Our general research area for this project was comparing the economic benefits of the Danube River to the problems that it has environmentally. We started out by gathering general information about the Danube to give the audience a little bit of background. With our majors being economics and zoology, we wanted to have those topics […]
A55-P: Southern Atlantic Open Water Analysis on Dissolved Oxygen Content
The purpose of this research is to contribute to and analyze new data on dissolved oxygen in the South Atlantic Ocean. With climate change and ocean temperatures rising, all oceans are predicted to continue to lose oxygen. This is a major environmental concern as oceans are vital ecosystems and their health is essential for a […]
B42: The Paper Person: A Comparative Analysis of Rhetoric and Truth in Environmental Economics, Literature, and Policy
Environmental issues such as deforestation and climate change are some of the most pressing concerns today and require a concentrated global response. How does the rhetoric surrounding these topics affect how people understand them and form potential solutions? First, I analyze the rhetoric in Garrett Hardin’s 1968 “The Tragedy of the Commons,” one of the […]
B53: Expanded Research on Estimating the Total Economic Cost of Overweight and Obese Individuals—State-Level Analysis
This project builds upon the 2009 Society of Actuaries study on the estimated economic cost of overweight and obese individuals in the entire US and Canada. We found over a $235B increase in total US cost from 2009 to 2017 with the highest total cost coming from California, New York, Florida and the lowest coming […]
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