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Public Awareness of Climate Changes and Carbon Footprints

For example, it can promote public interaction and "conduct public discourses on global climate change" and raise peoples' interests to such issues as the influence of a greenhouse effect and carbon in the air on [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 527

Should Production of Nuclear Power Be Stopped?

A good example of a disaster caused by nuclear power accident is the accident in Chernobyl in April 1986, the accident was the worst in history and it led to mass displacement of people and [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1741

The Water Distribution System of Springfield City

The city is however responsible for the treatment of water in the entire distribution system. This subsidizes the cost of water distribution in Springfield City.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

Culling/Protection of Rocky Mountain wolves

For instance, in the land ethics of Leopold, a renowned conservationist, it is permitted to hunt though it is not the case in the animal rights ethics.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Safety of Recycled Water for Drinking

The question of whether recycled water is safe for drinking is of high relevance to a discussion on water-borne diseases because raw waste water contains high amounts of faecal matter, so it takes a rigorous [...]
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  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1331

Bhopal, India: The Impact of the Catastrophe

The disaster took place on December, 1984, when a toxic cloud of chemicals in one of the Union Carbide Corporation's plants was introduced into the atmosphere.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Fossil Fuel Bubble Benefits and Environmental Impact

The migration from one environment to the other led to alteration of features that existed in the regions as well as development of adaptations for the region. The enlargement in the growth rate of human [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1660

Ethanol as an Alternative Energy Source

The fuel has the backing of some of the influential figures in the automobile industry. Ethanol has the capacity to absorb water in the engine such that one eliminates the need for addition of such [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1364

Acid Rain’s Formation and Effects

Sulfuric acid is the main component of acid rain. Effects of acid rain on soil Acid deposition causes serious alteration in the chemical composition of soil.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1168

Sustainable Horticulture and Community Development

Sustainable horticulture makes of use farming systems that promote the health of community by taking care of the natural resources and balancing them with the needs of the prevailing market conditions.
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1079

Marginal Concepts: Advanced Modes of Resource Utilization

The environment has to be protected not only for the purpose of the current generation, but also for the benefit of future generations. It is important to note that oil is one of the most [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1622

Economic Analysis of Shale Gas

The supply of the shale gas is anticipated to increase to roughly 62% of the United States total natural gas supply by 2030.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

The Blackfeet Reservation Possesses Valuable Resources

Economists in the region explain that the fracking process is very economical to the tribe compared to other methods but it is alleged that this will only be in the short run as the dangers [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 627

The Ways of Greenhouse Gases Reducing

Among the developed nations, the United States and China lead in emission of the greenhouse gases and hence frequently suffer from the effect of the same.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

The Nuclear Weapons Tests on the Marshall Islands

The inhabitants of Marshall Islands were deprived of their land by the nuclear tests conducted by the US. The nuclear testing program led to the contamination of some of the land owned by the Marshallese [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Expanding Oil Refinery: Environmental and Health Effects

Thus, this analytical treatise attempts to explicitly discuss the environmental and health consequences of locating the proposed oil refinery near the human settlement of Utah. Therefore, refinery of oil and production of gases is expected [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1928

Urban Problems: Enlargement of Urban Areas

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.
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 924

The Incident of the Prince William Sound in Alaska

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1724

The Issue of Conserving the Environment in the US

The United States, just like other countries in the world, is being faced with the issue of conserving the environment in order to resolve the issue of global warming.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Summary of concepts/ideas by Christine Matheson

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, [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

Air Pollution Effects on the Health in China

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Air Pollution and Health Policy in China

The proposed study aims to critically assess the health impact of various forms of air pollution arising from overreliance on coal so as to inform current and future health policy directions in China.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

The Global Feedbacks of Greenhouse

In fact, the temperature of the earth is dependent on the atmospheric actions of the greenhouse effects. Temperatures of surfaces and those of the atmosphere respond quickly to variations in the absorption of greenhouse gases.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 933

Energy efficient team project

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1424

Southeast Asia Human-Environment Issue

Most of the gold that is mined in Indonesia is exported to other countries. This has made gold to be one of the most sought out natural resources in the country.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Columbia’s Last Flight by Langewiesche

At the very beginning of the article, the journalist outlines the underpinnings for the flight, including the construction terms, as well as the importance and the purpose of the mission.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

Disaster of Columbia shuttle

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.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

Clean Energy Technologies

In addition, the essay discusses the US position in the development of clean energy and the impact of this technology on the US economy.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 872

Pricing Gouging: Is it Justifiable?

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2228

El Nino-Southern Oscillation Effects

In addition, global warming increases rate of precipitation thus reducing rate of exchange of water between water surfaces and the atmosphere.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 297

Hydraulic Fracturing in the Movie “Gasland”

Fox reveals that during the hydraulic fracturing, tons of water combined with hazardous chemicals are pumped in the ground to crack the earth and free the natural gas.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

Effect of Oil Spills on Seafood

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 1526

Impact of Full Moon Party on Environment

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 913

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction

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.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 830

Impact of the Toxic Substances on Marine Ecosystem

The condition of hypoxia is created when algal biomass decompose leading to dissolution of oxygen in the water column. While, on the other hand, farming of Bluefin tuna leads to destruction of marine life as [...]
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

How do factory emissions lead to creation of acid rain

These references are the backbone of this essay, and they evidently demonstrate: the facts about rain acid, its genesis,its process of formation and its constituent elements, the foremost contributors to the acid rain and their [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

Climate Changes

The Article "Global Warming: Neglecting the Complexities" by Stephen Schneider sets out to refute the views expressed by Bj rn Lomborg in his book "The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World", which [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1355

Environmental Protection of the American Forests

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1141

Ways to Reduce Global Warming

The objectives of this report are to identify the causes of global warming, to highlight the expected effects of global warming and to identify ways of reducing global warming.
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2236

Atmospheric Optical Phenomena

The red light waves are usually the longest in the visible spectrum of the electromagnetic energy and they are also the slowest in motion.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1844

Wind Energy: The Use of Wind Turbines

One of the most promising is wind energy, specifically the use of wind turbines to produce clean and renewable energy. The only problem is that it is more expensive to build large wind turbines.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1349

Natural Resources and Energy

The growth of human settlement has resulted in various activities which affected the natural ecosystem of the preserve. The reduction in lions, bobcats, wolves and foxes, led to over population of deer.
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

Problems Caused by China’s Three Gorges Dam

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2402

Pesticide Usage and Water Scarcity

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Global Warming: Facts and Arguments

In fact, the argument is that human activities are not substantial to cause global warming. They believe that changing human economic activities to reduce the impact of global warming is very expensive and is not [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1313

Policies to Reduce Emissions

This would work out if the cost of avoiding emissions would be less than the cost of paying the tax associated with the emissions.
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

Contribution of Education in Carbon Emissions

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2696

Global Warming: Consequences and Effects

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Global Warming
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1373

Earth’s Global Energy Budget

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1621

Eco-Defense and Kinds of Ecological Terrorism

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.
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1204

Arguing on Planet Earth – Environmental issues: Outline

The concept of overpopulation is not limited to the number of people on the earths' surface, or the size of the earth's surface alone; it is also subject to the availability of resources that support [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1345

E-Waste Disposal in US

E-waste disposal is destroying the environment in various ways depending on the type of the electronic disposed and the method of disposal.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1373

Nuclear Power Advantages and Disadvantages

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1163

Air Pollution and Its Consequences

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.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 740

History of the Production Processes

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.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 633

Ecosphere Care in the United States

The essay explores the role played by the United States government relating to the care of the ecosphere and whether it has done enough to control or reverse the trend of our life support systems.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 953

Mitigation Plan for Energy Resources

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1911

The Problem of Atmospheric Pollution in Modern World

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2114

Environment, Disease and Crime in Egypt

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.
  • Subjects: Environmental Management
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1365

Mining Disaster in Chile on 5th of August 2010

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.
  • Subjects: Disasters
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1207

Impact of Environmental Issues and Laws in the Aviation Industry

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 817

Effecting on Indoor Air Quality

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

The BP & Deep Horizon Event in the Gulf of Mexico

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecosystem
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 632

Policy Paper on Oil Conservation

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1095

Green Building in the United Arab Emirates

Consequently, the government in the United Arab Emirates resolved for the implementation of better and advanced construction strategies that would ensure energy was conserved therefore providing a solution to the increased rate of pollution that [...]
  • Subjects: Ecological Identity
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1135

Water Pollution and Wind Energy

Chemical pollution of water is one of the leading causes of death of aquatic life. It is thus evident that chemical pollution of water not only has negative effects on health, but it also substantially [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 598

The Problem of Environmental Degradation in Modern World

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

Evolution of Solar Energy in US

The policy of solar energy in the US is established by the federal, public entities and the state that addresses energy issues of production, consumption like the standards on gas mileage.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2930

Environmental and Animal Ethics

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 535

Air Pollution by Automobiles

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.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2670

Bio Desertification and Environmental Issues in Eritrea

The paper singles out the issue of desertification, among the many environmental issues in Eritrea, expounding on the Eritrean flora, the reason behind its desertification and further pointing out the major strategies that the government [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

Are Alternative Energy Sources an Option?

The shift of attention to renewable energy and the resourceful conversion of fossil fuel help to achieve the main goal, which is protecting both the climate and the environment.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1212

Nuclear Energy in Australia

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, [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 976

Climate Change Definition and Causes

The human population is expected to play a major role in the reduction of emissions by 2050, thereby redressing climatic change.
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

The Fundamentals of Energy Efficiency

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 617

Global Warming: “An Inconvenient Truth”

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Climate Change
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 680

Climate Change: Nearing a Mini Ice Age

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1498

Green Buildings Impact on the Environment

The most outstanding benefit of green buildings is the reduction in wastes and this is something that other developments have not taken care of.
  • Subjects: Recycling
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2040

Green Buildings and Indoor Air Quality

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Environmental Processes
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1927

Industrial Revolution: Sea-Level Rise

However, it is impossible to underestimate the impact of people on the processes related to climate change and, therefore, sea-level rise.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1277

Suppression of Alternative Energy

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.
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

The Natural Resources of the African Community

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 728

Effects of BP Oil Spill

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ecology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1845

Solar growth in USA

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.
  • Subjects: Environmental Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 582

Air and Water Pollution in Los Angeles

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.
  • Subjects: Air Pollution
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1150