Environmental studies

  • Acid rain is precipitation that has increased acidic levels. This can occur not only in the form of rain, but as snow, sleet, hail or any other type of precipitation. This acidity is a result of pollution in the air

  • The growth of industrialized factory farming has been substantial in the past decade. The number of dairy cows on factory farms increased by 100% and the average-sized dairy factory farm increased by 50% between 1997 and 2012. The number of

  • -Styrofoam contains styrene, which has proved to increase the risk for leukemia and lymphoma. -People working in factories which produce styrofoam suffer high rates of cancer, and in females, miscarriages. -Plastics and their toxins get consumed by fish that we eat. -Plastic toxins,

  • Isotopes are atoms that have the same number of electrons and protons, but they have different numbers of neutrons, therefore a differing mass amount as well. One element can have more than one isotope. For example Carbon-14 is an isotope

  • Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a short-term empirically tested treatment that is especially effective for adolescents with depression and other mood disorders. IPT recognizes that biological, biochemical, developmental, and personality factors contribute to the vulnerability to developing depression, but the approach