ScienceandthePublic

Everyone needs to be cautious of information they find on the internet in the modern age. Many graphs and info charts can display information in an incorrect or misleading manner. Both of the graphs are correct information from reliable sources with graph 1 from climate.gov and graph 2 from BAMS but they how they are presented matters as much as the info itself. GRAPH 1 Graph 1 is a poor example of presentation for several reasons. It doesn't show a true trend only specified years which are a very small sample size to work from. Secondly, it was designed to show 2015 is the hottest year on record even though 2015 was not complete and therefore a potentially misleading data set. GRAPH 2 Graph 2 on the other hand is a far better representation of good data. It took a large amount of studies and showed the correlation to show that a general trend can be observed in ocean temperature. It is a group of multiple large data sets showing a trend which is more accurate. This is ...

   At the Appalachian state club expo earlier this semester I walked passed many service clubs but only a couple caught my eye. One of those was Wine to Water and while i signed up for their emailing list I hadn't had time to learn more about them until this presentation. The work they do in bringing clean water to developing countries is very inspirational and their commitment to making a true difference in the lives of those who struggle really had an impact on me.                                                                                                    the fact that a college student was able to have such a large impact is truly amazing. I haven't taken part in anything that i felt would lea...