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Post your response to the following: If you were an environmental researcher and were given funding to assist with one environmental issue, which of the following topics would you choose to spend your funds on? 

o Human population 
o Atmospheric pollution 
o Water resources 
o Terrestrial resources 
o Energy conservation 
What influenced your choice? What would the ultimate goal of your research be? 

2. Final Project: Mitigation Strategies and Solutions 

• Resource: Appendix A

• Use the topic you chose as an environmental researcher for the Week Nine Capstone Discussion Question or choose another topic you have learned about over the past 8 weeks. 

• Focus on a specific environmental problem within your selected topic. Your topic, for example, could be Atmospheric Issues, and your environmental problem could be global warming. 

• Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper that formulates a mitigation plan for your specific environmental problem. Include the following: 

o Detailed description of the problem 
o Nonliving and living factors that contribute to or are affected by the problem 
o Positive or negative human impacts 
o Evaluation of current sustainability strategies and solutions 
o Your plan to reach sustainability (See Appendix F) 
o Benefits and challenges of your plan 
o Required government, societal, and global support 

• Include at least four outside sources. Two of the four sources should be peer-reviewed. If you need assistance with identifying a peer-reviewed article, review Appendix G.

• Format your paper according to APA guidelines.