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Reflective Writing Assignment

When I first enrolled in this class, I was very nervous it was going to be another math class I was required to take that would mean nothing to me in real life. However, that soon proved wrong as the … Continue reading

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Climate Refugees

“A continually warming world will be a graveyard for entire ecosystems, entire peoples – and potentially even entire nations,” stated, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, 2016 UN high Commissioner for Human Rights at the time stated.” There is a humanitarian crisis … Continue reading

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In the News : CO2

New research is occuring to see how carbon dioxide can be captured from the environment. If this is able to happen, it will help to reduce green house gasses in the air, therefore prolonging the damaging effects of climate change. … Continue reading

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In the news: Leaf Produces Clean Gas

A new discovery in recorded by Science Daily, from the University of Cambridge, explains a new form of clean gas. There is a new form of energy from at artificial leaf that can produce clean gas. This gas, Syngas, is … Continue reading

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Heating My House: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Last week I learned how much energy I use to heat my home during the year. This week I wanted to take that a step further and find out how many gas emissions heating my home will release. Last week, … Continue reading

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Energy Used to Heating Home

I chose to do the topic of energy is used to heat my home during the year. According to my electric bill, my roomates and I used 977.04 kWh this month. Because we have not yet turned our heat on, … Continue reading

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Multidisciplinary Conversations in the Anthropocene

Last week I attended a talk about how climate change and global warming is causing fundamental changes to earth.  This talk was between two individuals, Michael Mann, the director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University and … Continue reading

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Gallons used to brush teeth per year

When I brushed my teeth withoutt turning off the water, I used about 2.25  gallons of water per brush. Part 1: \[ \frac{2 \text { cups}}{5 \text{ seconds}} \times \frac{1 \text{ gallon}}{16 \text{ cups}} \times \frac{60 \text{ seconds}}{1 \text{ minute}} \times \frac{1.5 … Continue reading

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A New Way to Turn Heat into Electricity

This past week, a study first posted in the Science Daily from the Ohio State university came out reporting that there is a new way to turn heat into useful energy. Scientists believe they may be able to turn heat … Continue reading

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Math Quiz: Chelsea Tepel

\(x^{2} +x-20 = (x-4) (x+5)\) \(10.5 (1+r)^{30} \) \((6.71\times 10^8 )\times (2.3\times 10^{-4})\approx 1.54\times 10^5\) \( \pi L(1-a)R^2 = 4 \pi \sigma T^4R^2\) \(56 \text{mi} \times \frac{1.61 \text{km}}{1 \text{ mi}} \approx 90\text {km}\) \[56 \text{mi} \times \frac{1.61 \text{km}}{1 \text{ mi}} … Continue reading

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