Environmental science paper.

Essay Topics

Due: 4/17/2018

Topics:

Global Warming/Climate Change

-Scientific evidence for or against GW

Love Canal

-Any Superfund sites

Greater Pacific Garbage Patch

-The impact is it having on ocean ecosystems

-How to remediate the problem

BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

-Any oil spill disaster

Deforestation

-Effect on animal populations

-Palm oil harvesting and its effect on the orangutan populations

World’s Growing Population/Overpopulation

-How can the environment maintain high population numbers (food, housing, travel, etc.)

Lack of Fresh Water Supplies

-Globally issues

Increasing Number of Endangered Species

-Within the USA or Worldwide

-Conservation efforts

The Effects of GMOs on the Environment

-Fear of the superbug

Alternative Waste Disposal Methods

-What are the current methods and what alternative do we have

Natural Resource Depletion

-USA depletion or global depletion

Environmental Laws/Crimes

-Environmental case studies

Carbon Footprint Reduction

-Residential carbon footprint

-Industrial carbon footprint

Almost any current topic we discussed at the beginning of class

Essay:

Three pages

Double space

Times New Roman

Size 12 Font

MLA format (essays must be cited)

** Essay must meet all criteria to receive full credit**