Resources on the Environment
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to the environment.
Shayla Brown
Career Profiles
Environmental Coordinator
Introduction to Freshwater Wetlands
Backgrounders
Learn about the geology, chemistry and ecology of freshwater wetlands.
Dr. Jeremy McNeil
Career Profiles
Professor
Melony Catana
Career Profiles
Environmental Technologist & CEO
Hollee Heal
Career Profiles
Health, Safety, Environmental Coordinator
Edith Tobe
Career Profiles
Executive Director
Julie Koloff
Career Profiles
Wetland Specialist
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
Desert Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the boreal forest/Taiga biome and meet Anne-Claude Pépin who is a fire management technician.
Plant Functions
Backgrounders
Learn about the important plant functions of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration
Carly Silver
Career Profiles
Associate Ecologist
How Do Plants Survive in the Desert?
STEM Explained
Plants need to exchange gases and water with their environment as part of photosynthesis. Some plant cells have evolved specifically for this purpose.