Environment Essay Examples and Topics. Page 22

E-waste disposal is destroying the environment in various ways depending on the type of the electronic disposed and the method of disposal.

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.

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 [...]

This means that the city has major interactions between the human population, the fauna and flora, and the environment of the city.

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 [...]

There has been a growing call for industry players to effect proper disposal of e-wastes, or to find alternative uses of the wastes, such as recycling and separating the components of the electronic devices for [...]

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.

Since anthropogenic climate change occurs due to the cumulative effect of greenhouse gases, it is imperative that climatologists focus on both immediate and long term interventions to avert future crises of global warming that seem [...]

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 [...]

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 irony of the matter is that Australia does not use these reserves to produce nuclear energy; two main reasons that has contributed to the un-exploitation are availability of rich coal deposits in the country, [...]

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 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.

In essence, the activities of over six billion people in the world are threatening the survival and quality of water found in the oceans, lakes and other inland water catchment areas.

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.

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.

It has to be pointed out that this is the ideal green community and thus it would be a challenge to find one.

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.

Although people are not only aware but have also have tasted the impacts of these effects, very few individuals have taken the required action to save the earth from destruction, as most people still embrace [...]

He also observed that the levels of long-lived tracers were due to complex reactions and was unlikely to occur, and that the high levels of chlorine in the stratosphere was the most probable cause of [...]

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 [...]

This paper is an in-depth evaluation of the facts surrounding global warming, and it seeks to establish the causes and effects of the phenomenon, and proposes solutions for mitigating the effects of global warming.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

The following discussion comprises of the effects of the global warming as well as the mitigating measures to be put in place.

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.

Susan page reported in the 'US Today' that in Washington - Pollution and other environmental problems have been shown as the major cause of the threat the world is facing, America especially the United States [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

The contrast between the desert and glacial landscape is the extreme weather conditions and landforms dotted across the surface. The rotational speeds of the wind depend on the distance from the equator.

Green materials used on the sustainable buildings reduce the environmental hazardous impacts such as the global warming effects, depletion of resources, and toxicities.

Without exclusion, all the four great constituents of the Earth system contain water: in biosphere water is the component of the living beings; in lithosphere it constitutes a part of various minerals; atmosphere contains water [...]

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.

In the article 'Psychology in an Age of Ecological Crisis,' Stokols et al traces the influence of the global and environmental conditions on people's cognition, behavioral patterns, and well being In summary, this article examines [...]

In addition to this, architects use simply available materials for these future green technologies of architectural designs. However, future green technologies will see architectural designs economical in terms of water, energy and cost of materials [...]

High surface temperatures lead to "the melting of ice in Polar Regions such as the Arctic and Antarctic regions causing a rise in the ocean and sea levels, which affects the amount and pattern of [...]

People have to be aware about the impact of their activities on groundwater and be able to improve the conditions, they live under, and this piece of writing will inform each reader about each detail [...]

The historical structures offer an in-depth understanding of the political, economical, and social practices of the people who developed the cities.

In this case the buildings which are put up need to meet certain standards which are in line with the expectations of environmental sustainability as well as ensure that the quality of the building is [...]

One of the effects is the rise of the seal level due to the melting of the ice at the poles.

The impacts of global warming in the Polar Regions are so clear and have severe repercussions that they led to the institution of the International Polar Year. Global warming is leading to a reduction of [...]

The evidence provided by environmental agencies indicates that industrial agriculture is one of the factors that significantly contribute to the deterioration of water quality.

One of the issues on the agenda is the quality of indoor air, the factors that influence it and the means to improve the indoor air quality, or IAQ.

The main objective of this research is to find out how power is generated in OECD countries and its contribution to the world’s electricity needs.

The most common environmental tax is connected with the task of ensuring that these polluters are fined appropriately for their harmful emissions to the atmosphere.

In this regard, it is evident that the issue of water scarcity has minimal effect in causing violent conflicts in contemporary world. In addition, water scarcity might lead to violent directly where a community fights [...]

This implies that the United Nations amiss' the population estimation "of 28 million, which is more that all people in Saudi Arabia".

The environmental concerns tied to production of mercury Mercury is widely used in the gold mining. Mercury has been limited to use of obsolete technology and require the use of the high technology to reduce [...]

There were nearly 20 ambulances at the scene of the accident to help transfer the injured people to the hospital. In addition to the Joint Terrorism Task Force that was deployed at the site of [...]

The production of nuclear power is relatively cheap when compared to coal and petroleum. The cost of nuclear fuel for nuclear power generation is much lower compared to coal, oil and gas fired plants.

The REDD partnership between Norway and Indonesia is an outcome of the pressing need to reduce carbon emissions resulting from deforestation.

The millennium development goal on poverty reduction entails the reduction of people going hungry, provision of universal primary education, reducing the number of people who cannot access clean drinking water, combating the spread of infectious [...]

The main cause of hazardous waste facilities in poor communities in United States is due to lack of adequate education by the poor people.

Consequently, the planet might as well become inhospitable to harbor life in future, due to the rising global warming that is accompanied by catastrophic events that might cause extinction of life.

The balance of input of energy into the earth and its eventual loss control the earth's temperature. Support segments will also avail their insights of the plan and comment on its closure or extension.

There are various response efforts that have been taken by the responsible individuals and agencies in order to curb the Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in Sri Lanka each of them having different levels of [...]

This is due to the fact that hybrid cars have one engine that combine the two types of energy sources; gasoline and electricity.

The developed world has a role to play in assisting the indigenous communities of the developing countries. In Africa for instance, the US and other developed countries have helped to enhance water sustainability to eliminate [...]

This was a wakeup call to the federal government, as it was able to put adequate measures that would make the management of such a disaster effective and efficient in future.

The Florida Everglades is one of the last bastions of nature left in the U.S.where human progress has pushed plants and animals alike to the fringes of human civilization.

The energy crisis that the world is currently facing is due to the pollution, over exploitation and depletion of natural resources; therefore, there is an urgent need for the concerned parties and organizations all over [...]

Insights gained from the chapters reveal that the main reason behind the problem of resource overconsumption which threatens the very future of the planet is the rampant overpopulation of humanity which threatens to drain the [...]

The soil, plants and animals are three components of the terrestrial environment that need conservation in order to avoid depletion of natural resources or pollution of the environment.

While keeping the principles of environmental leadership in mind, this research paper reviews the activities of the Environmental Leadership Program, which is a group of professionals who train environmental leaders from diverse backgrounds, and encourage [...]

One of the first pioneers in the application of polymers was Joseph Priestley who in 1770 made a remarkable discovery that led to the use of natural rubber as an eraser.

A significant note to be taken concerning overpopulation is that it does not just refer to the density of the population, but it is a comparison of the density as a ratio of resources.

The BP oil spill, also referred to as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the worst oil spill in history that took place in the Gulf of Mexico for about ninety days in 2010 and [...]

In other words, human activity can damage the health of ecological system by destroying the diversity which includes different species of fauna and flora that contribute to the development of the ecosystem and its maintenance [...]

Studies which have been conducted in the United States about the effects of global warming on human health and mortality have mainly concentrated on either the rise in days with extremely hot weather or the [...]

The paper begins by discussing green technology, proceeds to make a detailed discussion of environmental imperative culminating with a discussion of the economic imperative to precipitate a clear understanding of the weightiest imperative of the [...]

The literature of the global age incorporates all the ecological concepts associated with the literacy of the ecology, ecological linguistics and the literacy of place.

The requirement of this assignment was to collect and recycle different kinds of household items from the trash. In the first week five plastic cups were collected, which were kept in the storage area.

This potential source of pollutants poses significant risks to the quality of water at the creek in terms altering the temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and the turbidity of the water.

This is the increase in the temperatures of the earth's air surface and the subsequent increase in the water levels. On the other hand, the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes oceans to [...]

According to WHO, the quality of drinking water is a foundation for the prevention and control of waterborne ailments, thus water quality is a critical environmental determinant of health for populations using the water.

Both the secondary and tertiary treatment methods utilize a number of processes to make each step a success but tertiary treatment is never usually a necessity because it depends on the toxicity of the source [...]

The first task in the multidisciplinary team should be to identify the leading sources of air pollution within the community and the nature of the specific toxics or hazardous chemicals associated with the pollutants.

The paper also gives the reasons as to why the Corps of Engineers came up with the idea of building the locks and dams and thus their main mission and reasons for the facilities and [...]