UWM Lake Clark Geological Analysis Essay

First topic: Climate Change

– Divergent tree growth

-Human activities contributing to global warming.

-Impact on native species due to changing environmental conditions.

Second topic: Mining impacts

-Water contamination

-Habitat destruction

Third topic: Human wildlife interactions

-Increased global interest in natural attractions and wilderness experiences.

-Infrastructure developments

-Human wildlife.

Use these sources: 

1. https://www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/nature/environmentalfactors.htm

2. Driscoll, W. W. (2005). Divergent tree growth response to recent climatic warming, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(20).

3. Hughes, R. M., Boxall, G., Herlihy, A. T., Adams, J., & Young, D. B. (2020). A Complete Fisheries Inventory of the Chulitna River Basin, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Example of a Minimally Disturbed Basin. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 149(1 pp.14–26).

4. Meredith, K. T., Saunders, K. M., McDonough, L. K., & McGeoch, M. (2022). Hydrochemical and isotopic baselines for understanding hydrological processes across Macquarie Island. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1–12.

5. Penteriani, V., López-Bao, J. V., Bettega, C., Dalerum, F., Delgado, M. del M., Jerina, K., Kojola, I., Krofel, M., & Ordiz, A. (2017). Consequences of brown bear viewing tourism: A review. Biological Conservation, 206, 169–180.

6. https://www.alaska.org/things-to-do/bear-viewing