The incident with the algae bloom in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool highlights significant ecological principles. Following a $16 million renovation that darkened the pool’s surface, the National Park Service utilized hydrogen peroxide and nanobubbler technology to kill the algae. Critics questioned whether these treatments effectively addressed the underlying causes, such as warm water temperatures and nutrient levels promoting algae growth. Experts suggest that improving water circulation, controlling nutrient input, and reconsidering the aesthetics of the pool could provide a more sustainable solution, emphasizing that understanding basic ecology is crucial in addressing such environmental issues.
In 2007, the Supreme Court, in Massachusetts v. EPA, decided that the EPA must fulfill its authority. It must regulate tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases. These gases cause, or contribute to, air pollution. The Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection...
EcoJustice, Citizen Science and Youth Activism (Library Copy) is the title of a new book edited by Michael P. Mueller, University of Alaska, and Deborah J. Tippins, University of Georgia. It's the first in the new Springer Book Series Environmental Discourses in...
This is a view from the YMCA of the Rockies, which I first visited in August, 1975 to attend my first conference of the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP). Since then I've been here about 15 times. But it was my attendance at the (AHP) conference that...
Do you have your plans worked out for the first days of the courses you will teach beginning this month or in September? Here are three ideas you might consider, especially if you want to begin the year engaging your students in a science inquiry activity. I...
Do you have your plans worked out for the first days of the courses you will teach beginning this month or in September? Here are three ideas you might consider, especially if you want to begin the year engaging your students in a science inquiry activity. I...
