What exactly is groundwater? Like the name suggests, groundwater is found in cracks of soil, sand and rock in the Earth, comprising...

Throughout its history, Africa has seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent that, along with...

“Cotton is the most widespread profitable non-food crop in the world.” (1) The plant is found in basically every single article of...

The delta smelt is a little three-inch silvery blue fish that lives in the San Francisco Bay and the San Joaquin Delta, and its declining...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, and it’s already been a rough one: 12 named storms, including fierce...

Kiribati is an island country made up of a chain of 33 islands in Oceania (the central Pacific Ocean). Though picturesquely beautiful and...

Do you know what the biggest salt lake in the western hemisphere is? It’s the Great Salt Lake, located in northwestern Utah....

If you have a lawn in your backyard, you know that maintaining a perfectly uniform and green field of grass is incredibly hard. If you...

Day Zero–the term coined for the date when a city runs out of water. All taps connected to homes and businesses are shut off. Each...

By Kyle Tianshi, Grade 10 The San Bernardino National Forest is one of nature’s finest miracles–a lustrous unpolluted sky over 800,000...

By Emma Li, Grade 12 At this point, “the coronavirus” is probably the most famous household name of them all. Emerging in a series of...

By Ryan Zhao, Grade 7 Imagine landfills piling up with trash and animals going extinct. The cause of this would in part be because we...

By Samhita Pokkunuri, Grade 8 By the title, I presume you think that this blog has something to do with osmosis, reverse osmosis, and...

By Sidor Clare, Grade 9 Water pollution is created when damaging substances, usually microorganisms or chemicals, enter and contaminate...

By Samhita Pokkunuri, Grade 8 Have you ever considered what happens to the world around you when you forget to turn off the sink or spend...

By Zoe Xu, Grade 11 Enter a McDonald’s anywhere in America and you can buy a cheeseburger for a dollar. Americans eat approximately 0.6...

By Ryan Zhao, Grade 7 In this world, not many things are permanent, and water definitely isn’t one of them. With our current water...

By Grace Sun, Grade 10 “Water is essential to all of us living on Earth, whether we’re plants, animals, or humans.” This is said so often...

By Joanna Hou, Grade 12 As the winter storms swept through Texas, residents were left without several resources, including much needed...

By Ainsley Jackman, Grade 12 Despite the growing conversation around water scarcity, most of the developed world has only an abstract...

By Katelin Sung, Grade 8 As you sit, sipping your drink from a plastic straw, you’re most likely dreaming about what you’re going to have...

By Emma Li, Grade 11 Following the climactic 2020 election season, it seems prudent to look back on the decisions made by the Trump...

By Grace Tseng, Grade 9 For decades, plastic has been produced and disposed of at alarming rates, which has been greatly detrimental to...

By Sidor Clare, Grade 9 Conserving water is a big deal. Water is a life-sustaining resource that is running out. It can be overwhelming...

By Hans Yang, Grade 9 Gregory Slade stood in front of his vehicle, silently observing the secluded nature retreat he owned for years- a...

By Emma Li, Grade 11 Water is one of the most sought-after natural resources in the world. Despite its seeming abundance on Earth, our...

By Renee Wang, Grade 9 Although most avid golfers have noticed the small, black, and unassuming sprinkler heads scattered across the lush...