Environment Essay Examples and Topics. Page 15

3,325 samples

Integrated Conservation Development Projects

The paper entitled "Designing Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: Illegal Hunting, Wildlife Conservation and the Welfare of the Local People" offers to the reader a bio-economic model that the authors have developed in order to [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Foraging Efficiency: Trade-Off Risk in Black Squirrel

A study that focused on examining foraging efficiency predation risk trade-off in grey squirrel claimed that the maximal energy efficiency is reached when the animal consumes the food immediately, whereas carrying of the food to [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2466

Carbon Emission Response: Different Objects

Most companies in the United States have been against the concept although the majority of the companies in the rest of the world have agreed to the concept of cutting down the emission.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1484

Liquid Waste Disposal and Ground Water Contamination

The following picture illustrates the contamination of water by the liquid waste disposed by The Davis Liquid Waste Analysis of the two case studies reveals that there was ground water in glacial deposits contamination by [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1253

Sustainable Development: Dealing With Earth’s Fever

Aside from the contamination of its waters, pollution of its lands, deforestation, and overall degradation of the environment within it, the planet is currently facing more serious diseases: climate change and global warming and most [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1854

Climate Changes: Cause and Effect

This, therefore, calls for appropriate discussions on the relationship between agroforestry and the improvement of climate conditions in arid and semi-arid regions of the world Urbanization also leads to the creation of the urban microclimate.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 585

Love Canal and Saving the Turtles

The qualities of different kinds of pleasure and pain are irrelevant to the happiness calculation the only variables to be considered are the intensity, duration, probability, closeness, continuity and purity of the pleasures and pains [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1970

Acid Rain as an International-Scale Issue

The more alkaline bedrock is the more the continent can 'buffer' the acid rain i.e.in Canada, Ontario and Quebec has no natural protection to acid rain and gets a lot of damage from acid rain.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 684

Aspects of the Florida Wetlands

This paper mainly concentrates on the endangered species found in the Florida wetlands and the laws that protect the animals and wetlands.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2066

Magnetic Resonance Scanning on Infants and Children

This paper will briefly discuss the brain imaging researches conducted and being conducted to infants and children through the use fMRI and will closely look at the ethical issues of subjecting the children into this [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1446

Tokaimura Accident: Violation of Ethics

  A foreign specialist commenting on the safety measures put by the JCO factory after the Tokaimura accident said that the plant "had the safety standards of a bakery and not a nuclear facility".
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2329

Global Warming: Causes and Consequences

Other definitions of global warming are "the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation".
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1616

Comparison Nature and Human Values

Michael wrote on the events leading up to the accident of 1999 where three technicians caused a radiation leakage in the JCO power plant due to the use of nuclear energy.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 925

Great Lakes: North America’s Freshwater in Jeopardy

The five Great Lakes and their connecting channels and the St Lawrence River create one integrated ecosystem stretching from the heart of the North American continent to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 2008

Moral Arguments and Population Issues Analysis

According to Govier, two contexts arises in dealing with the interests of people who are yet to exist: the first is an action prepared would significantly affect those people who do not exist at present [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1571

Marine Biology: Polar Oceans as an Eco System

The water in and around the Antarctic continent is referred to as the Antarctic or Southern Ocean. The Atlantic Water is situated between the Arctic Surface Water and the Arctic Deep Water.
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2376

Marine Pollution: Management and International Legislation

Marine environment refers to: the physical, chemical, geological and biological components, conditions and factors which interact and determine the productivity of, state, condition and quality of the marine ecosystem, the waters of the seas and [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1936

Environmental Problems From Human Overpopulation

The significant movement of the population to the suburbs, coupled with economic prosperity and the technological improvement that made it possible, began to take its toll.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1998

Benefits of Parks and Greenways to American Communities

Children are encouraged to identify with the trees they plant, to appreciate the long-term investment that comes with the life of a healthy tree, and to take pride in the stewardship that the planting represents.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2888

Exhaust of New Technologies: Better or Worse?

Many of these industries using new technologies of production try to control the emission of pollutants to the environment. On the other hand, new technologies have been of great benefits in the control and monitoring [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 272

Recycling Batteries: An In-Depth Look

The first point is about the environmental impacts of the non-recycled used batteries and how these impacts affect people in their daily life. Batteries can be of two general types: the primary battery and the [...]
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2741

Aboriginal Environmental Issues in Canada

The main task of the global community is to persuade the global South to join in environmental protection regimes and reduce pollution.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

Climatic Change Issues Analysis

The changes in the climate can be as a result of varying changes in the dynamic processes of the earth, human activities might also lead to the changes in climate and a good example is [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2769

Natural Disasters Types and Deaths Prevention

For lists of natural disasters, see the list of disasters or the list of deadliest natural disasters. In more recent times, and with the spread of more secular and non-religious ideologies, there was a shift [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 3706

Energy-Wasting: Modelling Exercise

The purpose of this report is to identify the options for making a change in the field and minimizing the effects of the problem using appropriate evaluation tools.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1027

European Air Travel and Environmental Problems

In 1978, the US Government passed the deregulation of airlines by which the Government monopoly over the airlines was significantly reduced and the airlines were exposed to competition both within and outside the country.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3073

Marine Pollution: Sources, Types, Pathways, and Status

By examining sources, types, pathways, and status of water contamination in the context of the World Ocean, it is clear that most marine pollution caused by human actions, especially the mismanagement of plastic debris.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1247

Nuclear Energy and The Danger of Environment

Nuclear energy can be a benefit in the medium and long term perspective, but the communal and public awareness of nuclear energy breeds anxieties about nuclear technology that must be directed to attain the public [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 526

Emergency Response to Haiti Earthquake

The response to the earthquake and calamities that followed was a clear demonstration that the country was ill-prepared to deal with such a disaster.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 30
  • Words: 8290

Eco-Industrial Complex: Suzhou Industrial Park

Social benefits must primarily include the government revenue from taxation of the enterprises, the rise in employment rates, and the increase in the quality of life of the local population.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1109

Environmental Sociology. Capitalism and the Environment

Some evident examples of remarkable economic development in modern capitalism encompass the enormous industrial development of England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the outstanding development levels of Western Europe, the emergence of East Asian [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2867

Concerns of Ocean Ecosystem Pollution

The range of adverse outcomes for ocean ecosystems can be discussed in volumes; however, the current discussion will focus on trash in the ocean waters, acidification, and the disruption of the marine life cycles.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

Chad Frischmann: The Young Minds Solving Climate Change

In this article, the author is mainly interested in persuading the reader to take action to resolve the climate change problem concerning the contribution of younger generations in this process.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Food Distribution and Water Pollution

Therefore, food distribution is one of the central reasons for water pollution. According to Greenpeace, one of the ways to improve the ecology of the planet is by creating healthy food markets.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 182

Environmental Challenges and Groups

The situation is expected to deteriorate, and measures have to be introduced to prevent the possible adverse effects the problem may produce.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Floods: Structural vs. Non-Structural Solutions

The occurrence of hazards disorients the lives and experiences of many people. The selected community can mitigate this hazard through the use of non-structural and structural solutions.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Climate Change and the Syrian Civil War Revisited

The authors note that the purpose of their paper is to explore the quality of the evidence provided by the supporters of the thesis. Selby et al.note that there is no relationship between climate change [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

Norway’s Food Waste Policy Applied to Dubai

Governmental authorities involved in the policy are mainly the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2043

Water, Energy and Food Sustainability in Middle East

Secondly, it will assist in underscoring the main private participants in the WEF supply chains and the significance of managing ecosystems of biodiversity and water.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3912

Urban Ecosystems and the North American Carbon Cycle

According to Pataki et al, the research aims at evaluation and assessment of the state of expertise in the carbon cycle in North American cities and the impact of urbanization on carbon balance.
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 683

A Solution to the Climate Problem

In the present essay, the author recognizes the gravity of a looming natural disaster, climate change, and expresses his deepest concern for the future due to the inaction of the governments.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 277

Why Care About Environmental Policy

The main reason for such a request is that, unlike decades ago, the community leaders and the general public are separated; the transparency between these two institutions is lost.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 611

The Essence of Silent Crisis: The Copenhagen Accord

One of the well-known attempts to contribute to the solution of environmental concerns of the 2000s was the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. The intention of Petermann was to describe different [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2229

Eco Machine Wastewater Treatment

Eco-machines are constructions designed for wastewater treatment with the help of plants instead of traditional methods of physical and chemical water treatment.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 296

Nuclear vs. Gas Power in Saudi Arabia

The main features of AP1000 are simplicity, reliability, and low projected costs of energy due to using the economics of scale. Thus, the overall future of nuclear energy in Saudi Arabia still seems uncertain.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

Bioenergy Use in Austria Analysis

Austria is one of the first countries of the world that has shifted to the use of bioenergy as one of the branches of its domestic energy policy.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1690

Research Plan “Climate Change”

This document outlines a research plan to help the world transition to a sustainable future by exploring ways to mitigate climate change risks in the management of global supply chains.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 1594

How China Cuts Its Air Pollution

5, which is the smallest and one of the most harmful polluting particles, were 54 percent lower in the last quarter of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016, specifically in Beijing.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1165

Evidence of Climate Change

The primary reason for the matter is the melting of ice sheets, which adds water to the ocean. The Republic of Maldives is already starting to feel the effects of global sea-level rise now.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 389

Air Pollutants: Nitrogen Dioxide

According to EPA, NO2 irritates the human respiratory system can be related to aggravation of asthma and other chronic conditions. Nitrogen dioxide also reacts with chemicals in the air to form harmful substances, such as [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 206

Haze Pollution in China

One of the outstanding aspects of pollution in the country is that the Chinese are highly desensitized and aware of issues surrounding this matter.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

Field Trip to Newport, Ohio

This essay is organized into three parts; and the first one provides background information about the location and outcrop, the second describes the characteristics of the two types of stratigraphic sequences, and the third presents [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1092

Essays by Keegan and Williams: Contrast

This leads to some similarities in the author's arguments as Keegan notes that whales are the subject of legends, and their importance is based on a number of such things as, for example, intelligence.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 724

Pro-Vegetarianism to Save the Earth

While most people agree that population growth is closely connected to the emission of greenhouse gases, which are harmful to the environment, as they lead to global warming, a rare individual believes that he or [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1105

The Role of Human Activities on the Climate Change

Among the key roles that the human activities have on the climate change, the destruction of unique habitats and the subsequent extinction of endemic species should be mentioned first.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 996

Science, Technology, and the Environment

The environmental challenges largely determine the development of technology and science as a way of adjusting to new conditions. In other words, the very idea of a state that aimed at the expansion should be [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 603

Hunting in Wildlife Refuges in California

In addition, the lack of regulations and the prohibition of hunting in wildlife refuges in its entirety has led to the overpopulation of certain species and the introduction of imbalance to the ecosystem, with the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3011

Ecological Impacts of Habitat Loss on Tropical Rainforests

The history of habitat loss correlates with the encroachment and settlement of people in tropical rainforests. Anthropogenic activities cause encroachment of habitats, fragmentation of ecological systems, and restriction of biotic interactions, leading to the reduced [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3105

The Paris Agreement: Solution to Global Warming

The Paris Agreement of December 2015 in France marked a significant milestone in the history of global environmental work since the majority of world leaders under the United Nations have gathered to prevent the future [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

Hazardous Waste Classification

The selection of the best option for the treatment of hazardous waste depends on the nature of the involved materials or chemicals and the desired properties of the output stream.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1692

Ferry Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan

It has been written with the following key areas in mind: The primary risk addressed in the proposed plan is the risk of a ferry disaster in the territorial waters of Qatar.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3202

Environmental Policy: Water Sanitation

The application of ASD in UASB with the inclusion of biofilters will lead to a rise in the levels of water sanitation, with the following chances for restoring damaged ecosystems and reducing the rates of [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2504

Hurricane Matthew: Communicating Health Risks

After the cataclysm, more attention was paid to the timely notification of evacuation to the public, and risk communication as the significant aspect of protection became one of the factors of public health practice.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Qatar’s Disaster and Emergency Planning

The focus of this paper is to identify the major risks that may occur, how these risks can be managed, and the agencies that need to be involved.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2038

The UAE’s Sustainable Energy Projects

According to the United Nations Environmental Program, the UAE has one of the largest carbon footprints in the world due to the high rate of energy consumption.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2514

Corporations’ Impact on Climate Change

That is why I am sure that our corporation should be ready to engage in the activity aimed at the protection of the environment and advocate for global solutions to climate change.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Masdar City: A Step to Solving Global Warming

According to Mezher, Dawelbait, and Tsaia, the UAE is a country in which the influence of negative environmental impacts is acute due to the industrial features of development in the state and intensive oil refining.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1239

Hurricane Katrina’s Impact on African Americans

From the perspective of the social order, to live as an African American in the United States, and New Orleans in particular can mean risks of becoming a victim of violence, rape, and even murders [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 613

Catastrophe of Hurricane Sandy

The consequences of Hurricane Sandy make it possible to formulate a thesis that society and infrastructure need to be adapted to such natural disasters as frequent hurricanes and measures at the community level are necessary.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 585

Climate Change Factors and Countermeasures

The main reason for climate change in the 21st century is the greenhouse effect, the impact of which is eight times more intensive than the impact of solar radiation.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 904

Pollution and Federal Environmental Policy

Pollution continues to influence the flora and the fauna of the United States, as well as people in urban and even rural areas.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 304

Wind Power in West Texas and Its Effects

The main cause of introducing and developing wind power in West Texas is the need to generate more electricity with fewer costs and environmental friendliness.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

Sustainable Cities’ Development and Challenges

According to Sachs, one of the most significant challenges of sustainable cities is the high ecological footprint. The example of Curitiba, a city in Brazil, can be used to explain further.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Sustainability: Future Environments and Economies

The authors suggest that the role of sustainability management in organizations and its contribution to the overall sustainability of society and the environment is well-recognized by the researchers.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1254

The Impact of Mining Companies on Environment

Apart from provincial officials, the President of the country also supported the indigenous people and did not approve the license renewal, and OceanaGold had to stop mining in the territory.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 301

Climate Change: Who Is at Fault?

The rationale for the author's argument is centered around the premise that it is wrong to praise the political and economic system of the 1980s while blaming people for the inability to make changes in [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 498

National Park Utah: Situation at Arches

A wide audience can be attracted with the help of a blog or newspaper article that encourages people to reflect and take actions.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 279

Green Revolution in the Modern World

The projected increase in the world population by the United Nations suggests that there will be a higher demand for food in the future, which will affect the usage of water.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2703

E-Waste Management: Reducing the Toxicity

Thus, the topic of this essay is the assessment of the current problem of e-waste management, the current levels of competence about e-waste management, and the methods of addressing the problem at hand.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1159

Plastic Consumption and Compostable Packaging

The paper will describe how the measures implemented to support the introduction of single-use plastics could impact the beverage and food outlets' human resources, economic, financial, marketing, and supply chain procedures.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1395

Loss of Biodiversity in the Amazon Ecosystem

The growth of the human population and the expansion of global economies have contributed to the significant loss of biodiversity despite the initial belief that the increase of resources can halt the adverse consequences of [...]
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1682

Social Activism Against Plastic Pollution

Of the 30 million tons of plastic waste in the United States in 2009, only 7% were sent for recycling, which primarily damages marine life.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 301

Project Oxygen: Making Management Matter

In the updated version of the list of qualities that good managers should have, there have been some changes and additions for ensuring that results apply to the broadest audience of managers.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

Chernobyl Catastrophe, Its Impacts and Regulations

The active eruption of radioactive substances from the destroyed reactor was stopped only by the end of May 1986 by mobilizing the resources of the entire USSR and the cost of mass irradiation of thousands [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1659

Weather and Climate: Tathra Natural Disaster

The paper discusses the affected areas, the causes of the hazard, and its impacts. The disaster occurred in the forests near the bank of Bega River and Tathra, a small town in the Far South [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1502

Climate Change: Reducing Industrial Air Pollution

One of the most effective measures of air quality in the USA is the Air Quality Index, which estimates air conditions by concentrations of such pollutants as particle solution, nitrogen and sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

Bio- and Anthropocentrism in Environmental Ethics

Baxter notes that environmental ethics, in general, should be seen as a product of civilization, so people have the right to establish rules and choose what is good and bad.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 304

Jordan’s Water Crisis and Response

In particular, the facts about enmity with Israel exacerbate the local political situation, and in the face of the shortage of this valuable natural resource, the struggle for control over the Dead Sea becomes fiercer.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 284

Ecological Tragedy of Love Canal

As the student stated, even now, researchers struggle to assess the damage that the resurfacing of toxic waste in the enclave cost.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 294

Plastic Accumulation in Oceans

However, it is also important to state that the East Pacific garbage patch is rather unique in its concentration of plastic on a large area that is discussed as the widest plastic accumulation zone in [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 288

Environmental Tragedy of Love Canal, New York

By creating rigid guidelines for transparency and clarity concerning the processes of waste disposal, as well as updating the policies concerning the management of toxic waste, one will be able to prevent situations such as [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 307

California’s Coastal Biodiversity Initiative

The considered threat to California biodiversity is a relevant topic in the face of climate change. To prevent this outcome, it is necessary to involve the competent authorities and plan a possible mode of operation [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 277