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The small beach town of Ocean beach resides on Fire Island in New York. This quaint but active town is slowly disappearing under the rising tides caused by rising sea levels. In response to rising sea levels and beach erosion, property owners have begun building their homes off the ground up to fifteen feet.

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This was caused by the local sewage system being overwhelmed due to the multiple hurricanes that hit the area with lots of rainfall... causing the wastewater to flood the streets up to knee heights in some areas.

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My lawn does not consist of a single monoculture, rather it consists of multiple plant species, increasing its biodiversity in richness and size. This is during the fall season, and although the grass is becoming crabby, the other flora on the lawn is still thriving!

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Some other leafy greens that are not the same as the ones before

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During the Mt. Sinai Trip, I found a small pool area that was being used to help conserve and replenish the wild populations of Eel Grass. These buckets of eelgrass are protected and given time to grow and mature to help increase the population of eelgrass in the wild.

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White-Tailed Deer are native to Fire Island and the Long Island area. They coexist with the permanent population on the island year round, but do not enter denser, louder, or more populated areas of Ocean Beach (Such as the main strip on Bay Walk) during the summer. They do enter the area during October till around May.

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(This is a joke) The White-Tail Deer has created a mutualistic relationship with the local human population: The humans supply the easy to grab food, and the deer stand still so tourists can take photos.

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NEW STUFF

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I took a photo of one of my local recharge basins, which is a large ditch allocated for the recharging of a local aquifer by allowing exposed soil to flourish, pooling the water and letting it reach into the groundwater. Recharge basins are an important aspect to anthropogenic actions that affect the water cycle, as recharge basins help give back some of the water we take from aquifers

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This is a picture of my local woodland next to my house. My parents always tell me stories about how 20 years ago there were much fewer trees and of a much shorter height. Since then, hundreds more have grown and a larger variety of flora are covering the floor of the woodlands. This is an example of succession, and this is a mid-late stage successive woodland due to the amount and height of the trees.

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Since taking this class, my family has been trying to order more sustainable meats, as we don’t want to give up our habits but want to be better about them. As you can see here, we purchased Free Range chicken legs from our local grocer. Free Range chickens are kept in a healthier environment than ones in CAFOs, as they have access to more land, less medication, a better source of nutrition and a less stressful environment.

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Symbiotic relationships appear everywhere in the environment, however, not all of them help both parties. This photo for example showcases a parasitic vine plant stealing nutrients from a tree. The vine latches through the bark of the tree and into the middle of it, sucking out sugar to use for itself, making the tree weaker: as the vine grows, it suffocates more limbs and portions of the tree, weakening it until it can no longer sustain itself, killing the tree.