Because of the unreasonable use of the natural resources, environmental pollution and inadequate protection, people have led a number of species to extinction; moreover, due to the increasing rates of consumerist approach towards the food [...]
The concept of immense use of automobiles, which goes hand in hand with increase in the number and size of cities, is well known as urban sprawl and motorization.
In particular, I will focus on discussing the associated issues of global warming, the acuteness of the related health-problems and the process of urban communities growing increasingly secluded, in the social sense of this word.
This paper discusses particular sections of the applicable OSHA regulations that Exxon Corporation neglected, the hazards the workforce of this company encountered because of the failure to comply with OSHA regulations, and the recommended corrective [...]
The effect of the contamination was exacerbated by the fact that the mine had employed thousands of people in Libby and the nearby towns.
The author calls for consumers and producers to appreciate the importance of recycling in lowering the rate of environmental pollution. Additionally, the author is of the opinion that limiting the high rate of environmental pollution, [...]
The justification of the study is premised on the fact that China is one of the world's largest coal producers and consumers, hence the need to evaluate the health implications of coal pollution on the [...]
The cost of the inventions is the environment degradation. This is because of the comfort that the furniture and the shade of the roof offer.
The sole purpose of this paper is to promote awareness on the effects of the use of inefficient sources of energy and inappropriate consumption of energy on social development, the economy and the surrounding at [...]
Thus, the threats of the climate change can be overcome with references to resolving the economic crisis with the help of orientation to the new sources of renewable energy, which can be discussed as beneficial [...]
This paper will argue that since fossil fuels have been the primary contributors to the global warming problem, a switch to renewable energy sources will help to mitigate global warming and possibly even reverse the [...]
This is one of the reasons they rejected the request to take photographs of the shuttle in order to estimate the impact of the foam on the shuttle.
In addition, the essay discusses the US position in the development of clean energy and the impact of this technology on the US economy.
As a result, the air over the equator becomes less dense and exerts less pressure on the air columns that surrounds it.air moves from areas of high to low pressure, the pressure gradient associated with [...]
Particular focus of the research paper will be dedicated to introspection of the perception of the business owners on the purpose for existence of their businesses especially on aspects of profit making endeavors showing how [...]
Specifically, the aim of the visit was to identify the sources of the wastes, the disposal routes, waste generation rates, and the composition of the wastes.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effects of oil spills on seafood. In particular, oil deposits on the seafloor changes the composition of the soil and the ecosystem in the deep sea.
The disreputable occasion in Thailand that attracts millions of tourists around the globe is known as the Full Moon Party. According to Uysal and Williams, the full moon party has shocking and direct effects on [...]
According to, global warming is the average persistent increase in the atmospheric temperature near the earth's surface leading to changes in global climate patterns over a given period of time.
This chapter together with the article "Acid rain and its ecological consequences" written by Madhoolika Agrawal and Anita Singh and which appeared in the 29th volume of the Journal of Environmental Biology describe the formation [...]
It is also possible to note that the article provides a number of specific details that tessellate into a mosaic of the environmental concerns of these days.
Two approaches to the issue of environmental protection of forests will be examined in the following paper, the approach described in the article "The American Forests" by John Muir and in the article "Save the [...]
Indeed, there is an urgent need to address the current crisis to ensure that Canada has access to fresh water in the future.
The main thesis of the article is that dumping sites are located far away from places that people live. In the end, she explains the dumping sites are located away from people and thus they [...]
The aim of this document is to describe the nature of a bush fire prone land and the fire safety measures desirable to prevent any accidental occurrences of bush fires.
The difference is brought about by the actions the countries' leaders and citizens took or failed to take to preserve the environment.
To overcome the issue of solid waste management, the USA and the European countries practice the collection, transportation, recycling of the waste at the local and regional levels, with focusing on the competitiveness of the [...]
The greenhouse gases from such emissions play a key role in the depletion of the most essential ozone layer, thereby increasing the solar heating effect on the adjacent Earth's surface as well as the rate [...]
The red light waves are usually the longest in the visible spectrum of the electromagnetic energy and they are also the slowest in motion.
On the magnitude of influence, technology has affected ecology in positive and negative ways. Since ecological sustainability is largely influenced by behavior change, the impacts are simple and easily adoptable irrespective of cultural systems existing [...]
The purpose of this study is to offer an objective exploration of the environmental, socioeconomic, health, archeological and geological problems resulting from the construction of The Three Gorges Dam across The Yangtze River as well [...]
Water management is a tool for every person to reduce the water shortage. Increase in water price is likely to reduce the consumption as this reduces water wastage.
In this framework, the environmental assessment and auditing are applied in order to identify benefits of conducting Environmental Impact Assessment and auditing on the main ecological elements of pollution.
The Water Education Foundation estimates that in order to produce a single pound of beef in the state of California, we require about 2,464 gallons of water.
This would work out if the cost of avoiding emissions would be less than the cost of paying the tax associated with the emissions.
The objective of the paper is to investigate the effects of hazardous wastes on human health and the environment shall also be explored.
This will go hand in hand with the fourth long term effect which will be as a result of the setting changes due to the alteration of the dam surrounding and even to the larger [...]
Due to the fact that Tornado is a natural disaster that locations around IUB need to be prepared of; there are lots of vulnerabilities in the University.
Forests eliminate and amass carbon dioxide from the air, and deforestation causes vast amounts of carbon discharge, in addition to, decreasing the quantity of carbon capture on the globe.
As a result of man's increased activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, global temperatures are increasing rapidly, with severe consequences to climate patterns, the wildlife, flora and fauna, and the health of mankind [...]
It is appropriate to inspect the ocean and land spheres independently so as to take advantage of the limitations that arises with them and particularly to the capability of the land and ocean to store [...]
Two basic practices of tree spiking exist; spiking the tree at the bottom of the tree trunk, and spiking the tree way above the trunk, as high as one can reach.
This is very important as it helps put pressure on countries to reduce on carbon release, in order to conserve the environment and hence species at risk.
E-waste disposal is destroying the environment in various ways depending on the type of the electronic disposed and the method of disposal.
The claim is thought to include cost of installations and time taken to construct the nuclear plants. In this case, they fail to note that the cost of electricity from nuclear energy is cheaper than [...]
Air pollution refers to the infusion of chemicals, particles and biological matter that are hazardous and are the cause of discomfort to humanity and other living organisms into the atmosphere.
This ensured that the goods that have been produced are of the right quality and quantity in order to meet the requirements of the consumers.
My mitigation plan for ensuring sustainability of energy resources will primarily involve efforts to resolve the overexploitation of non-renewable energy resources, and enhance the adoption of clean renewable energy.
Due to the changes in the sourcing of energy I decided to make use of solar heating especially in showering and cooling my house.
It speeds up the erosion of construction materials and the decomposition of metals which destructs the human respiratory system by introducing poisonous materials into the system. Afterwards, the use of vents and the burning of [...]
Nevertheless, based on a keen analysis of the works of these authors, there stand some loopholes, as they do not give a detailed procedure of the steps to follow in order to realize the dream [...]
Similarly, the prevalence of diverse diseases in Egypt limits the citizens' ability to attain sound health. Water erosion also occurring in the Northern regions of Egypt causes unprecedented degradations to land.
Face to face delivery of the message is the best for the family members and relatives because of the amount of humanely touch it can have on the recipient of the information.
Limited growth Although the industry appreciates, the efforts of environmental movements like Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and Friends of the Earth, the industry feel that the requirements of the set policies limit its [...]
There are various sources of pollutants that are associated with Indoor Air Pollution: Combustion sources e.g.oil, gas, kerosene, coal, wood and tobacco products; building materials and furnishings, asbestos-containing insulation, wet or damp carpet; products for [...]
With the experience BP had on such projects and its success in exploitation of renewable energy sources, the company did not put into place the right measures in order to take care of any disaster [...]
Populations that live in risk prone areas are more likely to suffer loss of land to the increasing sea level and risks of dangerous waves; when the temperatures increase; they lead to melting of the [...]
One of the arguments used by recycling supporters is that the government takes full responsibility of the funding of recycling activities."Government supports lots of services that the free market would not provide, such as the [...]
Having in mind that the demand for energy will continue growing; to help propel the growth of the economy there is need to come up with steps that will help conserve oil.
Picture 2: Some of the animal species I encountered in the park. I was interested to examine biodiversity of animal and plant species in the terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems within Asir national park.
In 1972, the UN assembly established the body to monitor the environment and human activities within the member states and across the world.
The local and military officials have laid down policies that are aimed at controlling the spread of the disease and lessening the economic, health, security, and communal impacts.
Environmental degradation is on the increase, and it is likely to affect the human race in the future. Reduce it, is the first strategy for reducing waste disposal, and it is the most important of [...]
The writer argues that to some point, the environment should be treated in the same way human beings are treated meaning that companies polluting the environment with emissions should understand that the environment feels the [...]
This paper shall address specific automobile pollutants in relation to causes and public health, to draft possible recommendations to the obstacles, in order to manage the problem.
The base line in determining climatic changes by using tree rings is by correlating the outer rings spacing of a tree and the National Weather Service records.
It is the purpose of this essay to offer a critical summary of the two articles, in the process bringing into fore issues that are relevant to the Estidama Project.
The human population is expected to play a major role in the reduction of emissions by 2050, thereby redressing climatic change.
The principles governing energy saving are to promote minimum usage of energy with an aim of saving energy and encouraging the use of renewable forms of energy.
The main effect of increased carbon dioxide emission in the atmosphere is the high ice melting on different mountains. The recent occurrence of Hurricanes, tornados and typhoons is due to high temperatures in the oceans [...]
The causes of climate changes are varied; first, the cyclical variations of the orbital processes control the solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth causing varying climatic conditions.
The most outstanding benefit of green buildings is the reduction in wastes and this is something that other developments have not taken care of.
The idea of "green buildings" has in many ways helped enhance indoor air quality."Green buildings" are made possible by designing and constructing buildings which have high quality of indoor air as one of their major [...]
However, it is impossible to underestimate the impact of people on the processes related to climate change and, therefore, sea-level rise.
However, the US Department of Energy officials continue to say that this technology is unfeasible; according to them the very idea of cold fusion has no scientific value.
According to a research done by Mwingi Godfrey on the conservation of water in South Africa, the following is important to ensure a sustainable use; Pressure management, this will control the chances of pipe bursts [...]
The environmental effects of the BP oil spill adversely affected the gulf region and the efforts to remedy the situation are likely to impact on the overall US economy Tons of species of creatures were [...]
The high demand for automobiles to serve the high Chinese population in addition to the indiscriminate opening of factories that depend entirely on coal have been noted as some of the major causes of air [...]
Growth of solar will be expected to contribute about 8% of USA's energy by the year 2020; solar energy has seen growth from 785MW in the year 2002 to current capacity of 1.4 GW.
For aquatic animals and plants, ice acts serves as a cover for aquatic ecosystem reducing the amount of energy, nutrients, and oxygen in the world of low temperatures.
One of the major problems facing major cities and towns in the world is pollution; wastes from firms and households are the major causes of pollution.
Despite this controversy, reliable research has shown that the production of greenhouse gases by the activities of humans is the leading cause of global warming.
A second legislation, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act was passed in 1976 in the US to monitor the disposal of solid wastes and toxic wastes.
This is one of the main aspects of environmental conservation in the motor vehicle industry. This is due to the tremendous increase in the number of vehicles.
The Ertan dam was one of the largest dams constructed in China. It was one of results of the improvements of the economy of china.
The diversity in the supermarket shows up in the difference in roles of the 'species' in the ecology. The removal of the supermarket from the ecology complicates the arrangement between the suppliers and the customer.
The length however depends on the size of the wave since the larger the wave the larger the area affected and consequently the longer the period of time taken.
It is possible to predict that the developing countries with the population who have low income will suffer the most people will not be able to buy food for prices that will grow because of [...]
Therefore, the process of converting trash into recyclables is of great significance to the well being of a nation not only in terms of environmental safety, but also politically and economically.
Due to the scarcity of fossil fuels and the expenses incurred in the mining of fossil fuels, it is important that we find a new source of energy to fulfill the energy needs of the [...]
The natural gas drilling usually has effects on both the environment as well as the community as it affects the air, water and the soil as well as the people who live near the drilling [...]
Human attitude towards environmental damage is that the environment exists for human benefit; environment should be exploited for the good of man and at no any one point should exploiting the environment be seen to [...]
The rate of consumption of their consumption is also seen to be relatively high as compared to the consumption of renewable resources.
Later on in 1930, the first historic preservation edict came to being in Charleston, South Carolina and the architectural company of Simons and Lapham was instrumental in the creation.
Tehran is overpopulated and since the major mode of transport is by road a lot of carbon dioxide is emitted into the air hence the air in that city is polluted and when this gas [...]
The data for the research was collected through the internet databases that contain a number of issue papers about the open space areas and the effect of the number of parks produced on the overall [...]
The biggest percentage of sewage waste consists of water, treating the wastes for recycling would help in maintaining a constant supply of water.
Throughout the process of ten weeks various types of plastic materials had been collected and stored so that when we resell these items after ten long weeks, we are able to easily tell the difference [...]
The biggest problem noted with the 914th Airlift Wing AFRC supersite is the obvious abandonment of the environment by the locals and relevant authorities.
The outcome of global warming has been exhibited by the melting of ice and snows in areas such as the Antarctic which has changed the average sea level of the whole world because the ice [...]
It was the novel headquarters of German East Africa and was among the mainly important business ports by the side of the East African coast during the colonial period.
The climatic conditions are arrived at as a result of several factors such as nearness to large water bodies, latitudinal factors, the altitude patterns, human activities, the relief, and distance from the equator, direction of [...]
Despite the controversy that surrounds the causes of global warming, human beings are slowly beginning to appreciate the fact that much of the heating up of the earth's surface is attributable to their activities.
Depletion of ozone layer is the slow eradication of the ozone layer caused by the gases that are emitted into the atmosphere.
He further referred to the sludge flood as an ecological catastrophe thereby suspending all the activities of the company and ordering it to repair the broken reservoir.
Environmental groups filed law suits in attempt to stop the plans by the company to build a pumped storage facility in the region.
Immediately after a volcano, dust released to the atmosphere causes a cooling effect; the level of cooling depends on the size of dust particles released and the amount.
Consequently, this policy dictated agencies to abandon their attempts to put out every wildland fire and sought to reduce the vulnerability of communities and resources to the negative effects of wildland fires.
Bioregionalism is the phenomenon of understanding the process of environmental ecosystems in a way justifiable to the human cultures. The more industrialization of the weapons of mass destruction, the more would be the production, the [...]
Those who still lived in the park, mainly the Cherokee Indians, miners and loggers, were forced out of the park and all the operations which contributed to the destruction of the forest were abolished.
The paper is for the opinion that the disposal of medical wastes on the environment has negative effects to the general public.
The Amazon tropical rainforest is the home of thousands of flora and fauna species, which are rare in other forest reserves, because of the favorable environmental conditions of the forest.
Majority of developed and developing countries for example, the U.S.and China have failed to heed to the call of the need to save Mother Nature through implementation of pollution mitigating measures, for example, the Kyoto [...]
In a more terrifying note, and perhaps a threat to Maine ecosystem, the government of Bahamas approved this development to be located close to the shoreline, which consisted of a mangrove system and healthy coral [...]
The earth has a number of climatic systems that ensure the distribution of heat across the face of the earth. Global warming is the result of retention of heat by the earth's atmosphere originally from [...]
Fire science involves the study of the origins of fire, cycles of fire and the stages of fire in the future.
Green materials used on the sustainable buildings reduce the environmental hazardous impacts such as the global warming effects, depletion of resources, and toxicities.
According to Milbourn, global warming is the projected and observable increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans. It is easier said that human activities do not contribute to global warming than grappling [...]
He claims that in a head on collision, a SUV is more likely to cause more injury to the driver of the other car and at the same time cause more grievous harm to the [...]
Tarr also compares pollution caused by automobiles to that caused by horses, putting into consideration the promises that came with automobiles with respect to creating cleaner and safer streets.