William's Blog

The human population seems to have expanded each day. New homes, apartments, offices, and other major architectural developments keep on appearing in major cities like San Jose and Sunnyvale. Additionally, it feels like there are always more people around cities. Though, to be fair, the Bay Area attracts many people in employment and education. The technology industry has increased dramatically and has offered opportunities for people looking for employment in that industry. According to Career Outlook, the technology industry was the fastest-growing industry in 2023 and is set to increase 19.5% by 2033.  Furthermore, another factor that contributes to the rapid growth of the population is migration to urban areas. People move to new cities and countries to find better opportunities or start fresh. As people take advantage of these opportunities, cities would have to expand housing, infrastructure, and transportation to support the increasing population of people in the cities...

After learning more about aquatic biodiversity, I found it very interesting that humans have explored only about 5% of the ocean so far. The ocean has millions of species, and many of them have already been discovered and studied. Researchers are still discovering the ocean and finding new species. For instance, they have recently found the bumpy snailfish around 2025. Even though the species was found in 2019; researches identified the bumpy snailfish recently. This deep-sea fish reminds me of a blobfish, which is one of my favorite fish.  A major takeaway I gained from AP Environmental class I took back in high school was that human activities had a huge impact on the marine ecosystem. Human activity, such as pollution, overfishing, and dumping, harms sea life and their habitats. Overfishing affects the food web, and that can reduce the population of sea animals later on. Pollution and dumping can harm the habitats of sea animals. These harmful effects can reduce these speicies p...