I’m an Environmental science student about to finish my associates degree and looking to pursue a bachelors, mostly in geology or possibly the pollution regulatory field.

My wife and I could move to South Africa in the coming years, and I was curious if anybody had any information on which jobs/fields are in high demand in the southern/central part of South Africa that I could also find work/study for in the east coast of the US.

Hello, I would like to ask about the accuracy and utility of air quality assessments in Los Angeles due to the ongoing wildfires?

I had a discussion with my father, who is a former environmental scientist, and he stated that the AQI and other measurements are largely misleading because they do not fully account for many of the organic and inorganic pollutants in the air right now, especially given that most of them are not being monitored nor measure.

For those of you who also have a background in this area, what do you think?

I'm on the job hunt, mainly concentrating on being someone's assistant at a medium to large environmental consulting firm (entry level with goals to climb i guess lol) but very open to whatever environmental adjacent jobs I think I can take on. lots of job advice online seems catered towards CS, HR, and business so I'm not sure what to apply to a field I've always perceived as totally different. So if I apply to the job posting on the company website, would it be a good idea to find their recruiter/hiring manager and shoot them an email about who I am and how much I want to work there so they pick my resume out of the pile? Genuinely, do they find that annoying or weird in this industry?

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I feel like a lot of us have gone through the shock of this realization, whether it be through classes or the news, in regards to learning about how much we've messed up the environment and how screwed we are in the future. It also does not help that 2024 was a particularly terrible year for climate since it was seen as the hottest year ever recorded, and Trump was elected as president.

Don't get me wrong, we should never give up in our fight to end climate change, but we also must realize that we've gone past a point of no return in many places. As someone who is a college student and who's life is still just starting out, it is greatly troubling for me to learn that the world will get increasingly worse in regard to natural disasters, temperature records, etc. It's very stressful knowing that while I can make an impact, there's only so much I can do, and that ending climate change is a global effort, something that none of us have control over.

So I'm curious, has anyone here, accepted the terms and conditions that will face us, and come to peace with what will happen? If so, how?

Hey there not sure this is the right place to ask this question. My local government is opposed to a proposed development site for a building complex that wants to pave over or move a groundwater-fed marsh that is the origin of my neighborhood creek. Our province has given developers the power to override local conservation authorities and the will of the municipality because they don't care about the environment let alone sane building practices. We're gearing up to push back against the provincial government in the next two years.

Other than the obvious environmental impacts (endangered species, the fact that it's ground-water fed, it is the origin of a series of ecologically important creeks, the surrounding area is supposed to be agricultural but the province wants to turn all of it into sprawl housing), and the fact that "moving" a groundwater fed marsh is akin to moving a volcano, what other reasons would there be not to build on this marsh?

I'm not an expert but I'd imagine there would be issues with flooding in the immediate area, disruption and harm done to the creeks it feeds, the building will likely sink, etc.

Is the job industry good in Alberta for BSc Environmental Science grads? I was previously doing a kinesiology degree but due to the industry being extremely underpaid, I am considering transferring into environmental science.

In a year or two my Fiancée plans to pick up travel nurse contracts for maybe 2 years to make some extra cash and pay off some loans. We plan to live in various regions of the US for 4-6 months at a time (maybe more, depends on the contract). I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or insight into work that would be beneficial for me to look into while I move around with her? I currently have a BS in EnviSci and I'm going to have my MS in MarineSci&Tech by the end of this year. All ideas welcome, thank you!

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Hello everyone,

I am conducting a study on "The Environmental Impact of Bitcoin".

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Do you think local food is better for the environment than organic food, or vice versa? Please comment below!

Hi, I'm sorry if this doesn't really fit here since it's not related to enviromental science as a career or a degree, but I thought maybe someone here could help.

I'm currently studying computer science, I'm preparing for a biomed eng/bioinformatics degree, I code for hours every day to prepare for my exams -- so much that I'm doing revolves around technology, and I just wish I could use it to help somehow. It feels like every technological discovery breeds new and new kinds of evil. As naive as it sounds, I want to do something good, in any way I can. I was wondering if anyone here could help me, I'm not looking for a job, just a cause I could help.

Sorry if I worded it weirdly, and thank you for taking time out of your day to read this

Please I want to do Environmental Science for my master's degree and I am a little bit worried about Job prospects, please can you guys help me

Hello. I am a student in a bioengineering faculty. I'm going into environmental science and technology. I really like technical skills.

I'd like to get a head start in python (I know the basics) because I really enjoy programming. However, faced with the immensity of the resources available, I don't know where to start. I want to learn skills that will be useful in my future career. I'm planning to go into environmental engineering (water, soil, air, etc.).

I'm also thinking of exploring GIS skills, but as I'll be doing a lot of that in my Masters, I'd rather explore Python.

Do you have any recommendations for Python skills that have real added value in environmental consultancies? Do you know of any training courses or certifications in Python? Same question for training to learn QGIS?

I welcome any advice in general that might make me more attractive on the job market. I'm curious and keen to learn.

Thank you for your answers.

I am a senior in highschool planning on going to college for ens but i have heard the job market is super bad and competitive and its made me shy away from it. its something jve always wanted to do, but id like to have a backup plan so i was wondering if minoring in ens and getting as much volunteer and field work in as i can during college would make me hireable because i have heard experience is super important if not more important to stand out to employers. thanks

Hello!, Environmental Engineer from Venezuela here. I wrote some days ago about some thoughts I had relating the state of the art of Green Hydrogen. Or at least what was going throught my mind plus all what I have seen about it since 2019. I will appreciate any thoughts or comments, thanks in advance!

I recently came across some analyses of the global green hydrogen situation, and honestly, the process this industry is going through is quite interesting. Here’s a little write-up about my thoughts on the matter.

I first heard about hydrogen as an energy storage source during one of my undergraduate classes in 2019 in the Environmental Conservation course. The topic wasn’t covered in depth, but it stuck with me. I’ve heard about it in various presentations, congresses, and conferences, especially those related to the energy transition and/or renewable energies. I think I even remember it being mentioned in a wind and photovoltaic course I took with a university in the capital city.

The analysis I saw recently suggests that the hydrogen bubble (both green and blue) has burst: projects are being canceled, investors (multinational corporations with various development projects) are finding that efficiency ratios are much lower than expected, and that hydrogen is a gimmick that, in many cases, is interfering with many processes instead of being the tool that many hoped it would be.

Now, what makes me think and what I find interesting is: What is the future of this entire industry? The problem of intermittent renewables (repetitive and “predictable” cycles of excess generation and scarcity) still exists, and therefore, a solution is still being sought. What alternatives are there if green hydrogen is not the apparent solution?

I remember seeing essays that talked about storing excess energy through kinetic energy in controlled environments; it was discarded for several reasons. Artificial hydropower through pumps and then gravity? The conditions for the project to be feasible are not always available. Batteries? Their construction/recycling is disastrous. Thermal? I recall that the utilization percentages are minimal.

The current status quo is that there is no single decent, cheap, effective, efficient, and scalable alternative; and in many cases (though not all) green hydrogen is expensive to maintain, inefficient for what it needs to be, and (although this can be said of everything) dangerous to transport. If I remember correctly, one of the attractive factors of hydrogen as an energy storage source is that, in theory and without losing efficiency, it is transportable. It is generated on-site and can then be transported without the need to rely on a conventional long-distance electrical grid.

For me at least, it’s not goodbye, not by a long shot. The problem still exists, and although it may not be what was expected, it is a solution. Now, what this fact does is serve as a huge reminder that feasibility studies, pilot projects, and gradual deployment are necessary before, not only the application of a project itself, but also the massive mobilization of national and international resources as well as the bureaucratic effort to set a standard for something that, to this day, is still under development, just like electric cars were (and are).

We’ll have to wait and let the future surprise us. I’m quite sure that my generation will see and enjoy hydrogen as an energy storage source; many investments have already been made and many projects will be carried out despite the “sunk cost” they may represent. With more R&D&I and a few decades, we’ll probably talk about green hydrogen the way we talk about photovoltaics or wind energy today: a reality.

I am looking for some Private industry job options to utilize my B.S. in Environmental Science. Currently an Engineering Technician for the Forest Service, but I am looking for advice on what kind of job opportunities more related to EnviSci are out there, as I may need to move to the East coast.

A bit of background:

I graduated in 2020, and have had 1 year of combined internship experience as basically a surveyor/hydro tech with lots of fieldwork. One internship was data collection surveying culverts and determining impeded fish passage, road erosion, etc. The other was a hydro tech for the Forest Service surveying streams, gathering data and delineating reaches.

Since then I’ve been an Engineering Technician for 3 years, taking on a lot of responsibility and variety of projects. My title really should be Project Manager — I primarily write contracts, bidding process, source selection, and am the daily inspector/contact for projects typically running concurrently. Types of projects are typically road reconstruction and various facilities projects, and have overseen 2 AOP and 1 bridge project. Im also a road and trail bridge inspector.

So I’m looking for some advice of what types of jobs within the private industry would be a good fit with these skills. I’m hoping to get out of a ‘construction project manager’ role if possible. Thanks!

I’ll be off work for two months starting in February due to shoulder surgery and need advice on making money online during my recovery.

I have a Bachelor’s in Aquaculture and Marine Conservation.

I currently work at a salmon hatchery, but it’s a physical job, so I can’t do it while recovering.

I’ll receive some income support (I’m in New Zealand), but I would like to supplement it.

I’ve explored data entry, but many platforms aren’t taking new applicants, and the market feels super saturated. I’m open to learning new skills but prefer something with a lower learning curve since I have about 2 hours a day to commit before surgery.

What online work options would you recommend for someone with my background? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hi there,

I always had the intuition that the atmosphere would produce an insulating effect, even without the presence of greenhouse gases (GHGs).

I understand that, as a perfect blackbody radiator, the Earth's temperature can be calculated to be -18 degrees (assuming the 239W/m^2 measured terrestrial output power is correct) via the Stefan Boltzmann equation, and that the absorption and re-emittance of terrestrial longform infrared radiation by GHGs creates an warming effect.

My question is, what other factors produce warming effects at the surface of the Earth, and what percentage of the total thermal increase can be ascribed to the presence of GHGs?

Someone told me that the adiabatic lapse rate has a heating effect, quote:

"As air rises, it expands and cools without exchanging heat with its surroundings. This establishes a vertical temperature gradient that retains heat near the surface, even in a hypothetical scenario with no GHGs. The adiabatic lapse rate, Γ, is governed by:

Γ = −g / c_p

where g is the gravitational acceleration and c_p is the specific heat capacity at constant pressure. This provides a baseline insulating effect independent of atmospheric composition, meaning Earth’s surface temperature would still be higher than 255 K even in the absence of GHGs."

Is this true? And, if so, is there a way to calculate the warming effect produced by the adiabatic lapse rate?

Has anyone done the CES (Certified Environmental Scientist) track? How useful were their study guides? Is it worth the money?

Getting straight into the point, I’m an ML/MLOps/AI engineer, that’s already done and I have work experience. But I’d like to transition to the field of environmental sciences to use my skills in AI to help make an environmental impact.

Not sure where to start and LinkedIn isn’t being helpful when you type « artificial intelligence in environmental science » in its search bar. Where could I find such opportunities ? All suggestions and recommendations are welcomed !

I'm teaching a course in environmental chemistry and I'm looking for new or emerging chemical pollutants/contaminants that students can write term papers on such as PFAS (avoiding more established contaminants like DDT or CFCs). Anyone have any ideas?

Hey everyone! I invite you to read this important article about how misinformation is negatively affecting environmental journalism, created for a project in my master’s program.

We interviewed two environmental specialists to discuss how they are facing this challenge.

Also, we would be very happy to see your comments on Medium.com.

LINK: https://medium.com/digital-gems/is-climate-change-losing-the-war-against-misinformation-ecc1aa279e70

Hello everyone!
I’m currently working on a journal about children’s books aimed at fostering a love for the environment in kids. One of the main topics I’m exploring is identifying the best starting points to help children develop this connection.

I’d love to hear your thoughts from the perspective of environmental observers:
In your opinion, what topics or values should be taught to children as the first step in nurturing their love for the environment? Why do you believe these are important?

*The book is targeted at children aged 3 to 8 years old.

Your insights will be incredibly helpful for my research, and I truly appreciate your time and perspective! If you have any questions or are interested in learning more about this topic , feel free to DM me or email me at andre.akbar@mhs.itenas.ac.id

Thank you so much!

Hello! I'm interested in environmental science and was wondering if any Aussie based environmental scientists can tell me a bit about their job, how much they are paid etc.

I have an early entry offer for a Bachelor of Pharmacy and while I can do that and use it as a 'stepping stone' into a Master of Environmental Science, I'm just not that passionate about Pharmacy anymore and I may end up not using the degree altogether - mainly just due to the pay ceiling (compared to experience/demands) and where the profession is headed. However, there are lots of jobs available for it and it's stable, which is mainly why I picked it - even as a 'stepping stone' (albeit a very expensive stepping stone - another con).

So, I'm considering doing a bachelor of environmental science and management instead. Thank you!

hi! i am trying to get into environmental consulting and on the gradual job hunt. I've noticed that a lot of the jobs i see describe the position as for engineer OR scientist OR geologist, and while i am confident in my environmental scientist skills, i am DEFINITELY not an engineer. are they trying to communicate that the skills of all three are required for the position, or that the position can be filled by any of the three? I feel like jobs should be more specific, like why hire an engineer if a geologist will do? I am just new to the job market so maybe i don't understand. This is the listing that sparked my question, where the job title is "Early-Career Environmental Engineer, Scientist, or Geologist". I am qualified for it enough to apply based on the listing, but definitely not if I'll need to apply engineering principles later on. If it's suggesting that they would take either one of the 3, that makes me a little nervous that it's just one of those "ghost" postings where companies just want qualified resumes sent in but they aren't actually hiring that position yet at all. Thanks for your help!