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Assignment: Final Project Milestone

Interdisciplinary Experience: Identity in a Global Society (IDST - 1050C - 2)

Paige Parker

Walden University

Angelia Williams

May 8, 2015

“What Effect Does E-Waste Have On Groundwater?” By Veena Clay

I chose this article because it revolves around economic issues which are global. These issue deals with groundwater, which has stated to be one of the most precious resources on Earth (Clay, 2015). It is also what happens in my community where many people live. Groundwater as stated by the Clay (2015), “yields supply water to nearly every community in the country”, and “without it, most of us would be driven to drastic measures to accommodate drought conditions” (Clay, 2015). The author discusses information, which reveal her perspective about how groundwater has increase throughout the nation, which has affected many environmental factors. This due to the contamination of groundwater. When groundwater has become contaminated, it causes the communities to have less water resources to support their use. What cause groundwater to contaminate? According to Clay (2015), “Due to water’s excellent solvency, it’s easy for runoff” and “even rainwater to contain contaminates from plastics, pesticides, oil and dissolved chemicals” (Clay, 2015), which causes e-waste to be a form of a serious pollution. E-waste has many harmful chemicals that leaks into the soil and go directly to the groundwater resources. This cause when electronics are dumped illegally and in states that have yet to enact landfill ban legislation for electronic waste (Clay, 2015). In order to reduce or protect the community, learning to recycled or refurbished electronics can prevent groundwater contamination. Because if we do not learn to recycled or refurbished electronics it can in up in traveling from garbage, to the soil, and final to the groundwater. This will then affect the community.

“Climate Change and Global Warming” by Anup Shah

Today, many are agreed that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Recent years show increasing extremities in weather pattern .The world mostly agrees that something needs to be done about global warming and climate change. According to Shah (2015), “Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures.” The reason is because of the increase of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. According to the author’s perspective “Greenhouse effect is known as the rise in temperature on Earth as certain gases in the atmosphere trap energy” (Shah, 2015). This causes the greenhouse effect to become stronger, which allows a sufficient amount of heat to be establish on the earth. When this happens the earth become uncomfortable for humans, plants and animals (Shah, 2015). As for climate change scientists have provided reports that will better help to better understand climate change. Climate change happens when the temperature begins to rise, which can lead to changes being submitted to the earth. For instance; climate change can cause floods, droughts, and strong rain (Shah, 2015). Global warming as we know of today has cause a huge effect over the world for many years. This is mainly because of the increases in greenhouse gases emission on the earth’s environment. While continuing to read, Shah (2015), perspective is more like my own theory. Because global warming is being cause by things such as fossil fuels. The one important thing that we should remember is that we can prevent global warming and the effects on climate change. By helping to prevent these actions, we can make our earth a better and safer place to live.

Reference

Clay, V. (2015, May 4). What Effect Does E-Waste Have On Groundwater? on Environmental XPRT. Retrieved May 8, 2015, from http://www.environmental-expert.com/articles/what-effect-does-e-waste-have-on-groundwater-483477

Shah, A. (2015, February 1). Climate Change and Global Warming Introduction. Retrieved May 8, 2015, from www.globalissues.org/article/233/climate-change-and-global-warming-introduction