As the world continues to industrialize, more environmental have arisen and/or persisted. Often when people consider environmental issues they immediately think of global warming as the most prominent. Although this issue has certainly become increasingly more distressing, countless other environmental problems have continued to present themselves. Environmental issues, however, are often not given a lot […]

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Something that is talked about a lot and is a huge problem in today’s society is global warming. Whether you believe that it is just a natural trend for the temperature to fluctuate or you think this is purely unnatural there is no denying that the earth is warming up. The increase of temperatures is […]

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Eutrophication is maybe something that you have never heard of but it is actually a huge problem that we are dealing with. In the state college area eutrophication is not that huge because there are no bodies of water, but in my home town Erie, it is something that is of a concern. To understand […]

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Fracking, there is much controversy around it and especially its effects on the environment. According to the Merriam – “Webster  dictionary fracking is defined as the injection of fluid into shale beds at high pressure in order to free up petroleum resources (such as oil or natural gas).” To understand fracking a little more we […]

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Pollution is never a good thing but it can a serious problem when the very air we breathe is becoming polluted to the point to where it looks as if it is foggy. The term smog was created in the 20th century which was a combination of the words smoke and fog to describe the […]

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