Environment Essay Examples and Topics. Page 20

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Regulation and Management of Haze Pollution in Canada

The legislation is the oldest of its kind and empowers the national government to initiate programs relating to air pollution assessment; set air quality objectives and set standards linked to the source.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1588

Tourism and Ecosystem

Basically, tourism occurs in two forms: "the journey to the destination and the stay including the activities at the destination". The impact of tourism on the ecosystem is usually evaluated in terms of an ecological [...]
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1659

Wildness as Important Part of Nature

In this context, the forest in this context is the wilderness while the animals and plant species found in this forest referred to as the wildness.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2144

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Global Impact & Challenge

Industries with large distribution of power are the chief producers of PCBs to the environment, whereby PCBs are released by accidental spillage or careless abandonment of PCB equipment in the environment.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1925

The SARS: How Can the Pandemic Be Prevented?

The problem is in the fact that the connection of the SARS with the environmental issues can be discussed as the interdependence because researchers discuss the changes in the environmental temperature which can cause the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

Nuclear Energy Usage and Recycling

The resulting energy is used to power machinery and generate heat for processing purposes. The biggest problem though is that of energy storage, which is considered to be the most crucial requirement for building a [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 904

Country Profile: Kingdom of Bhutan

The chief of the state of Bhutan is the king, and the throne is hereditary in the male line of the Wangchuk dynasty, which was established in 1907, when a system of joint chiefs of [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1912

Community Power and Sustainable Development in Sydney

The level of consumption of minerals within the world is attributed to high population growth rate. The design should be capable of accommodating pedestrians and other transport means such as use of bicycles, train and [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2413

Abu Dhabi Wind Energy

The report covers energy crisis in Abu Dhabi, wind energy as a potential source of renewable energy for Abu Dhabi, and recommendations.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2595

Greenhouse Business Challenge

Just like many other countries in the world, Australia is involved in the efforts towards the reduction of the effects of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 537

It is About Lake

The Rift region constitutes of such lakes as the Lake Baringo in Kenya, Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, the Dead sea, Reelfoot lake in Tennessee near the Mississippi River were formed as result of the earthquake.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1448

Reduction of Fire-associated Deaths Since 1977

This has been done through consideration of both statistics and trends in the number of deaths related to fire as recorded in death certificates as either smoke inhalation or burns.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1389

China and Global Warming

Bearing in mind that global warming is such a threat to livelihood, it is imperative for China to start looking into ways of reducing its industrial activities for the sake of others living on planet [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Impact of Economic Growth on Environmental Sustainability

Because of constant development of the richest economies, such as the United Kingdom, and United States, the consumption levels of the global population surpass the actual amount of natural resources that the Earth has prepared [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 479

Adaptations of trees in the rainforest biomes

The trees in the rainforest biomes have developed several adaptations to enable them to survive the conditions in the area. The large surface of the leaves would also mean that there is a larger surface [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Proposal to mine coal on Denniston Plateau

The coal firm will make a series of payments to the Council in order to facilitate some of the regulatory requirements, and this will also be a source of revenue for it.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2273

Acidic Rain Effects on the Environment

Preview The interest of this paper is to explore the impacts of acidic rain on the PH of the soil and the leaching processes.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1130

Plants and Carbon Dioxide

In this context, it is true that plants will not increase their CO2 uptake in response to increased levels of the gas in the atmosphere.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

Endangered Species Issue in the United States

Thus, the extinction of wolves in our ecosystem will results in an increase in the ungulates population comprising of unhealthy and undesired preys. With more wolves in an ecosystem, the number of ungulates will reduce.
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

Deforestation in Thailand

The environmental value of the forests in Thailand is evident in the efforts the government and other stakeholders undertake to conserve the environment.
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  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

Political Ecology and Water Resources

Throughout this paper, the concepts that are core to the discipline of political ecology will facilitate the analysis of water wars that have typified communities in the rural areas of Bolivia.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1899

The Issue of Bottled Water Consumption

The steady rise in the demand for bottled water is causing hips of unnecessary garbage and resulting in the consumption of vast quantities of energy according to the report by Earth Policy Institute.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 654

Design Systems. Water Supply & Sanitation

This water is usually tapped from the roof of the houses and directed to the jars. The roofs of the houses play a significant role in determining the quantity and quality of water that shall [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1682

Hazard Adjustments in Alaska

Moreover, the authorities must have facilities that can be used to remove snow in major facilities such as roads and airports.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 628

Sustainable Development of Toronto

The rate of resource depletion and pollution of the environment in many countries in the world is alarming. This essay examines the meaning of sustainability and its benefits for Oslo City in Norway as well [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 818

Structural and Non-Structural Mitigation

The practice of elimination and reduction of loss of property and life due to catastrophes have become common in areas prone to natural disasters.
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  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 603

The Environmental Abuses by the Powerplant Company

This can often lead the deterioration of ecosystems located in local rivers and streams as the amount of metal particulates not only slowly poisons the fish but can actually cause a certain degree of cloudiness [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Sustainability Measures in Eco-Homes

Indeed, "energy harvested from water, wind and sunlight are generally known as renewable energy due to the fact that they are never exhausted".
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2467

MGM Grand Hotel Fire

The fire extended to the lobby, casino and blew out through the main entrance due to the speed at which it was spreading and also due to the fact that the walls were coated with [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Timber and Sustainability

It is therefore important to know that the use of timber in the construction industry contributes to the degradation of the environment.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2640

1906 San Francisco Fire Disaster

As a matter of fact, the fire fighting department in this city ran out of water that was necessary to calm the fire.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Concept of Environmental Ethic in Society

One of the issues that are highlighted by the authors is the anthropocentrism of contemporary environmental ethics. One can take utilitarian or deontological perspectives, but it is always possible to institutionalize the principles of environmental [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 537

Adopting Alternative Fuels

The best solution to these problems is the adoption of alternative fuels. Despite the controversy surrounding the adoption of alternative fuels, they provide the best alternative for human survival.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

The North Haven Fire Department

Through this division of labor it becomes very easy to offer quality fire fighting services to the residents of The New Haven town in terms of public awareness on fire fighting equipments and the steps [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1151

Geology of Palouse Falls

The rocks, of which basalt is the most common, are mostly metamorphic and were formed as a result of the cooling of floodwaters and ice.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

Solar Panels in China

Due to the popularity of solar energy and its domination in the world market, it has been the most appropriate option for the country.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1135

The System for Pollution Offsets

Maintaining equilibrium between environmental quality and cost is not efficient if all the polluting entities are treated uniformly despite the amount of emissions and concentration in a certain region.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 591

The Nature of Nonpoint Pollution Control Problem

The incentive scheme to be used to influence the ambient level can be in the form of compulsory payment, T. The amount to be paid depends on the difference between the actual ambient level and [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 2603

Fire Codes of National Fire Prevention Association

These fires have brought substantial impact on fire services requiring the need to rewrite the fire codes. This is essential in order to minimize the time required put off the fire.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 894

The Station Nightclub Fire

This exit and entrance will be of width capable to accommodate one- half of the people within the building and should connect to a stairway, which lead to a street.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Current Environmental Health Issues

Considering the effects these bacteria may result in the following consequences should be remembered, the production of the lethal toxins in the intestine, the development of the clinical disease and succumb to the infection, the [...]
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 813

Sustainability project – Amcor site & MDB

On the contrary, the AMCOR housing and parking project is represented by an organization that is of a smaller scale compared to that of the Murray basin conservation project.
  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1918

Community Hazard Analysis

Besides, the paper determines potential, direct, and indirect social and economic costs, effects, acceptable risk level, and identifies appropriate risk reduction opportunities in the city of Georgia.
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  • Subjects: Human Impact
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1348

Maya Papermaking and the Dresden Codex

When we consider the materials used in making the Maya paper in the ancient times, we find that the major material was the bark of the fig tree.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2171

Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Material

This is due to the fact that the production of nuclear power involves the release of radionuclides into the environment during the front and the back end processes.
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  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4075

Bhopal Disaster Response and Impacts

The presence of water and MIC resulted to the occurrence of an exothermic reaction that resulted to the increase of temperature and pressure in the storage tank.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 643

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, ENEC, brought together six UAE member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency and other countries such as the United States of America. The assertions made above indicate that UAE relies [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

Green Power Policies in the United States of America

With the uncertainties in the oil market and the rapid deterioration of other sources of energy, it is time that the American government and other concerned organizations considered revolutionizing this source of energy in order [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1731

Recycling Firm Business Plan

The business will be called "Greensipi" - a plastic recycling firm that will be responsible for number of products and services.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1371

Wetland Management and Business

It is known that wetlands serves very important roles in the societies, ranging from ecological matters to educational, there would be an assessment of the contribution of the wetland and that of the land it [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

Sustainability Project: CERES Educational Park

The amount of resources available to the current residents remains significantly the same even after inclusion of the medium density housing, this will over the time develop into a supply-demand phenomenah and eventually influence the [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1637

Buncefield Incident Causes and Effects

As a result, the defects in the switch and the failure to inform the users of how critical the padlock was caused an escalation of the incident. This was as a result of the fuel [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1406

Global Warming and Excess Carbon in the Atmosphere

The changes in climate that have occurred are not sufficient to make the assertions that the world is in danger. The challenge is that the climate change supporters have gone to extents of politicizing the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1363

Reducing Energy Usage

The development of the national grid led to a switch to electric power as the main source of energy.hydroelectric power and Wind power are yet to be utilized.
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  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 520

Renewable Energy Sources

Thus, the establishment that the use of fossil fuels adversely affects the environment is important in explaining the shift to the use of renewable energy sources.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1695

21st Century Environmental Perils

Al Gore mentioned that the bold steps that are supposed to be taken in order to deal with the climate crisis are similar steps that are supposed to be taken to deal with the problem [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1630

Human Impact on the Environment

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impacts of logging on the forest resources in Uganda and offer recommendations that can be used to mitigate and manage the identified impacts.
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1803

Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Affects US Debate

Although it has been argued that the nuclear disaster of Fukushima Daiichi would have a direct impact on the nuclear policy of the United States of America, this disaster should not have any effect on [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 591

The Seriousness of Global Warming

The problem touches upon the rise of temperature of the Earth's atmosphere as well as the influence of gaseous emissions and combustion gases, which are the reasons for the ecologists and scientists' concern.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 527

Environment and Species in International Relations

According to Torgerson: "The environmentalism that came onto the public scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s was part of an outburst of activism in civil society that was followed by the emergence of [...]
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  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1591

Smith and Fong Company Sustainable Products

This American company has been in existence since the 1980's and in 1997 Smith and Fong Company got fully incorporated as a sustainable bamboo flooring product manufacturer. Smith and Fong Company is a market leader [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Emissions Trading System

In the pursuit of the prevention of further depletion of the ozone, the emission-trading scheme aims at reducing by significant margins, the emission levels by regulating the amount of pollutants emitted by individual firms.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1934

Economics and Human Induced Climate Change

In this case, climate change is an economic problem because it has increased the costs of energy and we all know that energy is used for production activities.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 647

Water Shortage’ Major Causes and Implication

Summary of the article This article is a discussion regarding one major problem that is an issue of concern in the 21st century which according to the author, the world is currently facing a major [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1368

Nuclear Energy Benefits and Demerits

The aim of the research is to provide substantial proof that nuclear energy is not efficient and sustainable. It is also argued that the whole process and the impacts of nuclear energy production make the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2378

Carbon-DI-Oxide in the Construction Industy

As a result of the fact that these gases are present in the atmosphere in excessive amount, the heat that is sent back from the surface of the earth is put off by the atmosphere [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3075

Impacts of acidic deposition

The principal emissions that contribute to acidic precipitation are sulfur dioxide and the various oxides of nitrogen that are as result of the burning of the fossil fuels.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2416

Environmental Defense Fund

As part of its broad objectives, the membership of EDF is open and consequently, any interested party can join the group.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 887

The Greenhouse Effect: Process, Components and Risks

The long wave radiation absorbed by the space rises the temperature of the earth and the atmosphere and the heated greenhouse gases radiate long wave radiations allover and majority of it is redirected to the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 823

Wildlife Management in Urban Areas

The end result of reducing the number of predator and carnivores in a given ecological system will cause an imbalance that allows organisms in the lower levels of the food chain to multiply to the [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1278

Identity: Discourse of Environment

A sense of identity is entrenched in the present environment of human being, as there exists a connection between man and the world.
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  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

The Curse of Natural Recourses

Many countries in possession of natural resources are at the risk of conflicting within themselves as every group in the society fights to get its cut of the revenue obtained from the export of those [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1665

Changing Flora and Fauna in the Canadian Arctic

Some of the effects that may come up owing to the reduction in the tundra vegetation and the expansion of the forest cover is the reduction in the level of the ratio of the reflected [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 28
  • Words: 7547

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

The article provides information on how to determine social and economic impacts and the importance of the same in environmental assessment in Canada.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 691

Sale of Forests in United Kingdom

However, the public is rather skeptical about the capacity of the private owners to manage the forests because of the following reasons.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1065

Environmental Effects of Conflict

Due to the similarity in the landscape of Iraq and some parts of the gulf, some effects of the Iraq war are similar to the effects of the gulf war.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3263

Energy Resource Plan: Towards Sustainable Conservation of Energy

Efficient use of some sources of energy such as fossil energy reduces instances of pollution, translating to the fact that people will enjoy healthy lifestyles. The government must encourage citizens to use renewable sources of [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 839

Australian, Perth Water Supply Crisis

The article Australia's Water Crisis brings to light the grim effects of the dwindling water resources within the city of Sydney.
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  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 800

Geothermal Energy: What Is It and How Does It Work?

Among the many options investigated nowadays by the scientists, geothermal energy occupies not the last place, possessing a number of both advantages and disadvantages that make it a point of debate in the energy-seeking society.
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

Environmental and Cultural Impact of Bottled Water

Specifically, the approach to solving the problem will span a careful investigation into the effects of bottled water and waste bottles in the environment, through the collection and analysis of primary data, interviewing company executives [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Spin, Science and Climate Change

Proponents of climate change argue scientifically that the cause of global warming is the accumulation of green house gases and water vapor in the atmosphere over a period.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

A Gas Leak Incident in Bhopal in 1984

The article titled The Incident, Response and Settlement by the Bhopal Information Center briefly explains the circumstances surrounding the accident and then goes ahead to explain the necessary steps that were taken by the company [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Water Resources in Economic

Proposals on the economics' of water resources FAO states, the escalating responsiveness that water shortage has brought forth the acceptance of the opinion that "water is an economic good" as one of the four Dublin [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 538

Global Warming and Coral Reefs

The frightening evidence of the devastating tendencies in coral reef reduction can be illustrated by the case of the coral cover of the Rio Bueno, a coral reef site on the North East of Jamaica [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2026

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions

It is estimated that the number of species that have become extinct is greater than the number of species that are currently found on earth.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2157

Green Initiatives

This study will therefore explore the sustainability and importance of green initiatives in the hotel sector through an analysis of major programs and trends which have been embraced by some of the major hotels across [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3084

Making Solar Energy More Affordable

The use of solar energy can be critical for environmental and economic sustainability of many communities that can be located in different regions of the world.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

Greenhouse Gases Prediction

The practice has significantly contributed to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will eventually increase [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

The Impacts of Oil Spills on Marine Life

The intensity of aquatic effects is influenced by the nature and extent of the spilt oil. Besides, the severity might be influenced by the sensitivity and ambient state of the pretentious marine and their surroundings [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1872