A rather specific request. I work in an area which has hundreds of little reservoirs which cross ephemeral drainages to store water for cattle (primarily) and game later in the year. Seems to me these buggers could royally screw up the hydrology of the area, in addition to adding salt to the soil, removing soil from streams, changing local humidity, etc. But, they’re small and unobtrusive – so I haven’t found any research on their environmental impact. Any guidance? Even proper search terms would be helpful.
You might search "check dams". There are benefits as well. Stream life is rather restricted when the streams dry up completely. I suspect that any soil added to the soil gets washed away when the rainy season comes again. In my part of PA, the small dams are considered helpful.
Environmental impact research on small water retention reservoirs?
Why are people so virulently against environmental conservation or clean energy?
People are acting like the planet is the most insignificant, unimportant thing, and that worrying about keeping it clean is whiny nonsense.
I’ve actually seen comments, regarding the gulf oil spill, suggesting that they just let it gush and saying "who cares, accidents happen"
Shouldn’t people be worried that they will be affected by climate change or pollution? it’ll affect the food chain, businesses, allergens, pests.
Do these people have somewhere else they’re gonna go after earth is unlivable?
Because the general population is selfish and only care about things if it directly affects or benefits them 
Are there any environmental disasters in northeast Kansas?
I need to know of any environmental issues/problems in northeast Kansas. Not something like global warming, but something like a big industry dumping toxic waste in a river. Has anything like that happened recently? Or even in the history of Kansas?
Okay, I’m a geologist in Southern California, so I’m not familiar with the geography (not geology, geography) of Kansas, but you have a number of Federal Superfund sites, which qualify as the *most polluted* sites in the nation. Don’t feel bad, every state has them. There’s a list below (2nd link) with locations, and you can look to see if they’re in the northeastern part of Kansas. The bottom link has LOTS of data, but because it has LOTS of data, it is very slow to load. But it’s there, if you’re patient. The third link is where you can find every Superfund site by state, if you’re interested. The first link is just a simple explanation of what Superfund is.
Chemistry or Environmental Science?
Alright all bright minds out there. I need some advice.
I want to get into the environmental arena and I’m really interested in the science aspect of it (I don’t care for the social part of it or the law, politics, etc. etc. etc. – I just want to be a field scientist/consultant). I am a year away from either my B.Sc. chemistry or my BSc. Environmental Science with a focus area in the Physical Sciences.
Obviously a lot of my "physical sciences" focus courses are Chemistry courses, therefore after graduating with my environmental science degree (if I choose to go that way) I will have about 30 Credit hours of Chemistry (about 1/4 of my degree), and some pros would be: Knowledge of Computer Cartography, GIS, environmental impact assessment, etc. Cons – I would not have that many technical courses – environmental chemistry, toxicology, etc. etc.
So my question is this. For someone wanting to practice as a scientist/consultant at an environmental consulting firm, should I take the Chemistry degree with a fair amount of environmental science courses (physical geography, atmospheric science, environmental science general courses, intro. biology, toxicology, etc.) or have a more I guess you could say "Applied" degree.
Which would have better career prospects? I know that out the door with the chemistry degree I could probably get some of the junior enviro. jobs and also some junior chemist jobs if I choose to do so, but will the degree title of Environmental Science help me more?
Your response is appreciated!
Chemistry it’s a major. It’s nice for you to have aim of your future career, however you still didn’t know what would happen in the future. If you took Environmental Science degree it’d only limiting your choice of career whereas Chemistry degree will have more choice of career and would act as a solid foundation of your knowledges and your career as well.
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