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 Ahram Solis EPA says, “Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air.” These chemicals mix into our atmosphere, which causes the damaging rain called “acid rain”. Two ways that sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides get into clouds are from power plants releasing these chemicals into the air or into near by lakes. The rain can make the environment for wildlife toxic to live in and can also cause them to die. It can always be bad for our body if anyone’s outside during an acid rain and ruin crops. We can decrease the chances of acid rain showing up by stopping the usage green house gases. https://www3.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatcauses.html

 Although it is not been posted all over social media and news stations California is at a water crisis of fresh/clean tap available. Contaminants such as arsenic, nitrates and 123-TCP are in 215,000 water service connections across the state of California and is a violation. 1 million people in California are being warned about this tap water contamination issue but way more are at risk, in the article it stated that 4 million people are at risk of contamination. Considering only around 40 million people live in California this is a huge issue.  https://neverthirstinc.org/keep-cali-flowing?gclid=CjwKCAjwmv-DBhAMEiwA7xYrdzn2uoZ5U0rOUsl4zxoWN0rzVhV63yhzbmgnv_2dxbnvnJmebYibMBoC6xYQAvD_BwE

 Carliss Howell: Pros and Cons of Geothermal Energy      For my final blog post, I wanted to make a full circle and by talking geothermal energy and the pros and cons of this source of energy I feel like I can do so. To recap, Geothermal Energy is built on the basis of Earth’s heat. It is energy that is said to be contained in rocks and fluids beneath the Earth’s crust. There are many pros to this type of energy those being that it is a reliable source of power, small land footprint , and usable for large and small scale installations. It is reliable because it is a very predictable source of energy. It will have a constant power output no matter the time of day or season. By small land footprint I mean is that building these last wont require a lot of land surface because the energy comes from the earth. Finally, large scale and small scale applications basically means that both large and small plants are able to use geothermal energy (commercial and residential). J...

Rasmus Svensson  GENEROSITY.ORG For this last blog post I was planning on talking about an organization that help to provide clean water. Their big statement is "A SMALL ACT OF GENEROSITY NOW CHANGES A LIFE FOREVER". In 2020 there was 844 million still lacking clean water throughout. Their mission is to end poverty by giving them clean water and to give them new opportunities to do something special with their life. Their trying to make their life longer in a lot of different countries. You can choose to donate to one person, to one couple, to one family or to one village depending on how much you are willing to pay. Generosity.org values are integrity, honesty, accountability, and transparency. Their mission is to not only help with water access but also  with Sanitation, Medical Aid, Education, Family Support, Mentorship, Economic Development, Legal Assistance, Disaster Relief https://generosity.org/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/extinction/ Nicole Price I decided to make my last blog post, here today, about extinction and what it is.  Extinction is defined as ‘the dying out of a species’. It plays a very important, yet detrimental role in evolution. While extinction is not necessarily good it’s not entirely bad either. It happens a lot more than you’d think.  The number of declining species is constant. Meaning that we are losing an average number of species to extinction every year, century, and millennium. This helps drive evolution because the end of one species is the beginning of another. When done correctly extinction can make room for a newer, more evolved species. But the part that’s worrisome is the increasing number of mass extinctions that we are facing more and more everyday. Massive extinction is when a large number of a species dies out in a relatively short amount of time. These extinctions generally have a variety of different causes that...

 Hannah Bailey  There have been posts about sea levels rising however its not just affecting the sea. The water rising is also affecting the land. There is always the conspiracy that Florida will be fully submerged. It is stated on “the travel” page that Florida could be submerged as soon as 2050. This means that section of land will become apart of the sea life ecosystem. All of the oil preserves, the towns, even maybe cars would be submerged and begin to add more pollution to the ocean. This would require the citizens on Florida to have to reside elsewhere. Around 20 square mile of land has been consumed by sea levels rising. That is equivalent to 9,680 football fields of land gone. The image shown is a demonstration of what Florida will begin to look like if we dont take action fast. It is imperative that we save Florida for the citizens, land history, and for the oceans sake.  https://www.thetravel.com/florida-underwater-soon-stats/ https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast...