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Air Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming, Pollution, Recycling, Water Pollution, Dangers of Fracking, Desalination, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Hydraulic Fracturing, Ocean Pollution, Oil Crisis, Oil Spill, Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Garbage Problems, Littering, World Problems.
All living things are made of carbon. Carbon is also a part of the ocean, air, and even rocks. Because the Earth is a dynamic place, carbon does not stay still. It is on the move! In the atmosphere, carbon is attached to some oxygen in a gas called carbon dioxide. Plants use carbon dioxide … Read more
Introduction By far, the Sun is the most massive body in our solar system. The mass of all the planets combined is only about 0.2% of the Sun’s mass. The Sun is also the only object whose internal temperature is high enough to produce nuclear reactions. If Jupiter had been 100 times more massive, or … Read more
The “Under the Dome” documentary exposed the harshness of China’s air pollution crisis. It showed the damaging effects that it is having on the millions of people that inhabit the area and exposes the companies that are responsible for allowing it to happen. This stems from oil and petroleum companies having an extreme amount of … Read more
What is global warming? Global warming refers to extreme changes in the Earth’s climate. The term illustrates dramatic increases in atmospheric and water temperatures experienced as a result of growing amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Humans are responsible for producing these gases via cars, electricity, and factories. The main products of these activities that are … Read more
When I was a child, recycling was only important at school. My teachers would always tell me that recycling was good for the earth. But, I didn’t really show any concern, because my parents never really mentioned recycling until I got older. I started recycling aluminum cans, because I found out that companies paid money … Read more
Water plays a major role in our day to day life cycle and it is a part and parcel of every human living in this planet. Our Earth contains 70% of water which should be sufficient for the growth of every human life form. But sadly millions of people die annually, most commonly children, because … Read more
Set up a piece of white paper so that it is equally illuminated by indirect natural light. Choose a place where the light is bright. The most important thing is that the paper is illuminated evenly. Choose a time and place during which it is unlikely there will be any changes in how much light … Read more
The former opening line of NASA’s mission statement, “To understand and protect the home planet,” served as a sensible basis for Dr. James Hansen to dedicate his life to the study of climate change and to present his findings to most of the modern world. Yet despite being a credible source and producing factual information, … Read more
In this essay, we will be going into depth in the question; “Should we try to preserve endangered cultures and their languages?”. we will be looking at the for and against arguments and how these are affected. An endangered culture is practices, ideas and customs of people in society that are beginning to die out … Read more
Have you ever thought about how important forests are in life? The trees in your surrounding seem unimportant as you go about daily life, acknowledging them only as the scenery and background in your life. But if you think about it, trees are everywhere in life. Your furniture, paper you write on, fruit you eat, … Read more
The Earths Pimples There are many issues that the earth faces and two big ones are the effects from littering and deforestation. These specific things affect the world around us and our communities. When people litter, they damage our oceans and when people chop down thousands of trees every day it damages a very crucial … Read more
Drought by definition is “a function of rainfall” (Agnew and Chappell 1999, p.299). However, this definition is insufficient, only considering precipitation results in anomalies that cannot be explained. Unless it is a purely meteorological drought, even then local and regional human impact increases the stress (Thomas and Goudie, 2009). Factoring in local variabilities, and human … Read more
Environmental pollution has been a matter of concern for many years. The Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, sponsored the first broad scientific study of smoke abatement, which resulted in legislation designed to decrease the effects of smoke. It is now well known that environmental contamination impacts on health; the World Health Organization estimates that … Read more
It’s Time to Clean Up What’s the deal with recycling? It is such an important environmental issue, and yet it seems as though there isn’t much done about it as a community. If you ask a random person on the street what they think about recycling, nine times out of ten they’ll smirk and tell … Read more
Global warming is not just an environmental issue but a global issue that havening around us. There are a few factors that cause the surface temperature of the earth to become higher. The factors of global warming can categorized into two, which are natural and human influence (Causes, Effects and Solutions, 2017). Natural influence can … Read more
Book Report- Tanaka: The Making of Post-War Japan by James Babb Kakuei Tanaka was born into a poverty-stricken family in Japan in 1918. At the young age of 15, Tanaka left school to begin working- starting first in construction and later moving into drafting and architecture. In 1939, Tanaka was drafted into the army, joining … Read more
There’s nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh, clean, air—but do you think that the air you’re breathing right now is clean and fresh? Air pollution is known as the presence of toxic chemicals or compounds , including those of biological origin in the air. They are at levels that pose a health … Read more
Summary Before the Flood is a National Geographic film starring Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who travels through various countries to meet with scientists and leaders in order to discuss the damage done by and future dangers of climate change. The movie begins when DiCaprio was appointed to be the Messenger of Peace at a United … Read more
Pollution incidents have affected the world in such ways as water pollution and air pollution incidents have killed 100s of people for example the Camelford water pollution incident. The Camelford water pollution incident was a man-made disaster it involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply to the town of Camelford, Cornwall, in July … Read more
How effective is international cooperation in addressing transnational environmental issues? This essay will investigate how International cooperation work together, how effective the international community’s contingency plans have been at achieving environmental change in transnational issues. Transnational issues refer to threats to environmental issues that affect more than just one nation and their interests, instead its … Read more
Air pollution could be defined as any substance that may harm the environment, and the living beings. Air pollution can be classified as visible and invisible. We can divide air pollution into two types, primary air pollutants and secondary pollutants (Miller). The damage causes by air pollution varies from place to place, as determined by … Read more
Globalization is a widely discussed topic and is hard to explain using simple terms. Therefore it needs a deeper and broader understanding about the topic. Globalization is the exchange of world views, products, ideas, and culture. It implies a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital goods and services … Read more
DEFINITION Deforestation is the transformation of woodland areas to non-woodland areas for use such as cultivable land, pastureland, suburban use, logged area, or barren land. Deforestation can also be seen as elimination of forests leading to several variances ecologically and environmentally and results in turn down in biodiversity and habitats. CAUSES: UNAUTHORIZED LOGGING Government laws … Read more
With growing populations and economies globally, in addition to climate change impacts to the most vulnerable parts of the world, being able to better quantify, and assess our current electrical consumption will be crucial for our security and long-term sustainability. According to the United Nations latest statistics, half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – … Read more
Low pollution Nuclear power releases the least amount of greenhouse gases compared to other types of energy. It has been determined that the number of greenhouse gases has decreased by almost half because of the prevalence in the utilization of nuclear power. Nuclear energy has the least effect on nature since it does not discharge … Read more
Why we should Protect Endangered Species Imagine you are an animal. You’ve been wandering the wastelands, which used to be a lush green forest, what used to be your home. Its late spring, right about time for mating season. Normally, you’d be out calling for a mate, hoping that you can find one. Except they’re … Read more
Is written and published in 2004 by a well-known Australian professor – Mark Elvin, who specialized in Chinese economic, cultural and environmental history. Chinese environmental history is comparatively tardy not only to the development of other categories of Chinese historiography but also to the western environmental history. Mark Elvin has given out a relatively concrete … Read more
Thesis Analysis After seeing so many catastrophic storms devastate people’s lives over time I am convinced that the adverse change in our earth’s temperature is to blame for the problem. Many scientists are working diligently to help us understand why we are experience such change in our climate here on earth and little get much … Read more
Endangered Species Awareness Extinction is a natural occurrence that transpires at a natural rate of about one to five species per year. Scientists estimate we’re now losing species at 1,000 to 10,000 times that rate, with dozens going extinct every day. There is no mystery that our human activity can be damaging to animals and … Read more
Eutrophication is also known as hypertrophication is the phenomena where enrichment of excess nutrients in water body such as river and lake results in deterioration of water quality.in recent days, this phenomena become worsen due to activities of human being such as cultural eutrophication. The cultural eutrophication consists of continuous usage of fertiliser which mainly … Read more
Natural contamination has existed for a significant long time yet just started to be imperative after the mechanical rebellion in the nineteenth century. Contamination happens when the consistent living space can’t destroy a segment without making devilishness or damage to itself. The parts included are not made by nature, and the beating system can contrast … Read more
2.1 General literature review A more exact definition given by Sladen et al (1985)[6] states that “Liquefaction is a phenomena wherein a mass of soil loses a large percentage of its shear resistance, when subjected to monotonic, cyclic, or shocking loading, and flows in a manner resembling a liquid until the shear stresses acting on … Read more
Causing a great oil spill, on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon exploded and caused a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spill caused a lot of damage to the life surrounding it coating birds’ feathers, causing birds to lose their buoyancy and the ability to regulate body temperature. Mammals could … Read more
Have you ever wondered what planet Earth would be like without all of the disgusting waste its floating in? The truth is, you will probably never know what that is like. When somebody disregards trash on the ground, they never think of the consequences it can have. But when trash equals more trash, it begins … Read more
Every hydraulic system has a minimum number of basic components regardless of its design and function. The fundamental components of the hydraulic system include pump, reservoir, directional valve, check valve, pressure relieve valve, selector valve, actuator, and filter. An open center system has fluid flowing, with any pressure in the system when the actuating mechanisms … Read more
During the Miocene period earth’s climate, had changed from cold to warm. In the Miocene epoch kelp forests appeared and became part of the earths most productive ecosystems. The Miocene epoch began 23.8 million years ago, and ended 5.3 million years ago (“The Miocene Epoch”. The Miocene Epoch. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2018.). Many … Read more
Over the past few decades, human activity has resulted in severely detrimental ocean pollution, affecting marine ecosystems, our communities, and the environment in general. The spread of oil, industrial/agricultural waste, and chemicals continue to harm the Pacific, but plastic remains one of the most destructive forms of pollutions, killing one million seabirds and one hundred … Read more
Endangered species refers to those animals that face the risk of extinction from the planet altogether. The animals are so few that they could disappear from the globe if serious action is not taken. The animals are threatened by many factors such as habitat loss, hunting, diseases, and a change in the climate. Such factors … Read more
There are some bacteria in the environment that are so pervasive and detrimental as the disease process caused by them made it looks like we are getting eaten by an unseen entity typically known as the flesh-eating microbial agents. Among all of the sexually transmitted diseases, donovanosis can be considered as one of the flesh-eating … Read more
In the Atlantic ocean there could be a tsunami, it’s a rare moment, but possible. The most reason why a tsunami is caused are by earthquakes. A tsunami can be caused by a underwater landslides or a volcanic eruptions. It could be caused by a meteorite crashing into the ocean. Tsunamis It could be a … Read more
Air pollution could be defined as any substance that may harm the environment, and the living beings. Air pollution can be classified as visible and invisible. We can divide air pollution into two types, primary air pollutants and secondary pollutants (Miller). The damage causes by air pollution varies from place to place, as determined by … Read more
Coal extraction is more harmful than the burning process because it has a larger effect on the pollution it causes, contributes to climate change and lastly the landscape and surround .The extraction of coal can generate different types of pollutions that can affect both humans, animals and plant life. The different types of pollutions include … Read more
Water Pollution Water pollution has become a serious concern for over a century as industrial and agricultural activities continue to dispose of wastes in rivers, lakes and oceans. The increasing levels of water pollution have continued to harm the environment and food supplies. Also, pollution of drinking water has been associated with various waterborne diseases … Read more
Water plays a major role in our day to day life cycle and it is a part and parcel of every human living in this planet. Our Earth contains 70% of water which should be sufficient for the growth of every human life form. But sadly millions of people die annually, most commonly children, because … Read more
Littering and pollution is a major issue around the world today. It affects all of our lives, and will affect us for years to come. Littering and pollution play a major part in our lives. Everywhere we walk and drive there is trash on the side of the roads, being thrown out windows, and dangling … Read more
The air we breathe today is full of toxic and hazardous pollution. Pollution is a big problem to our health and the environment. Pollution is created by individuals, communities or industries that collect and dispose of pollutants improperly. Pollution can be classified into two sections, visible air pollution and invisible air pollution. Here are the … Read more
There’s nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh, clean, air—but do you think that the air you’re breathing right now is clean and fresh? Air pollution is known as the presence of toxic chemicals or compounds , including those of biological origin in the air. They are at levels that pose a health … Read more
Cape Town water crisis“How and to what extent did the Cape Town water crisis brings problems to the city and the country?” Introduction Cape Town, home to approximately 4 million people, listed as the 10th most populous city in South Africa. Cape Town is a coastal city located in the South West region of South … Read more
Carbon is critical to sustain a huge range of Earth’s functions. It is abundant in the atmosphere (air), biosphere (living and dead organisms), hydrosphere (oceans, rivers, and lakes), and lithosphere (soli and rocks). These act as storage areas or reservoirs of carbon. Processes such as erosion, evaporation, photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition constantly move carbon between … Read more
Eutrophication, is the artificial enrichment of a water body or aquatic system with phosphorus and nitrogen nutrients, usually with an excess amount of nutrients. This process causes an excessive growth of plants and algae and due to the biomass load, may result in oxygen depletion in the water body. For example, as a response to … Read more
