describe the general area where you live (local community, county, etc.) by addressing the following: What are the characteristics of the soil? What is the composition (sand, silt, clay)? How well does it retain water? How fertile is the soil generally? What are the seasons like? How much precipitation (rain and snow) do you get annually, and how is it distributed throughout the year? Discuss agricultural production in your community: What crops are being grown? What production methods are being used? Is irrigation necessary? Are there any greenhouses or other indoor food production operations in your area? Are there any organic or other sustainable agriculture operations within 50 or 100 miles of your location? Create a plan, based on the conditions in your area, for a sustainable food production operation that addresses the following questions: How will you divide up the 500 acres between at least four different sustainable food production methods? Why is each method suitable to your local area and conditions? Which foods will you produce and what methods will you utilize for each one? You should conduct research on sustainable food production systems, and you can also use information from the Week 2 Properties of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory. You will submit two documents to Waypoint. One should be your completed Lab 2 Worksheet and the other should be your Properties of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory Follow-Up Assignment. Together these two documents are worth 5% of your class grade. The Properties of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory Follow-Up Assignment essay, must be 2 to 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. must include a separate title page with the following in title case: title of essay in bold font Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page. student’s name name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) course name and number instructor’s name due date must utilize academic voice. Refer to the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance. must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources. must use at least one scholarly source, one credible source, and the course text, for three sources. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source. To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips. must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Description Write a minimum of 2 pages (double space, 1-inch margins, 12-pitch font) paper on the physics of a sport. Choose a sport and apply what you have learned in the lab to that sport. The start of the two pages does not include your name/class/date heading. The text should start at the top of the page. Things learned in the lab include measurements and units, static electricity, forces, energy, chemistry, electromagnetic spectrum-light, fluids, and sound.

Description Develop an essay that evaluates the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 that focuses on the barriers to effective implementation of the act. Use the reading attached as the basis for your essay, but develop it further with additional research. Clearly identify barriers, but do not just summarize the barriers; develop some recommendations for how this act could be changed (if it needs to be) to be more effective. Think about the difference in our regulatory philosophy between then and now, or in the economy, or whatever comes to mind as you read it. Use data, cases, and examples to support your suggestions and positions. Using APA style, cite all sources used both within and at the end of your answer. A fully developed response should go beyond your textbook and required readings (although may include them), have multiple citations from valid sources (e.g., no wiki-anything) and should avoid direct quotes from others. Present your own synthesis. You must submit your essay as an attachment. Your essay should be about two pages and supported by at least two scholarly references. This course uses automatic plagiarism checking software (Turnitin). You may submit your work up to three times prior to the deadline to check your similarity scores (aim for a green or yellow flag). It takes roughly 15 minutes for the system to process your submission and show the score. Grading Rubric: /20 Barriers to implementation from reading - /20 Additional research of barriers - /20 Recommendations for change - /30 Examples to support suggestion/positions - /10 Format/Citations/Grammar/Turnitin - /100

Description n this lab project, you will work with the En-ROADS simulation model developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative to create a scenario that can mitigate global warmingLinks to an external site. to the internationally agreed target of less than 2 °C, and ideally 1.5 °C. En-ROADS is an interactive tool for simulating the long-term impacts of policy actions on global warming. This includes policies affecting energy supply, energy efficiency, carbon emissions prices, land use, and other factors that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Since En-ROADS is a global model, the policy levers simulate if the action were applied to the entire world. En-ROADS does not attempt to address the complex nuances of how different countries and political groups might respond to each policy. En-ROADS is grounded in the best-available science about climate impacts; solutions; and the complex interactions of the climate, energy, land, population, and economic systems. As you are completing the En-ROADS simulation model, and work toward your mission of recommending global policies and investments, keep the following goals in mind: Limit global warming. Global warming above 2 °C will cause dangerous and irreversible impacts that will harm our prosperity, security, health, and lives. Limiting warming to less than 2 °C is not without challenges either (we are already seeing impacts today); however, it is a benchmark by which scientists and world leaders believe we can lower the risks to a more manageable level. Preserve and create a healthy economy. Your policies should strive to lead a global energy transition that would preserve and create a healthy global economy. You must decide how to balance the short-term costs of climate actions with the long-term costs of damages from climate inaction. Note that financial costs are not explicitly predicted in the model as they are uncertain and controversial. You may offer your own hypotheses on the financial impacts of different decisions. While assessing the economics, also consider the potential to offset short-term costs with additional cobenefits, for example, benefits to the economy, public health, national security, and other areas which could augment the direct benefits of mitigating global warming. Promote equity and a just transition. Consider the impacts of your policies for both developed and developing countries, and between the rich and poor people within such nations. Consider whether your policies will disproportionately harm certain groups and how to mitigate such harms (e.g., If you favor policies that would reduce or shut down fossil fuel use, how will your policies address the resulting unemployment of people employed by the fossil fuel industry?). Also consider how opportunities for the new green economy can be shared more equitably and not leave marginalized groups behind. Protect the environment. Many environmental challenges besides climate change threaten human welfare—for example, water shortage, air and water pollution (smogLinks to an external site., particulatesLinks to an external site.), soil loss, plastic pollution, anoxic zones (dead zones)Links to an external site. in rivers and oceans, extinction of species, and so on. Your proposals should minimize these other harmful effects on the environment. Be realistic but not cynical. Imagine a scenario of what could be possible if human civilization operates at its best. Select each section below to meet all requirements for this lab. Get Ready Section 1: Plan Section 2: Meeting the Goals Section 3: Reflections The Simulating Climate Futures in En-ROADS Laboratory memo write-up, must be 3 to 5 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. must include a separate title page with the following in title case: title of memo write-up in bold font Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page. student’s name name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) course name and number instructor’s name due date must utilize academic voice. Refer to the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance. must use at least 1 credible source in addition to the course text, for 2 total sources. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source. To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips. tutorial. must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.. must include a separate references page formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Description Make a presentation of 5 slide (without introduction and conclusion) on Socio-Economic importance of Artemia salina in the world (Brine Shrimp market). Please provide figures and explain it. Do not use Ai's. Provide me more explanation on word document to help me present it.

Description In this final paper, you will consider the sustainability challenges that your home community currently faces and propose components of a plan tailored to meet those challenges. Think about your home community; this might be the community where you are living now, or a previous place that you identify with closely and still consider to be home (such as where you grew up). Drawing on your own memories and some online research, explore the challenges the community faces to becoming truly sustainable someday. In this paper, you will consider the sustainability challenges that your home community currently faces and propose components of a plan tailored to meet those challenges. You will map out specific, concrete changes (in policy, technology, or everyday life) that your community would need to take to achieve sustainability. Provide clear, detailed examples of strategies, drawn from all you have learned relating to this course’s five weekly themes. Your examples should be based on our current scientific knowledge and level of technology (in other words, no inventing a new energy source from lightning or a new, low-energy means of generating fresh water from the oceans). Your suggestions should be tailored to the particulars of your chosen community. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, proposing solar power throughout your town would not be highly effective. Finally, you will imagine what that sustainable future neighborhood, town, or region would look like. How would it be fundamentally different from today? The final paper is worth 12% of the course grade. To prepare for this assignment, review all chapters of Bensel and Carbone’s (2020) Sustaining Our Planet text. In your assignment, craft a seven-paragraph essay that includes the following: Paragraph 1 Describe your home community, using the Arzaville description in past class discussions (Weeks 2 through 4) as an example of the kinds of information you might include. Discuss at least three of the biggest challenges that your home community faces on the path to achieving sustainability. Paragraph 2 Explain at least three concrete actions that your community might take that would enhance its ability to sustain local biodiversity and ecosystems. Paragraph 3 Discuss at least three specific steps your community might take to improve its capacity for sustaining local soils and sustainable agriculture. Paragraph 4 Describe at least three measures that might be taken by your home community to help sustain its freshwater resources. Paragraph 5 Propose at least three concrete steps your community might take to better sustain local air quality and reduce negative impact on the global climate. Paragraph 6 Discuss at least three specific actions your community might take to manage, reduce, or eliminate its waste more sustainably. Paragraph 7 Identify three specific actions that you might take, at the community level, to help support sustainability for your home place. Considering the strategies that you have shared in your essay, assess whether your community could achieve sustainability at some point in the future. Why or why not? The Envisioning Sustainable Communities final paper, must be at least 7 paragraphs in length (3 to 5 pages, not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s APA StyleLinks to an external site. must utilize academic voice. Refer to the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance. must include at least 1 scholarly source, 1 credible source, and the class text. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.. can include a separate references list formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Description Final Assignment Write a short essay (500-700 words) addressing an environmental issue that is controversial or poorly understood. Present scientific information about a controversial or poorly understood environmental issue in a way that is accessible and understandable to the general public. Make a scientific argument that explains the issue, acknowledges any misinformation or controversy about the issue, and gives your reader a scientific basis for understanding or forming an opinion on the issue. Explain how this issue affects your reader, other people, and/or the environment. Cite a minimum of 3 sources in your paper. (See below for requirements and guidance.) Do not quote your references directly. Paraphrase important ideas instead. This means reading a variety of references, deciding what ideas you want to share with your readers, expressing those ideas in your own words in a way that is relevant to your readers, and citing the source of the information. Be sure to list all cited references in your References section at the end of your paper. (Do not include References in word count.) Deadlines There will be a total of 5 deadlines for this project. 4 of them will be graded. Step 1: Choose a Topic (Due Wednesday, Week 3; 20 points) Step 2: References (Due Wednesday, Week 4; 20 points) Step 3: Rough Draft (Due Wednesday, Week 5; not graded but required for participation in the Peer Review.) Step 4: Student Peer Review (Due Wednesday, Week 6; 40 points) Step 5: Final Position Paper (Due Wednesday, Week 7; 100 points) it is your own!

Description Assignment Content Question So far, we covered a number of important concepts related to OSH, including roles, accidents and injuries, OSHA, and workplace hazards. For this assignment you will create a PowerPoint presentation covering these main safety profession concepts, including the following: an overview of OSHA’s primary functions the roles of organizations that were important to shaping the safety movement in the United States the leadership role of the safety professional the importance of recordkeeping and accident investigations the direct and indirect costs of accidents at least two common workplace hazards regulated by OSHA Your PowerPoint Presentation must be at least 10 slides in length, not counting the title or reference slides. Your slides should utilize bullet points. Do not include full paragraphs of written text as this is not conducive to a good presentation. Please use the slide notes function for each slide to add supplementary information that you would use to aid you in your presentation. Feel free to be creative. You are allowed to utilize PowerPoint’s features to create charts and graphics. Please use at least three sources to support your presentation, and ensure that the citations and references are in APA Style.