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O*NET detailed work activityApply knowledge or research findings to address environmental problems
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Part of Develop systems or practices to mitigate or resolve environmental problems, under the O*NET work activity group Thinking Creatively. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 10 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
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- Apply principles of specialized fields of science, such as agronomy, soil science, forestry, or agriculture, to achieve conservation objectives.
- Apply precision agriculture information to specifically reduce the negative environmental impacts of farming practices.
- Apply research findings to help minimize the environmental impacts of pollution, waterborne diseases, erosion, and sedimentation.
- Translate the theories of industrial ecology into eco-industrial practices.
- Use remote sensing data for forest or carbon tracking activities to assess the impact of environmental change.
- Apply remote sensing data or techniques, such as surface water modeling or dust cloud detection, to address environmental issues.
- Apply research findings to minimize the environmental impacts of pollution, waterborne diseases, erosion, or sedimentation.
- Apply meteorological knowledge to issues such as global warming, pollution control, or ozone depletion.
- Apply traditional ecological knowledge and assessments of culturally distinctive land and resource management institutions to assist in the resolution of conflicts over habitat protection and resource enhancement.
- Apply new or existing research about natural ecosystems to understand economic and industrial systems in the context of the environment.