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Summarize the issue/problem you are interested in researching further UNDER THE THEME that is the BEST fit [technology, environment, or health].

Explain why you are interested in this topic.

Describe 2 - 3 lenses you think might work well for this topic? Explain why.

Add a link to an article, video, infographic, doc, etc. with information on your topic.

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To summarize, the issue I'm interested in researching is the environmental devastation in Thailand, a country that has become devoid of biodiversity due to its declining wildlife populations due to water scarcity, air pollution, and soil erosion from deforestation. The particular issue I want to solve is why Thailand has such a devastating ecosystem and how new technologies and practices could help renew the lost forests of this Southeastern Asian country.

I am particularly interested in this topic because this environmental loss had been ongoing since 2004, and has not improved since. Plus, I was shocked when I realized that Thailand was once an agrarian country, so I'm confused on how the current trends in the country have affected its former economy, and how the residents don't seem to be able to take care of a resource that they used over the span of generations.

A lens that could work well for this topic is an economic lens, as Thailand relies on its agriculture, which is currently being decimated due to a terrible environment, as a source of national income. Another lens would be from a health perspective, as the overflow of pollution into waterways and throughout the air can damage the lungs of Thailand's citizens as well as poison their drinking source, both of which would be caused by the issue at hand.

http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/Environmental_issues_in_Thailand

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Summarize: In australia the environment researchers are getting severe lack of funds and have little say in the issue at hand. Because of this many issues such as over mining and its affects on ecosystems are going unchecked.
Explain:I am interested in the topic because it is very broad and plays an important part in the world of science and life itself
Lenses:
Economic- Research is costly and must be given to other groups as well
futuristic-Not being concerned about the changes in the environment can lead to it disappearing in the future
Environmental-Lack of research on the environment can lead to devastating results
Link:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02669-8

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I can bring ideas to the table and interesting solutions. I can also improvise when needed if we need to continue a debate

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technology has become the thing most peoples life surrounds and can even control, so I want to see how we can better balance being in the real world and the virtual world.

Psychological, cultural and social lens

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJCHM-10-2015-0611/full/html

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I want to inform people about the benefits of nuclear power and how it can reduce our carbon emissions.

I believe that the future is nuclear energy. There isn't market and coal industry is huge so that serves a lot of problems. The word nuclear gets people discouraged.

Lenses: Environmental: Helps the environment by less carbon emissions.
Futuristic: It is a form of reliable power and works better than wind, coal or solar.

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3 Huge Reefs in the center of the Gulf of Mexico recently grew, and companies are straining to create a secure zone around them to prevent encroachment from oil or industrial activity.

I'm interested in this in the fact that Marine and undiscovered life interests me, and the fact we have such a massive plane of undersea life so close to Texas is fascinating.

1. Social Lens: As people will want to preserve this, and people will have different social views on how to go around treating the reefs.
2. Economic Lens: As people will want to make money from tourism to the reefs, but others may want to extract the valuable minerals from it.

https://www.texasobserver.org/a-coral-reef-sanctuary-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-could-triple-in-size/

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Should electrical technology be censored or kept away from younger kids

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Should electrical technology be kept away or censored to kids

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Is there a way to stop global warming or is it to late

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I’m good at taking charge and talking I’m also good at delegating

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The issue I'm interested in reading about are the tactics used by large companies to keep us locked on our phone screens. What is the strategy behind these tactics?

I'm interested in this topic as it is something we all deal with every day. I want to determine what kind of tactics are tricking me and my piers into using our phones more often.

Some lenses could include social, psychological, or cultural.

How App Developers Keep Us Addicted to Our Phones

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These are the sneaky ways apps like Instagram, Facebook, Tinder lure you in and get you 'addicted'

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App developers use psychological tactics to keep us addicted to our smartphones.

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Global warming and how affects the environment

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Global warming and how affects the environment

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https://www.edf.org/climate/how-climate-change-plunders-planet#:~:text=A%20warmer%20atmosphere%20causes%20the,to%20unprecedented%20sea%20level%20rise.

Economic because the land could be use for finical benefit but due to drought and and other related things it cant be used.
Scientific because we would be able to find the different relationships between the worse and better and how we humans can benefit from both sides.

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Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

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Our Trajectory

Earth Will Continue to Warm and the Effects Will Be Profound

The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in some regions, and an increase in the wind intensity and rainfall from tropical cyclones. Credit: left - Mike McMillan/USFS, center - Tomas Castelazo / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0, right - NASA.

Global climate change is not a future problem. Changes to Earth's climate driven by increased human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are already having widespread effects on the environment: glaciers and ice sheets are shrinking, river and lake ice is breaking up earlier, plant and animal geographic ranges are shifting, and plants and trees are blooming sooner.

Effects that scientists had long predicted would result from global climate change are now occurring, such as sea ice loss, accelerated sea level rise, and longer, more intense heat waves.

" The magnitude and rate of climate change and associated risks depend strongly on near-term mitigation and adaptation actions, and projected adverse impacts and related losses and damages escalate with every increment of global warming."

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Some changes (such as droughts, wildfires, and extreme rainfall) are happening faster than scientists previously assessed. In fact, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the United Nations body established to assess the science related to climate change - modern humans have never before seen the observed changes in our global climate, and some of these changes are irreversible over the next hundreds to thousands of years.

Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for many decades, mainly due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities.

A Degree of Difference

So, the Earth's average temperature has increased about 2 degrees Fahrenheit during the 20th century. What's the big deal?

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The IPCC's Sixth Assessment report, published in 2021, found that human emissions of heat-trapping gases have already warmed the climate by nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) since 1850-1900. The global average temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5 degrees C (about 3 degrees F) within the next few decades. These changes will affect all regions of Earth.

What's the difference between climate change and global warming?

"Global warming" refers to the long-term warming of the planet. "Climate change" encompasses global warming, but refers to the broader range of changes that are happening to our planet, including rising sea levels; shrinking mountain glaciers; accelerating ice melt in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic; and shifts in flower/plant blooming times.

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The severity of effects caused by climate change will depend on the path of future human activities. More greenhouse gas emissions will lead to more climate extremes and widespread damaging effects across our planet. However, those future effects depend on the total amount of carbon dioxide we emit. So, if we can reduce emissions, we may avoid some of the worst effects.

" The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of the planet. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss the brief, rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future." ²

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Future Effects in the U.S.

U.S. Regional Effects

U.S. Regional Effects

Climate change is bringing different types of challenges to each region of the country. Some of the current and future impacts are summarized below. These findings are from the Third and Fourth National Climate Assessment Reports, released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Is it too late to prevent climate change?

Humans have caused major climate changes to happen already, and we have set in motion more changes still. However, if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, the rise in global temperatures would begin to flatten within a few years. Temperatures would then plateau but remain well-elevated for many, many centuries.

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Northeast. Heat waves, heavy downpours, and sea level rise pose increasing challenges to many aspects of life in the Northeast. Infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, and ecosystems will be increasingly compromised. Farmers can explore new crop options, but these adaptations are not cost- or risk-free. Moreover, adaptive capacity, which varies throughout the region, could be overwhelmed by a changing climate. Many states and cities are beginning to incorporate climate change into their planning.

Northwest. Changes in the timing of peak flows in rivers and streams are reducing water supplies and worsening competing demands for water. Sea level rise, erosion, flooding, risks to infrastructure, and increasing ocean acidity pose major threats. Increasing wildfire incidence and severity, heat waves, insect outbreaks, and tree diseases are causing widespread forest die-off.

Southeast. Sea level rise poses widespread and continuing threats to the region's economy and environment. Extreme heat will affect health, energy, agriculture, and more. Decreased water availability will have economic and environmental impacts.

Midwest. Extreme heat, heavy downpours, and flooding will affect infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and more. Climate change will also worsen a range of risks to the Great Lakes.

Southwest. Climate change has caused increased heat, drought, and insect outbreaks. In turn, these changes have made wildfires more numerous and severe. The warming climate has also caused a decline in water supplies, reduced agricultural yields, and triggered heat-related health impacts in cities. In coastal areas, flooding and erosion are additional concerns.

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Header image shows cracked mud stretches across sections of the Panamint Valley. Credit: NPS/Kurt Moses; A degree of concern thermometer image credit: Pixabay/geralt

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Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Long-term effects of global climate change in the United States.

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I am interested in this topic because with all the wildfires going on, there is a lot of deforestation and our population is continuously growing so there is always deforestation to create new homes for new people.
-Going paperless if possible, decreasing the uprooting of trees for paper production
-Recycle, buy recycled items and recycle them again to prevent the use of things that affect our environment
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/

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Working to end deforestation and forest degradation while helping to restore lost forests is our best chance to solve the climate emergency, protect wildlife, and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities. That's why we are campaigning for more forests tomorrow than there are today. Greenpeace's forest campaign historically has called for an end to deforestation but our current climate emergency requires a genuine and just restoration of all natural ecosystems, and reduced degradation of the world's most critical landscapes.

The threats to nature vary from region to region. For example, in the tropics, agribusiness clears forests to make space for things like cattle ranching, palm oil, and soy plantations for animal feed. Demand for wood products can threaten forests around the world, whether it is for throw-away paper products or hardwood flooring.

In too many parts of the world, ineffective or corrupt governments make things worse by opening the door to illegal logging and other crimes.

Deforestation and degradation are complex problems. While there are no silver bullet solutions, these approaches can make a big difference to save our forests.

The Power of the Marketplace

If corporations have the power to destroy the world's forests, they also have the ability to help save them.

Companies can make an impact by introducing and implementing "zero deforestation" policies that clean up their supply chains. That means holding their suppliers accountable for producing commodities like timber, beef, soy, palm oil and paper in a way that does not fuel deforestation and has a minimal impact on our climate. Companies not only must make these policies but they must follow through on these promises, maximize the use of their sphere of influence, and collaborate with other like-minded institutions in their sectors, demanding suppliers transform the way our economy works so that nature is protected and human rights are respected.

Companies should set ambitious targets to maximize the use of recycled wood, pulp, paper and fiber in their products. For the non-recycled products they buy, they should ensure that any virgin fiber used has transparent, credible assurances that it was sourced in a legal way that respects principles of environmental and social responsibility. Third-party certification like the Forest Stewardship Council can be a starting point in evaluating sourcing. Greenpeace strongly advises against other weaker forest product certification schemes such as PEFC and SFI.

But these corporations haven't taken action on their own.

That's why we're investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse committed by corporations. Thanks to your actions, major companies are changing their ways and building solutions to protect jobs and our forests.

Standing with Indigenous Peoples

Forests around the world have been home to Indigenous Peoples for tens of thousands of years. Evidence shows that when Indigenous Peoples' rights to traditional lands and self-determination are respected, forests stay standing. But too often, corporations and governments overlook or intentionally trample the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

For example, the Waswanipi Cree of Northern Quebec are fighting to keep the last wild forests on their traditional land intact, and the Munduruku people of the Amazon are battling a proposed mega-dam that threatens rainforests, a river, and their way of life.

Promoting Sustainable Choices

You can make a difference in the fight to save forests by making informed daily choices. By consuming less, avoiding single-use packaging, eating sustainable food, and choosing recycled or responsibly-produced wood products, we can all be part of the movement to protect forests.

Make choices for forests, nature, and people - and do so vocally!

Changing the Politics

If we're going to stop deforestation, we need governments to do their part. We need world leaders to embrace ambitious domestic and international forest conservation policies based on the latest science, allowing us to live in a world that avoids severe climate disruption.

In the United States, laws like the Endangered Species Act, the Wilderness Act, the Lacey Act, and the Roadless Rule help protect our forests and stop illegal wood products from entering the U.S. marketplace. We also support global treaties like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Framework Convention on Climate Change that have the potential to protect forests and the wildlife that rely on forest habitats.

Take Action for a Deforestation-Free Future

If you're ready to join the movement to protect Forests, Wildlife, and Our Climate, here's how you can start:

Support efforts to amplify the voices of Indigenous Peoples and traditional forest communities.

Reduce your consumption of single-use products.

Demand that the forest-derived products you purchase are made from 100% post-consumer recycled content materials and when products are made from virgin forest, demand that the sourcing is done in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

Make informed food choices. There is a myriad of reasons to adopt a plant-based diet or reducing your consumption of animal products including the protection of forests and nature.

Demand that companies commit to reduce deforestation through forest-friendly policies and follow through on those commitments.

Educate your friends, family, and community about how our everyday actions can impact forests around the world.

Demand that your governments only source forest commodities in a way that ensures the protection of nature and respects human rights.

Avoid false solutions like biofuels, biomass, or carbon offsets that rely on wishful thinking, yet in practice release more greenhouse gas emissions.

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Solutions to Deforestation - Greenpeace USA

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Working to end deforestation and forest degradation while helping to restore lost forests is our best chance to solve the climate emergency, protect wildlife, and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities. That's why we are campaigning for more forests tomorrow than there are today.

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Technology and the effect it has on mental health

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Technology and the effect it has on mental health

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Social because tech can have different effects on mental health causing people to not get involved and hurt themselves.
Culture because it effects how people view other people could cause them to be canceled.

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Look around the next time you're at a restaurant. You'll see toddlers on iPads, kids posting on Instagram, and adults whose phones are placed right next to their plates, ready to be picked up at the first ding, buzz or ring.

Many of us lament how technology has changed our lives, but is it really bad for us? And, if so, what can be done about it?

Let's take a look at what science tells us about the effects of technology on our mental health:

* A study done at Duke University found that, on days they use technology more, at-risk adolescents experienced more conduct problems and higher ADHD symptoms compared to days they used technology less. On the flip side, the study also found that those same adolescents experienced less depression and anxiety on days they used technology more.

* A University of Michigan study found that Facebook use led to a decrease in happiness and overall life satisfaction.

* Research coming out of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found a link between heavy cell phone use in young adults and depressive symptoms.

* A team of Australian researchers conducted two studies and found that compulsive internet use by adolescents leads to poorer mental health.

* A Swansea University study found that heavy internet users experience psychological symptoms of withdrawal when they stop using.

Those studies raise some interesting points, but they also raise more questions. For example, does technology have the same impact on children, adolescents and adults? Or is it more detrimental to the developing brain? How much screen time is too much screen time? And are some forms of technology, like social media, worse than other kinds, like answering work emails?

The fact is, technology has evolved so fast that we really don't have it all figured out yet. To be sure, there will be many more studies done going forward that may help us better understand how technology affects mental health.

In the meantime, however, there's no disputing that tablets, cell phones and computers are all here to stay. But there are a few common-sense steps we can all take-and that experts recommend.

Tim Ferriss, best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, offers these tips:

* Experiment with short periods of inaccessibility. If your lifestyle allows it, keep your phone tucked away and check it at designated times throughout the day rather than having it immediately accessible at all times.

* Leave your phone at home one day a week. "It will feel like a two-week vacation," Ferriss says.

* Learn moderation. Chocolate is bad for you if you eat too much. Drinking too much alcohol is also bad. Perhaps we need to learn to view technology in the same light.

We all know our physical health is important, but it's easy to think of our mental health as a secondary concern-that we need to take care of on our own. But the reality is that conditions like depression and anxiety are highly treatable. The key? You do indeed need to be treated to get better.

Contact us today to find a Behavioral Health specialist you can team up with. Together, you can tackle any mental health concerns you may have. After all, being physically healthy doesn't do much for your well-being if you feel lousy all the time. Research tells us it's possible to feel better, but you have to take the first step.

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The Effects of Technology on Mental Health

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Look around the next time you're at a restaurant. You'll see toddlers on iPads, kids posting on Instagram, and adults whose phones are placed right next to their plates, ready to be picked up at the first ding, buzz or ring. Many of us lament how technology has changed our lives, but is it really bad for us?

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My strengths would be communicating well and staying on topic and working hard, however my areas of growth would be that I need to improve on becoming more of a group player and learning from others and my mistakes.

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Good with communicating and I get my work done
could get better at working more as a team

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Topic 1- DATA USAGE

Why- I want to know how my data is being used. I have been hearing a lot about data misuse in the news and I want to develop a opinion about it. 

What I know- I know big companies use our data to distract us. This can be through adds, videos, and purchase recommendations. I also know that sponsors of politicians use our data to persuade us in a different direction. 

Lenses- Corporation, Citizen, Governmental 

Link- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-scandal-fallout.html

Topic 2- SOCIAL MEDIA

Why- I often get distracted by social media. I was interested in why I am addicted. 

What I know- I know that it is common for teens and adults to have a addiction for social media.

Lenses- App owner, Individual who is addicted, Individual who isn't addicted. 

Link- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201805/addicted-social-media 

Topic 3- Access to internet should be a human right

Why- People without access to internet are at a disadvantage compared to individuals who do have access. Information should be able to be accessible to all. 

What I know- I know that education should be a even playing field and information should be accessible to all. 

Lenses- Person who can't access, Person who can, Teacher

Link- https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/everyone-should-be-entitled-to-free-internet-access-researchers-argue-111319.html 