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End of Course Reflection
While I wouldn’t call it a struggle, math has never exactly been a favorite of mine. While I understand its importance, there seem to be very few instances in which the information is presented alongside an actual means of application … Continue reading
Life on Land: Deforestation Recovery for a Sustainable Future
While it has been the subject of much debate for many years, there can be now question that climate change is a real and present issue in the world today. Industry and modern living practices have skyrocketed our levels of … Continue reading
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Tagged Deforestation, Life on Land, Sustainability, United Nations
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Sustainable Future for Palm Oil Crops?
For my final In The News post I have chosen to explore recent findings in the sustainable farming of palm trees in Colombia, a practice which, until this point, has been widely condemned by environmental activists due to the large … Continue reading
Restore Nature-Limit Climate Change
The article I chose to explore for my second In The News post discusses the recent meeting of 27 countries from around the world in Paris, congregating in efforts to raise money for the Green Climate Fund. The GCF is … Continue reading
Annual CO2 Emissions From Energy Required to Heat Shower Water
For the estimation assignment this week I chose to extrapolate the carbon dioxide emissions from the energy used to heat my shower water over the course of a year. To inform this calculation, I drew from my estimation assignment last … Continue reading
Packing on the Pounds: Meet Anchorage’s Biggest Bears
With all the less than stellar things going on in these turbulent times we find ourselves in, I thought it might be nice to change the pace a little bit and talk about something I think we can all enjoy: … Continue reading
Make an Estimate: Energy Used Heating Water for Showers
For this assignment, I chose to estimate the energy used to heat the water for my showers over the course of a year. For the previous “Make an Estimate” assignment I had already calculated the amount of water I use … Continue reading
Make an Estimate: Water
According to an article in the New York Times regarding global water shortages, more than one third of urban areas around the world which contain three million people or more are under what is considered to be high to extremely … Continue reading
Math Quiz: Alec Hickmon
\(x^2+x-20=(x-4)(x-5)\) \(10.5(1+r)^{30}\) \((6.71\times 10^8) \times (2.3\times 10^{-4})\approx 1.54\times 10^5\) \(\pi L(1-\alpha)R^2=4\pi \sigma T^4 R^2\) \(56 \text { mi} \times \frac{1.61\text { km}}{1 \text { mi}}\approx 90\text { km}\) \[56 \text { mi} \times \frac{1.61\text { km}}{1 \text { mi}}\approx 90\text … Continue reading
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Alec Hickmon’s Introduction
Hi! I’m Alec and I’m a sophomore majoring International Politics with a minor in Arabic Language, and intending toward a master’s degree in International Affairs. Prior to coming to Penn State, I served in the Army for five years as … Continue reading
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