Exploration of https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040534 for DSC2300. Data was taken from the article, and all wrangling and visualization was done in R.
The Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) lives in the western part of the United States. They infect the bark of the trees which eventually kills the tree. The tree’s needles turn red and drop to the ground. The needles start to naturally decompose and create DOC, which enters water sources. A process of disinfecting water to become drinking water is by using chlorine. When the DOC mixes with the chlorine, it can create carcinogenic byproducts. The data contains predictors for DOC which includes the variable groups below.