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Environmental Impact Project: Topics to Explore!

This guide is meant as a source for researching topics on environmental protection.

Topics

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Learn more about Threatened and Endangered Species
Environmental Protection Agency
Threatened and Endangered Species
Environmental Education for Kids out of the State of Wisconsin
Endangered Mammals of North America**
Search this site for endangered species from all over the world here!

WATER DEPLETION

Less Fertile Crescent
Article on depletion in the Middle East.
Groundwater Decline and Depletion
From the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes graphs, images and charts.

As California's groundwater free-for-all ends, gauging what's left
Pair this Stanford webpage with the above video

WATER POLLUTION

Six things that shouldn’t pollute your drinking water
Includes an extensive glossary of words to know
Water pollution: an introduction
Let's Talk about Water

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

5 chemical threats to the Great Lakes
What chemicals are affecting the Great Lakes?
Aerosols: Tiny Particles, Big Impact
Article from NASA describing aerosol pollutants
Meet the Terrific Teens with Pollution Solutions!
Includes a great video on kids that are helping reduce pollution!
Black and Hispanic Americans bear a disproportionate burden from air pollution
Video and accompanying article

INVASIVE SPECIES

What's the Difference Between Native and Endemic Species?
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Check out the link at the bottom of the article for information about the Asian Carp!

RISING SEA LEVELS

DECLINING BEE POPULATION

Colony Collapse Disorder
From the Environmental Protection Agency
Getting the buzz on the value of bees
Australian Academy of Science - includes a video
Honey Found to Contain Pesticides Implicated in Bee Population Collapse

DEFORESTATION

How Deforestation Works
Loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions
Includes several links, images, charts and graphs from Globalissues.org
TEDx Middle School: Why is Deforestation Harmful to the Environment by Neeharika Vattikuti

ACIDIC OCEANS

More than just temperature—climate change and ocean acidification
Includes images, interactive pH charts and a video on acidification and biodiversity
Ocean Acidification
What is happening in the ocean?
Includes images, charts and video from NASA Kids

ACID RAIN

Acid Rain
Includes an article and descriptive chart from Adirondack Council - Preserving water, air and wildlands
The environmental legacy of acid rain
Includes video on impacts of climate change
Acid Rain and Water
Article and images from the U.S. Geographical Survey
Learning about acid rain
Extensive article from the Environmental Protection Agency including 1970-2005 timeline, experiments, games, activities and glossary