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The annual population increase throughout the world is currently 1.2%. This figure is determined by using the world’s birth rate (the number of births per 1,000 people) and death rate (the number of deaths per 1,000 people). While this number may sound small, today’s population will double in just 58 years if it continues to grow at this rate.
This growth is by no means uniform across the world. At current rates, many countries will double their populations in less than 25 years, while others have reached zero population growth (ZPG) — a point when the birth and death rates are roughly equal — and do not expect to grow at all. Some countries are seeing negative population growth (NPG) when the birth rate is lower than the death rate leading to a decline in the population.
The annual rate of growth for a population is calculated using its birth and death rates as follows:
Birth rate – death rate = rate of growth
For example, if the United States has a birth rate of 13.83 per 1,000 people and a death rate of 8.38 per 1,000, then the annual rate of growth is 5.45 people per 1,000.
(Note: These figures represent the rate of “natural increase” and do not include immigration or emigration. For example, the annual population increase in the U.S. would be greater if immigration were included.)
View the following videos and then respond to the Discussion topics that follow:

Population Reference Bureau. (2015, March 6). Distilled demographics. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75500EACFAA7552F
Topic: Human Population Change
At the beginning of the week, respond to the following:

  1. Using your own prior knowledge and the provided resources, discuss the factors that you believe could affect a country’s birth and death rates. What could cause increases or decreases in either of these?
  2. Choose one country from the “A” list and one from the “B” list below. You can also choose one country on your own, not on either list. Visit the following website to explore the birth and death rates for the two countries you have selected. Using this information, determine the annual change in population size for each country using the formula as shown above.
    The World Factbook: CIA. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/profileguide.html

A-List: Mexico, China, India, Bolivia, Nigeria
B List: Japan, United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada, Italy, Russia

  1. Use the information that you and your classmates have collected and discussed the following:
    1. Which figures differ the most between countries, the birth rates or the death rates? What do you believe could cause these significant differences? Use the cia.gov website to help with your analysis; you can find additional useful information about each country there.
    2. Can a country grow indefinitely? Why or why not?
    3. Are there any countries at risk of running out of people? Why or why not?

Be sure to address all Discussion Board topics in an original, well-thought-out, respectful manner. Main posts should fully and completely discuss each question posed and make frequent, informed references to this unit’s material. Engage in ongoing, productive conversation by responding to a minimum of two classmates per topic. Responses to classmates should be at least 50 words. Remember, you will learn more by sharing ideas!
Please note: Borrowed material (quotes, summaries, or paraphrases) should make up no more than 10% of the total word count for all written assignments in this course, including Discussion. All writing must be in your own words and borrowed material must be properly cited and referenced.

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Topic: Global Melting
Read the following article on the melting ice sheets and conduct some additional research on your own. Then, answer the following:
Ferris, R. (2016, 19 August). Arctic sea ice is vanishing far faster than anyone thought possible. CNBC. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/arctic-sea-ice-is-vanishing-far-faster-than-anyone-thought-possible.html

  • In what state or region do you live?
  • Would the melting of glaciers impact you directly (e.g., through inundation or loss of a source of water)?
  • How would the melting ice caps affect you indirectly?
  • This problem is a significant one for scientists, and there is no easy answer. What do you think can be done to fix the problem:
    • in the short term?
    • in the long term?
  • How will the melting ice sheets impact plant and animal life?

Be sure to address all Discussion Board topics in an original, well-thought-out, respectful manner. Main posts should fully and completely discuss each question posed and make frequent, informed references to this unit’s material. Engage in ongoing, productive conversation by responding to a minimum of two classmates per topic.

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Comparing your Hypothesis
You have been targeting one lifestyle behavior during the term to reduce your carbon footprint. This week, you will provide three reliable references to any outside research that relates to the lifestyle change which you outlined in Unit 2.
For example, if you are driving a bike to work rather than a car, research how much carbon was released into the air when you drove a car. In the case of the electricity saved by shutting down a computer, find out how many hours and how many kilowatts were conserved by turning it off.
Be sure to use reliable sources of information when you conduct your research. To help guide your research, review the (a) 10 questions to ask and (b) video about baloney detection to help evaluate what a reliable source is:

  1. Shermer, M. (2009). The work of Michael Shermer. Retrieved from http://www.michaelshermer.com/2009/06/baloney-detection-kit/
  2. Shermer, M. (2018). How to detect baloney the Carl Sagan way. Big Think. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn7jVTGjb-I

Potentially good sources would include your local power company’s website information, your community air pollution standards, your water company’s information, and scholarly journals that focus on energy conservation or management. Visit the PG Library for assistance.
In your essay, include the following:

  1. State your hypothesis and recap the methods of the behavior change challenge from the Unit 2 project.
  2. Summarize the three references and explain how they support the change in behavior.
  3. Compare the process of your behavior change to your hypothesis. Are the results supporting or refuting the hypothesis?
  4. Did you adjust your methods to reduce the carbon footprint? Explain why or why not.
  5. Explain the effects of your behavior change plan on your carbon footprint.
    1. Identify community stakeholders who may be impacted by this change and evaluate their positions on the effects.
    2. Discuss how environmental justice issues related to carbon footprints.
  6. From the results of your behavior change plan, explain how they can be used to design a new future challenge.

You will combine the research you have conducted with your own experimental results into a summative paper in next week’s Assignment for Unit 9.
Basic Writing Expectations:

  1. Your report should be approximately 750 words, not counting the title or reference page.
  2. Provide an overview of the three references you chose, including how the references tie into the lifestyle change you selected.
  3. Always include an introduction and conclusion.
  4. Include a title page, double-space your paper, and use a font size of 10 or 12.
  5. Include a highly developed viewpoint/thesis, purpose, and exceptional content.
  6. Demonstrate superior organization — use logic.
  7. Make certain that your paper is free of grammar and spelling errors.
  8. Avoid plagiarism.
  9. Use the APA style for all in-text citations and references.

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 One of the cornerstone concepts in environmental science is global warming and climate change. Throughout the term, you learned numerous ways in which human behaviors can modify ecosystems. For your Unit 9 Assignment, you will put together a Final Project report that describes how you attempted to reduce your carbon footprint.
Use the progress report logs from Units 3, 5, and 7 and the background research (with references) you conducted in Unit 8 to help you write your summative paper. Be sure to include your original hypothesis, methods used (from Unit 2), and your final results. You should include actual numerical data (and respective units) where appropriate (i.e., before and after usage of water/gas/oil). Assess the influence this change had on your carbon output, and the attendant effect this had on the environment.
Include a minimum of three outside references, all from reliable sources, and one direct reference to your text.
The paper should be between 750–1,000 words (approximately 3–5 pages) in APA format. Your paper should be in writing in your own words. You may not copy text from any resource, except within quotations, and they may not make up any more than 10% of your paper. Include appropriate references and follow the guidelines of APA formatting. Proper citation, syntax, and spelling are the basic requirements in mechanics.
If you have any questions or require additional assistance in writing this Assignment, please work with your instructor and/or the Academic Success Center early in the term (preferably before Unit 4).
Basic Writing Expectations:

  1. Your report should be between 750–1,000 words, not counting the title or reference pages, or progress reports.
  2. Include a title page, double-space your paper, and use font size 10 or 12.
  3. Include a highly developed viewpoint/thesis, purpose, and exceptional content.
  4. Demonstrate superior organization — use logic.
  5. Make certain that your paper is free of grammar and spelling errors.
  6. Avoid plagiarism.
  7. Use the APA style for all citations.
  8. Always include an introduction and conclusion.

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The annual population increase throughout the world is currently 1.2%. This figure is determined by using the world’s birth rate (the number of births per 1,000 people) and death rate (the number of deaths per 1,000 people). While this number may sound small, today’s population will double in just 58 years if it continues to grow at this rate.
This growth is by no means uniform across the world. At current rates, many countries will double their populations in less than 25 years, while others have reached zero population growth (ZPG) — a point when the birth and death rates are roughly equal — and do not expect to grow at all. Some countries are seeing negative population growth (NPG) when the birth rate is lower than the death rate leading to a decline in the population.
The annual rate of growth for a population is calculated using its birth and death rates as follows:
Birth rate – death rate = rate of growth
For example, if the United States has a birth rate of 13.83 per 1,000 people and a death rate of 8.38 per 1,000, then the annual rate of growth is 5.45 people per 1,000.
(Note: These figures represent the rate of “natural increase” and do not include immigration or emigration. For example, the annual population increase in the U.S. would be greater if immigration were included.)
View the following videos and then respond to the Discussion topics that follow:

Population Reference Bureau. (2015, March 6). Distilled demographics. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75500EACFAA7552F
Topic: Human Population Change
At the beginning of the week, respond to the following:

  1. Using your own prior knowledge and the provided resources, discuss the factors that you believe could affect a country’s birth and death rates. What could cause increases or decreases in either of these?
  2. Choose one country from the “A” list and one from the “B” list below. You can also choose one country on your own, not on either list. Visit the following website to explore the birth and death rates for the two countries you have selected. Using this information, determine the annual change in population size for each country using the formula as shown above.
    The World Factbook: CIA. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/profileguide.html

A-List: Mexico, China, India, Bolivia, Nigeria
B List: Japan, United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada, Italy, Russia

  1. Use the information that you and your classmates have collected and discussed the following:
    1. Which figures differ the most between countries, the birth rates or the death rates? What do you believe could cause these significant differences? Use the cia.gov website to help with your analysis; you can find additional useful information about each country there.
    2. Can a country grow indefinitely? Why or why not?
    3. Are there any countries at risk of running out of people? Why or why not?

Be sure to address all Discussion Board topics in an original, well-thought-out, respectful manner. Main posts should fully and completely discuss each question posed and make frequent, informed references to this unit’s material. Engage in ongoing, productive conversation by responding to a minimum of two classmates per topic. Responses to classmates should be at least 50 words. Remember, you will learn more by sharing ideas!
Please note: Borrowed material (quotes, summaries, or paraphrases) should make up no more than 10% of the total word count for all written assignments in this course, including Discussion. All writing must be in your own words and borrowed material must be properly cited and referenced.

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Topic: Global Melting
Read the following article on the melting ice sheets and conduct some additional research on your own. Then, answer the following:
Ferris, R. (2016, 19 August). Arctic sea ice is vanishing far faster than anyone thought possible. CNBC. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/arctic-sea-ice-is-vanishing-far-faster-than-anyone-thought-possible.html

  • In what state or region do you live?
  • Would the melting of glaciers impact you directly (e.g., through inundation or loss of a source of water)?
  • How would the melting ice caps affect you indirectly?
  • This problem is a significant one for scientists, and there is no easy answer. What do you think can be done to fix the problem:
    • in the short term?
    • in the long term?
  • How will the melting ice sheets impact plant and animal life?

Be sure to address all Discussion Board topics in an original, well-thought-out, respectful manner. Main posts should fully and completely discuss each question posed and make frequent, informed references to this unit’s material. Engage in ongoing, productive conversation by responding to a minimum of two classmates per topic.

Environmental science homework help

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Topic: Global Melting
Read the following article on the melting ice sheets and conduct some additional research on your own. Then, answer the following:
Ferris, R. (2016, 19 August). Arctic sea ice is vanishing far faster than anyone thought possible. CNBC. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/arctic-sea-ice-is-vanishing-far-faster-than-anyone-thought-possible.html

  • In what state or region do you live?
  • Would the melting of glaciers impact you directly (e.g., through inundation or loss of a source of water)?
  • How would the melting ice caps affect you indirectly?
  • This problem is a significant one for scientists, and there is no easy answer. What do you think can be done to fix the problem:
    • in the short term?
    • in the long term?
  • How will the melting ice sheets impact plant and animal life?

Be sure to address all Discussion Board topics in an original, well-thought-out, respectful manner. Main posts should fully and completely discuss each question posed and make frequent, informed references to this unit’s material. Engage in ongoing, productive conversation by responding to a minimum of two classmates per topic.

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Topic: Write a simple term paper on Coronavirus pandemic.
Instruction
1. Write a paper from your major perspective, on how you would mitigate the spread of coronavirus through the population.
2. Mitigation means prevention or minimization.
3. For instance if your major is pre-law, you could write a simple paper on how you would use the law to compel people to stay home and/or wear face mast, least they are cited, fined, arrested, curfew, etc. If you are in medical field, you can write about vaccine, hand washing, etc
4. This paper could be as few as two pages, or more if you have a lot to say; there is no spacing requirement.
5. The real purpose here is to make you think of solutions to environmental or public health crisis from your career perspective. 
6. I have attached a template on how to write a college level paper
7. All papers must be submitted via blackboard email system.
8. The email Subject must read: “(Your Name), 2207-10619, your paper title”
9. Deadline for submission is December 12th, 11:59pm.
Note: Give this paper your honest to Goodness effort and you would score nothing less than 70 out of a 100pts.
Best, and remain safe.