By: Elle Shi, Grade 7 When people think about climate change, they often imagine melting ice caps or stronger storms. However, studies have found that climate change can also affect we humans who are living on that changing planet. These rising temperatures and more frequent extreme weather can impact memory, …
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Dillon Zhang As technology advances, Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown to become a part of people’s everyday life. For example,there are AI chatbots such as ChatGPT or Claude that have proven to be incredibly convenient in day to day life. What people rarely consider or even notice is the environmental …
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Dillon Zhang For the past few decades recycling has been seen as the easiest way to help the environment with recycling bins becoming more and more common. Most households now sort paper, plastic, and glass into their recycling bins, thinking that they are contributing significantly to the preservation of our …
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Bees may be small insects, but they play a huge role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. As pollinators, bees help plants reproduce by carrying pollen from one flower to another. This process allows plants to produce fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts. Without bees, many of the foods people eat every day …
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By: Elle Shi, Grade 7 As spring, the allergy season, passes, you might wonder what has been triggering your allergy symptoms. Millions of people have a condition called seasonal allergic rhinitis, or hay fever. Every year in spring, usually through March and June, plants release pollen into the air to …
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By: Elle Shi, Grade 7 Often when people mention how we are harming our oceans, they think of pollution and people throwing trash out into the sea. However, we are hurting our oceans in far more ways: ocean warming, acidification, underwater noise, and invasive species. All unintentional of course… Ocean …
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By: Elle Shi People often think that when you toss something into a recycling bin, only after 4-5 days, it automatically gets turned into something new. We think it’s simple: plastic bottles become new bottles, paper becomes new paper, and everything gets a second life. However, the truth is recycling …
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By: Elle Shi Grade 7 Climate change, one of the most common and controversial topics, can also be one of the most misunderstood. Misinformation and myths can spread quickly across social media, but people often don’t understand the reality behind them. First, many people think climate change only means increasingly …
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