Author: susanlaitsch

History of the Cascades Coal Gasification Plant: Remediated Superfund Site

susanlaitsch February 7, 2020 0 Comments
March 13, 2019 Susan Laitsch  Introduction Tallahassee, Florida, was established as the State Capital in 1823 (Robertson, 2001) as it was half way between the two existing settlements at the time. It was here that the Cascades waterfall was located, depicted only once by Compt Francis Castelnau’s drawing in 1839. The waterfall acted as the primary meeting place until it was...

Global Food Security: The influences of climate change and population growth, possible mitigation strategies, and the link to short and long term risk

susanlaitsch February 6, 2020 0 Comments
April 24, 2019 Susan Laitsch Topic This paper discusses the history and current status of Global Food Security (GFS), the influences of climate change and population growth on GFS, and possible future mitigation techniques for limiting the global decrease in food security.  Introduction In 1996, the now commonly accepted definition of food security was approved at the World Food Summit...

Water Quality Analysis of the Apalachicola River Basin: Ecological Implications of Changing Composition

susanlaitsch February 5, 2020 1 Comment
Susan Laitsch April 8, 2019 Introduction The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin (ACF) extends through Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and northwestern Florida and covers an area of 19,600 miles (Florida Department of Environmental Protection). The Apalachicola River basin is a small subsection of this larger system with the Florida portion covering roughly 2,727 square miles (Coach et....