A small post between larger ones, I shall pass some gas, a small poot of writing about Methane (CH4). Methane is one of the gases the contributes to the greenhouse effect on earth. How does it relate to agricultural pollution? Cattle account for about 75% of methane emissions from livestock and 37% of ALL methane […]
Author: Justin
Hi I'm Justin h͢͟e͝l̴̷҉p̛͟ ͘m͘͞é͏, a year 3 Life Science Student from Rusa. I like staying in RV on weekends to cook for my friends and have fun, not because my s͌͌ ̤̅o̍ͯu̾ͨl̫̖ is bound to this place by a blood ritual or anything like that hahaha ha.
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On Nutrient Pollution, Part 3: Bad HABits, Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) and Agricultural waste
Now before we explain HABs, we first need to understand what algae are. Although commonly thought to just be aquatic version of plants, in truth they are far from that. Algae are an extremely diverse group of organisms and despite their similarities that have led scientists of times past to classify them together, not all […]
Mini Post: Angry over Ammonia
Ammonia (NH3) is an atmospheric pollutant that has complex and interesting effects on the environment. Despite NH3 being alkaline, it contributes to soil and freshwater acidification by releasing of H+ ions during the microbial nitrification of Ammonium ions (NH4+) to Nitrate ions (NO3−). Interestingly it raises local levels of soil nitrogen, which may actually enhance […]
On Nutrient Pollution, Part 2: Bad HAB(its) [TEASER TRAILER 4K HD]
Jokes aside, this is something a little different to make this blog assignment more fun. I hope you guys enjoyed it! This is a prelude to a bigger post on Harmful Algal Blooms. While the themes represented in this audio play may have been intended as comedic drama, the reality of it is much […]
On Nutrient Pollution, Part 1: Too Much of a Good Thing
One of the most common forms of agricultural pollution is nutrient pollution. “Hol’up, aren’t nutrients a good thing?” my strawman retorts. Well dear strawman and hopefully reader (in the hope that someone actually reads these), ever heard about the saying ‘too much of a good thing is bad’? Yeah, this is one of those times. […]
Agriculture: Growing Food – Growing Problems – Growing Definitions
Farming as a concept has done a lot for us a species, it was because of agriculture that we were able to transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to more permanent settlements (Barker, 2006). The development of a system in which a subset of the population is dedicated entirely to food production has facilitated the rise […]
Fresh From the Oven
Hello fellow student pollution bloggers! I am Justin, a year 4 Life Sciences Major, I’m taking this module as part of my minor in Aquatic Ecology. While life science is generally thought of as biology, to view it in isolation is to ignore the complexity of nature and interplay of between organisms and their environment. […]