CUNY Academic Commons

One solution I would suggest regarding increasing the frequency of water fountains, is installing a fountain at each fire hydrant. Fire hydrants are generally not in use 90% of the time, and especially in the summer people open them and waster water. My idea is that by sharing the water of fire hydrants for fountains, we can reduce the need for…[Read more]

I agree with lauren on the fact that people should realize how much money they’re spending on plastic water bottles. My family recently took a liking to buying a pack of water bottles each month and I hate it because it’s a waste of money and it also isn’t good for the ecosystem in the long run. In my home country it was rare for people to buy…[Read more]

While watching the second video, I found out that the fastest rate of sea floor spreading is 18 cm/year in the pacific. I had a very hypothetical question which is; would the earth still be inhabitable if the spreading rate in the pacific increased to 20 m/y and 10 m/y everywhere else? I mean I would think that if this happens the frequency of…[Read more]