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1 Foott, BettymayaLight pollution hazards within ecosystems and mitigation strategies for the futureLight Pollution is a phenomenon caused by poor lighting design, and is increasing globally. Only recently are scientists beginning to fully understand how light pollution affects humans and the environment. Birds, which play an important role in our ecosystem, are vulnerable to light pollution effec...Light pollution Lighting -- Environmental aspects2015-05
2 Mallory, HalleyModeled after NatureThe Anthropocene is the current geological epoch marked by human dominance. Among other changes, human-caused climate change has increased natural disasters, altering the conditions of life for communities around the world. Our best response to these catastrophes is to become more resilient. Case st...2018
3 Case, JuliaOn the bicycle and humility: making sanctuary at the nexus of capitalism and climate changeThe Anthropocene, or perhaps better referred to as the Capitalocene, has been marked by human activity that is intense both in depth and breadth. Human interactions with the greater ecology of the planet have, since the Industrial Revolution, been markedly onesided, with a misguided perception of hu...2021
4 Jordan, Benjamin WaltzFrom sewer to soil: planetary boundaries, metabolic rift and Salt Lake City's wastewater treatmentSalt Lake City's water resource recovery facility (WRRF) is undergoing a multi-year upgrade in order to reduce nitrogen-induced eutrophication in the Great Salt Lake. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles all converge at WRRFs where they can, in part, be managed. In this paper, I perform a general...2021
5 Weeks, RoryExploring the ecogothic in Marian Womack's "black isle"We live in a frightening time. It is an age of anxiety, loneliness, and terror as the looming specters of climate collapse and innumerable environmental crises enter unbidden into our reality to an ever-greater extent, to the point that we often just need to look outside in order to observe the horr...2021
6 Quackenbush, CameronThe Great Salt Dustbowl: the Impacts of a Drying EcosystemThe Salt Lake Valley faces a dire environmental situation: the drying of the Great Salt Lake (GSL). As state and local water authorities push forward with plans to further dam and divert the single largest input to the GSL, it is crucial to acknowledge the implications of a drying lake bed for the W...2019
7 Christian, Lauren PiperUtilizing feedback from Utah families with asthmatic children to mitigate air pollution health consequencesAir pollution is an ongoing public health threat in the US and in Utah. While air pollution triggers asthma, we know little about what parents of asthmatic children think about what schools, health care providers and policymakers should do to improve air quality and their children's health. Data to ...2022
8 Vu, TessaSpatial investigation of toxic sites and water a focus on racial equityThis study puts a spotlight on the relationships among toxic sites (i.e. Brownfields, Superfunds, and Toxic Release Inventories), income, race, and water features such as groundwater wells and streams, all within the Salt Lake County, Utah target area. There were two hypotheses to be tested, which a...2022
9 Liu, JulianneThe mobilization of Asian Americans for environmental justiceLargely excluded from conceptions of racial injustice in the United States, Asian Americans also experience marginalization in the Environmental Justice (EJ) movement. This invisibility is reinforced by EJ literature, which contains comparatively little research on Asian Americans compared to other ...2021
10 Bashir, Mahreen HamidWhere there are still animals: A poetic study on the earth as womanThey would like to feel they might be something better than animals. That's understandable: other animals might feel they are something different than "just animals" too. But we must contemplate the shared ground of our common biological being before emphasizing the difference"American poetry - 21st century2015-12
11 Fuchs, MadelineA case study on perceptions of homeless abatements in Salt Lake CountyHomelessness impacts 12,442 Utahns every year. Several of these people live in encampments, these areas are particularly problematic because they often become places of heightened health, sanitation, and safety concerns. In order to mitigate these issues, several municipalities within Salt Lake Coun...2023
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