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1 .[|http://www.naturalnews.com/031073_science_tyranny.html#ixzz1b2wUY73y] This article was written by Mike Adams. It's overall talking about how science has lost its creditably. He points out that a lot of science bloggers have financial ties to the same companies who profits come from their activities. He strongly believes that the reputation of scientist have been ruined because of GMO lackey's.

2.[] This covers weather change & the misuse of water. __Weather Change: Policy Reforms That cost less and make communities safer.__ We prepared to handle climate change because we waited to long to get a handle on the use of water in the past. We have built house and plants on the edge of edge of rivers causing pollution problems that leave us vulnerable to floods.

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__Green Water Infrastructure.__ This talks about updating our water infrastructure to fit the 21st century and solutions. We are working on restoring floodplains instead of building taller trees.

4.[] This article covers deforestation.Deforestation involves the clearing of a forested land by human activity. i.e; timber production, farming, mining etc. In the modern Era

5.[] __Ozone layer depletion.__in the 1980's Scientist discovered that earths protection layer was thinning over Antarctica. The thinning of the layer is due to human activity such as littering, deforestation, mining and other things. This is causing the destruction of CFC's, also known as chlorofluorocarbon aerosol cans like hairspray, airbrushes, spray paint cans. The whole over the antarctic continues to contract and expand every season. The ozone plays a key role in our climate and biosphere.

6. __ http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2247?gclid=CLCxkO29ka0CFRFV7Aodpxu_mg __ : this link talks about the different types of studies there are for environmental science. Students in each class represent a broad spectrum of academic and professional experience. Nearly two thirds of the class has an undergraduate background in the sciences including chemistry, environmental science, physics, biology, computer science and geology. complex environmental and sustainable development challenges demand public managers and policymakers who possess management expertise and a solid foundation in environmental science. The Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy housed in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and designed by the Earth insitute trains sophisticated public managers and policymakers who apply innovative, systems-based thinking to environmental issues.

7. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111215232720. Humans are having an effect on Earth's ecosystems but it's not just the depletion of resources and the warming of the planet we are causing. Now you can add an over-abundance of nitrogen as another "footprint" humans are leaving behind. The only question is how large of an impact will be felt. Until that time nitrogen, an essential building block to life on Earth and a major but inert component of its atmosphere, had cycled at low but balanced levels over millennia. That balance ended around 1895. The effects of the high nitrogen inputs "were immediate, and no place in the Northern Hemisphere -- not even the highest reaches of the Arctic was safe," Elser stated.

8. http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/43744. Drought and erratic rains could lead to further food scarcities in Africa warns the United Nations World Food Program. The WFP singles out South Sudan, the world's newest nation, and Niger as nations of particular concern. Earlier this year famine killed scores of people, including an estimated 30,000 children, in Somalia. In South Sudan drought and ongoing conflict threaten food supplies for 2.7 million people. "A gathering storm of hunger is approaching South Sudan, caused by crop failure and market disruption," said WFP director in South Sudan, Chris Nikoi. "Food prices have already doubled or tripled in some areas, leaving hundreds of thousands of children vulnerable to malnutrition at a key developmental stage of their young lives." The WFP states it is upping operations to feed more people in the new nation in 2012, but warns that lack of infrastructure and land mines makes travel difficult. It says it needs emergency funds of nearly $100 million for food services in South Sudan for the first quarter of 2012.

9. http://www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/dn21298. Ronald Reagan was right. Well, nearly. One of the former US president's most ridiculed statements was that acid rain came from trees. Up to half the acidity in rainfall over the US in summer does indeed come from volatile compounds given off by plants, just not the compounds Reagan was thinking of. Formic acid is produced when we burn fossil fuels and biomass, and when plant compounds called terpenoids are oxidised by sunlight. New satellite data shows more than 100 million tonnes of formic acid is produced naturally each year, far more than thought and 10 times the total from all known sources. Once, researchers thought ants might be a missing source. But Trissevgeni Stavrakou of the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy in Brussels found the highest densities above tropical and northern boreal forests during the spring growing season. Lab studies and modelling pin the blame on terpenoids.

10.http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=6645. Air pollution in eastern China during the last 50 years has led to a reduction in the amount of light rainfall of almost a quarter. This is revealed by an international study conducted with support from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. There is a risk that the consequences will be increased drought, reduced harvests and poorer public health. In some parts of eastern China the number of days with rain has diminished by 23 percent in 50 years. The consequences are increased drought and poorer harvests. A team of climate researchers from the USA, China and Sweden – including Deliang Chen, Professor of Physical Meteorology in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg – has now studied the problem and demonstrated that the reduced amounts of rainfall have a direct connection with high concentrations of air pollution. According to the researchers, the failure of rain to appear has a direct link to the concentrations of aerosol in the atmosphere. Researchers have long been aware that aerosol, which consists of small particles surrounded by gas and water, has the capacity to ”gather” raindrops around it in clouds.