Read the two attached academic journal articles. For each article:1. Provide a brief summary, including the authors motivation(s) and results/conclusions.2. Explain why, in your own opinion, the topic being studied is important.3. Identify what result/conclusion was most shocking to you and why.4. Identify which of the figures is most important and explain why. https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos.learn.cloudflare.blackboardcdn.com/blackboard.learn.xythos.prod/5a33ed4744755/5138007?X-Blackboard-Expiration=1620432000000&X-Blackboard-Signature=CxEgi4%2FNYghfhPh82urlO3VWG%2F0j7%2FN6rvf9fOuDfF8%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=100501&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27HW5-Jevrejeva%2520et%2520al.%25202012%2520-%2520Sea%2520Level%2520Rise.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20210507T180000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAYDKQORRYTKBSBE4S%2F20210507%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=e387937025ed466ca1574a11e55d85288b815d13887fd62b50164b37c6cfc1e2 https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos.learn.cloudflare.blackboardcdn.com/blackboard.learn.xythos.prod/5a33ed4744755/5138008?X-Blackboard-Expiration=1620432000000&X-Blackboard-Signature=CkHHJzY%2BX4hNplME7NzoQrgy9PNRXux52tKJQ1Fboik%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=100501&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27HW5-Fischer%2520and%2520Knutti%25202015%2520-%2520Anthropogenic%2520Contribution%2520to%2520Heavy%2520Precipitation%2520and%2520High%2520Temperature%2520Extremes.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20210507T180000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAYDKQORRYTKBSBE4S%2F20210507%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=74a1961ab7ddb2e98358d59b6819903345e0bc8fb9c07e1a1c85138c48975d70
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Sustainability
February 28th, 2022 
1) Identify a sustainability problem. List area of sustainability as a category. Choose from: Energy, Water, Waste, Civic Engagement, Safety and Health. 2) Find and summarize with 3-5 bullet points an article that discusses an interesting technology that might address the problem. In the bullets please mention the name of the technology/brand if available. Include […]
Sustainability in the Fast Fashion Industry
February 24th, 2022 what the problem is (fast fashion) but what is the common way it is understood? Is it a problem of overproduction? Consumer habits? be specific. And then there’s the political ecology way to understand the problem, what is it? You suggest possible solutions might be increased taxes and waste disposal policies but argue these bring […]
Any topic (writer’s choice)
February 24th, 2022 For the Phases of Venus lab, students can still refer to the original lab manual text. Videos are available for the students to take the data, at the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGcCKVp7V9CJggmIau9mLAGSn2P55qsf_ These include an introductory video, a video for reviewing phases, and the two core videos that go through all the positions A-H for Venus […]
Research Question and/or Hypothesis
February 22nd, 2022 The final project for this course will require you to produce a geoscience research paper on a topic that is of current or general interest to the geoscience community. The research paper will contain an abstract, introduction, data collection methods, results, and conclusion. You will need to become familiar with the elements of the paper. […]
Environmental injustice
February 21st, 2022 write a 1-page proposal of your final paper in which you will describe the topic you have chosen and the significance (importance) of this topic. The topic has to be about a case of environmental injustice in the Global South (NOT in NYC and NOT in the United States). Pick 1 country (or small region, […]
chemistry
February 17th, 2022 1. Do all molecules obey the octet rule? If No, give at least three examples of molecules that do not obey the octet rule/exceptions to the octet rule. 2. What is the difference between electron-domain geometry and molecular geometry of a molecule? Give examples. 3. Discuss how “Bond dipoles” in molecules can be used to […]
Ecological Sustainability
February 16th, 2022 Many scientists and people in leadership positions say thathumans must not pollute, must avoid being wasteful, and must have a style oflife that is sustainable. However, can people really achieve this or is thisjust a totally unrealistic proposition? Today, humans pollute heavily, areincredibly wasteful, and are not preserving resources for their grandsons andgranddaughters. Can humans […]
Geography
February 8th, 2022 Write at least 3 paragraphs of at least 5 “thoughtful” sentences each. Find a “carbon footprint calculator” site on the Internet. A suggestion is to use the EPA site for this. Go through the questions and submit your answers. When you are finished, you will have a result. Write about that result. What does “carbon […]
chem discussion
January 29th, 2022 For this discussion you get to switch roles from student to teacher! Suppose you needed to explain the concept of the mole to a junior high school student. What would you tell them? Some background: There’s a great story about the the famous physicist Richard Feynman. One of Feynman’s colleagues, David Goodstein, once asked him […]
