Environmental Soils

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Rangelands as Nature-Based Solutions to Wastewater

by: Kendall Hays What is Wastewater and Where Does it Go? Wastewater is any water that is a byproduct of industrial or normal living processes from homes and businesses. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average person in the United States uses 82 gallons of water a day (US EPA) but the amount of [ Read More ]

Carbon Sequestration Across Biomes: Characteristics and Strategies

By: Fadi Abdulghani The past few decades of climate research have identified that the Earth is warming at an accelerated rate due to human activity. Since the industrial revolution, humans have extracted fuel from long-term carbon sinks like oil, natural gas, and coal, resulting in the emission of trillions of tons of carbon that would [ Read More ]

Protected: Guano: The First Globally-Important Fertilizer

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Protected: The Chernobyl Disaster

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Historical Calendars and Advances in Agriculture

By: Miko Brandon As humans we constantly feel the pressure of time. Our ceaseless desire to glance at our clocks. “Is it 5 o’ clock yet?” It seems time moves in inches when we’re doing the things we loathe. Yet zips by when we’re immersed in the activities we enjoy: birthdays, seasonal ceremonies *cough* Oktoberfest [ Read More ]

Disappearance of the Aral Sea

By: Molly Hoback What would you do if your seaside community suddenly lost its sea? Over a couple of decades, day by day you watch in futile horror as your shores recede step by step and mile by mile until there is no trace that water was ever here. All that is left is a [ Read More ]