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This project investigates the placement of landfills in the United States due to population and GDP as explanatory variables. The conclusion is that there is a correlation between high GDP and high waste production.

This project considers the hazards of the Mt. Hood volcano and the modeling the dangers of a possible eruption with respect to population density and poverty rate.

Nitrogen fertilizer is heavily used in agriculture, including on corn. When more nitrogen is provided to plants than they need, it’s converted into nitrate and enters our waterways. High nitrate levels can be harmful to human health, as well as the…

To measure the presence of invasives, I utilized data from the U.S. Geological Survey's national carbon assessment, which estimates the current carbon stocks for the main Hawaiian Islands; alien grasses, in a number of species, were one of many…

This project looks at what populations are most vulnerable to coastal flooding in New Jersey State based on historic flood levels.

Like many public school districts in major U.S. cities, the School District of Philadelphia offers a variety of different high school experiences. Upon entering eighth grade, students and their families must decide whether they will pursue a high…

In 1937, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) assigned grades of A, B, C, and D to neighborhoods and land tracts across the U.S. These grades were meant to indicate the perceived risk for homeownership loans, but they were deeply racist and…

While it may be an obvious conclusion, it is clearly evident that population is a storng determinant of where bakeries are. When examining the relationship between bakeries and wealth, a strong correlation appears.

This project looks at evictions by city council district and found that the Bronx borough had the highest rate of evictions per capita, while Staten Island's gross rent increase was the highest at 114% in 2023.

Climate change is exacerbating many weather phenomenon that negatively affects us all but to people living in the Western United States, the greatest threats to their way of life are droughts and wildfires. Wildfires are incredibly hard to predict as…