Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Essays

Asian Carp In the Great Lakes The Great Lakes are in immense danger of an incredibly invasive species known as the Asian Carp. Asian Carp have been located just nine miles away from the Great Lakes. They are known to feed on algae and plankton. With that being said, the average size of an Asian Carp is around 40 pounds and they can eat up to 40% of their body weight each day. Being such an invasive and rapidly-producing organism allows for carp to be considered a dominant and nuisance species overall

Chicago is the third largest city in the USA by population with 2.7 million residents in 2020. Since the middle 19th century, the city of Chicago has a strategic location in terms of trading and water transportation considering its location at the Midwest US with important ports. A well as the city’s fast developments on railroad systems and transportation it quickly became a major city with a high number of inhabitants. Today Chicago is an international center for finance, industry, transportation

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 ABOUT ICJ The ICJ is not the first world court; it is the successor of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The PCIJ began operations in 1922, and at its peak in the late 1920s and early 1930s issued about two judgments on contentious cases per year. However, it gradually lost relevance for governments beset by the problems created by the worldwide depression and the rise of fascism. By the late 1930s the PCIJ, like the League of Nations, had become irrelevant and it was