The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, was signed in 1958, and the laws from UNCLOS that are in effect today were signed in 1994. UNCLOS consists of 167 countries, including the states that make up the European Union. The reason that it was signed was to determine ocean…
Category: Science, Technology, Health, and Environment
2018 National Manufacturing Day
On October 5, 2018, I had the opportunity to go on a field trip with my Engineering class to the College of the Canyons for Manufacturing Day. Manufacturing Day is basically an opportunity to celebrate modern engineering in our world today, and so at the event I attended, representatives from many different companies…
Hurricane Florence Hits the Southeast
Unfortunately, many of us have seen and heard about the most recent natural disaster: Hurricane Florence. Even weeks after the hurricane dissipated on September 19, people are still left dazed and vulnerable in its wake. The wave first started in West Africa as a tropical wave or elongated area of low air…
Plastic Straws Are Not the Problem
A couple years ago, a video of a sea turtle with a straw stuck up its nostril went viral, causing an uproar to ban plastic straws in order to prevent them from further harming turtles and other marine life. The video raised awareness about the consequences of littering and sent multiple major companies…
South Korean Flight Attendant Diagnosed with Leukemia
On a typical day in July 2015, Kim, a Korean Air flight attendant, pompously stands in front of the mirror and checks her reflection. “Tight low bun? Check. Black heels? Check. But my lips need more color,” she says to herself and paints her rouged lips with an additional two coats of her…
The Internet’s Opposition to Alex Jones
It all started with Apple eliminating the entire library of InfoWars podcasts on iTunes and Podcast apps. Then came YouTube and Facebook, both restricting the access to any of the theorist’s uploaded content through channels/pages. Recently, Spotify did the same thing. What these five major social media platforms have in common is…
Are Antidepressants Life Savers?
Expanding use of antidepressants like duloxetine, venlafaxine, and sertraline has risen to become an issue across much of the world, especially in the United States. Long term use of antidepressants is surging in many parts of the world, including the United States, New Zealand, and Britain. The main purpose of antidepressants is to…
Banning Straws Might Not Help
The plastic straw ban has been a hot topic for the past few years as San Francisco joined the many other California cities to ban the plastic straw for the benefit of the environment. The first plastic straw ban happened in Seattle, in 2008, and many other US cities are following through. Although a…
Microplastics in the Ocean
Plastic is one of the most common and well used materials in the world, but much of it ends up in our oceans as microplastics, or tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters in length. With plastic production consistently rising every year, plastic pollution has reached a global scale of concern for…
Do Smartphones Sever Relationships?
With constant developments of technology, people fall into their own little world within their phones. Even at social gatherings, there often is a person who is always on their phone without socializing with others. Especially for introverts, when they have a difficult time interacting with people, they tend to go on their phones….