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Earth Day is every day
This next week will prove to be nothing very exciting. I have a lot of work to do with these projects I've been telling you all about, and we're still going over material in my Environmental Science class. I am meeting with two of my project groups today to hopefully finish our projects. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If so that would be just about the greatest thing ever, because the amount of work I have left is staggering. I hate procrastinating but I do it so often anyway!
In honor of Earth Day today, I thought I would discuss some more Environmental Science with all of you. Right now we are discussing green house gasses - quick fact: Did you know that water vapor is the most effective and most abundant green house gas in the atmosphere? It's not carbon dioxide like everyone presumes. I'm always fascinated with what we talk about in that class. For example, last class we were talking about how CFC gasses are released into the air that are 300 times more effective in trapping heat than carbon dioxide and they last for thousands of years. Compiled with the fact that these same CFC's also damage the ozone by allowing more UV rays to reach the earth's surface, it worries me about how much longer the earth can sustain the human race. A great thing about this class though is that we don't just talk about the problems, we work with them.
I've mentioned before the continuous project we have had in this class the last couple of weeks, working with data about the air quality in the state of Virginia. Well this week we have our final presentation of our project. We are going to discuss the air quality, as if speaking to a "town hall", so we have to present the information in clear concise terms. I find this requirement of the project pretty helpful, because I am positive in my professional career I will be making presentations to bosses and clients who may not know so much about the science I am working on and I'll have to present it to them in a way which they'll understand. So what I learn here is something I bet I will use in any field I decide to work on.
Well I'm going to hopefully finish these group projects today, talk to you all soon!
Posted by Simeon on April 22, 2005 04:39 PM | Link | Email Simeon
