2. How do humans affect the environment? This is an EXCELLENT OVERVIEW of our unit. Classzone Greenliving Top Ten Ways Man is Destroying the Environment

3. Human impact on marine (water) environments. Life in the Sea Stopping Coastal Erosion Beach Grasses Stop Coastal Erosion Controlling Coastal Erosion

4. Deforestation (logging and clear-cutting of timber) Problems of deforestation Deforestation - LiveScience Deforestation – Overview Deforestation – How Stuff Works

5. Desertification Cause and Effects of Desertification Consequences of Desertification

6. Slash and burn process to remove vegetation Earth Observatory Geography Rain Forest Saver Rain Forest Conservation

7. Farming Practices Sustainable Farming Practices Research topics could include windbreaks, terracing, cover crops, no till plowing, crop rotation, strip planting, and contour plowing.

8. Construction sites – New buildings Transportation USDA Greenbuilding Extension

9. Strip Mining Surface Mining Coal Impact Coal Mining Impacts

10. Deep-Sea Drilling for Petroleum – also search for off-shore drilling and oil spill EoEarth Oil Spills Drilling risks Drilling controversy Oil pollution

11. Dam for hydro-electricity China Dam Impact New York Times Wetlands and Waterways Effects of Large Dams Environmental

12. Other ideas Dredging a river to make it deeper Adding docks to marsh areas