r/environmental_science

Hi everyone! My little sister is about to graduate high school and will be going to college for environmental science. As a scientist myself, I want to get her something meaningful that will help her in her studies and her future career.

Do you have any recommendations of items—think books, supplies, etc—that you think are essential for an aspiring female scientist (bonus if it’s related to environmental science)?

I was thinking of getting her a book or two that impacted me (ie Braiding Sweetgrass, The Demon Haunted World), and maybe a field notebook like Rite in the Rain that she could use in harsh environments.

I’d really appreciate any additional suggestions and would love to learn about anything essential to you when you were a young scientist! I plan to stay away from generic science swag and memorabilia, because I know some other family members are already getting her those.

(Also staying anonymous so my profile doesn’t immediately give me away haha)

Do you think a vegan diet affects the carbon footprint? yes or no?

Do you think a meat based/omnivorous diet affects the carbon footprint? yes or no?

Hi everyone!! It's almost time for A Level Geography exams I was wondering if anyone has any interesting facts or viewpoints on the following case studies: 2010 Haiti Earthquake 2019 Australia wildfires Mount Pinatubo 1991 eruption Mount St Helens 1980 eruption Mount Tambora eruption 1815 Typhoon Haiyan Hurricane Katrina The Philippines as a multi hazardous environment Antarctica how it's managed Storm Desmond and the River Eden Amazon Rainforest and the Carbon cycle Mumbai as a Contemporary Urban Environment London as a Contemporary Urban Environment Brick Lane as a Changing place

I hope there will be some interesting responses to this and thank you for replying 🙂

I’m a 3rd student doing my BS Environmental Science degree, I can’t seem find why I chose this degree and I don’t have any interest to continue but I have already done 3yrs and I’m not sure if I should change (I always wanted to do medicine but I couldn’t get in and just chose this field randomly thinking it would have good scope in the future). I have always in interested in psychology and I think I would be good at that. The only reason I seem to want to continue in Environmental Science field is maybe I would earn a good amount, then it wouldn’t matter but honestly from all that I have seen I can say that the pay isn’t good and work life balance isn’t pretty as well, and with AI developing so quickly finding entry level jobs in this field will be next to impossible, so will I be making a good choice in quitting in field?