2017 Summer Challenge Featured Photos
Each week we will also showcase a Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist’s photograph that expertly illustrates this year’s theme, Human Impacts on the Environment: Pollution (plastic, atmospheric, litter, etc.), Urban Sprawl/Development (habitat loss, runoff, etc.), Deforestation (soil erosion, desertification, etc.), Agriculture (resource use, runoff, pesticides, etc.), Invasive Species (Melaleuca, air potato, Burmese python, etc.), Overfishing (killing unwanted species, lower populations, etc.), Mining (acid drainage, habitat loss, etc.), and Poaching (removal of animals crucial to an ecosystem, endangered animals targeted, etc.)
Interested in having your photography showcased? Snap a shot and upload it to us using the form below!
Week 1 Photo
Photographer: Rumya Sundaram
Human Impact: Effect of Trash on Wildlife
Week 2 Photo
Photographer: Gina Coleman
Human Impact: Plastic Pollution
Week 3 Photo
Photographer: Sevag Mehterian
Human Impact: Human Encroachment
Week 4 Photo
Photographer: Nicolas Skokan
Human Impact: Helping Hand
Week 5 Photo
Photographer: Shannon Jones
Human Impact: Artificial Reef
Week 6 Photo
Photographer: Ed Pritchard
Human Impact: Light pollution near turtle nests
Week 7 Photo
Photographer: Caroline Szajman
Human Impact: Plastic Pollution
Week 8 Photo
Photographer: Anonymous
Human Impact: Orb weaver spider suspended between buildings
Week 9 Photo
Photographer: Maaya Sundaram
Human Impact: Invasive Species
Submit Your Human Impact Photo
The 2017 Summer Challenge is looking for photo submissions that show Human Impact on our local environment. If your photo is selected, it will be showcased in next week’s Summer Challenge puzzle in The Islander and here on the site.
Human Impact on the environment includes: Pollution (plastic, atmospheric, litter, etc.), Urban Sprawl/Development (habitat loss, runoff, etc.), Deforestation (soil erosion, desertification, etc.), Agriculture (resource use, runoff, pesticides, etc.), Invasive Species (Melaleuca, air potato, Burmese python, etc.), Overfishing (killing unwanted species, lower populations, etc.), Mining (acid drainage, habitat loss, etc.), and Poaching (removal of animals crucial to an ecosystem, endangered animals targeted, etc.)
Just fill out the form to submit your photograph.