Environmental Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

The first category involves goods that degenerate because of the use and application with regard to human needs. Human beings have a duty to protect such resources in order to guarantee their presence in the [...]

Oil spills cause water pollution, which affects birds, sea creatures, and other animals that make up the food chain. The first method involves the use of cold water to "wash off the oil and recover [...]

Using fracking to extract oil and gas attracts several benefits to the economy, the people, and the environment. Opponents of the use of fracking limit their arguments to the problems associated with the use of [...]

In this regard, the flow of energy and the biological pump of marine life depend on the whales' survival. Some of the species like the blue whale play a crucial role in regulating the population [...]

Understanding the seriousness of the issue and the importance of the correct policy applied towards such aspect of work as hazardous waste management, I have read the policy Arizona State University presents.

Sustainable development links with the concept of ecological footprint in desiring to make development sustainable for both the present and future generations.

This paper discusses the effects and hazards of excessive use of plastic products and strategies to solve the issues related to plastic usage.

Another issue that worsens the problem of electronic waste dumping in China is that the recycling of electronic waste is labor intensive, and this has fostered the establishment of a black market concerning the dumping [...]

Population density is the number of people residing in an area depending on the size of the area. Urban planning is, therefore, a vital element in ensuring a sustainable future, and safeguarding of the environment [...]

Environmental degradation may be defined as the weakening of the environment through the exhaustion of resources as well as the devastation of the ecosystem.

Consequently, the concept of system, enable development seeks to lessen the greed of the current generation which is manifest in the way the environment is over-utilized to achieve short term goals giving little thought to [...]

From the figures, it is evident that Hurricane Andrew was the costliest natural hazard in the history of the United States.

In the given paper, the positive and the negative effects of the newest technologies in developing countries are compared in order to consider the possible outcomes of the future advances and come up with the [...]

One of how animal cruelty is exercised is in the way they are used to obtain meat and eggs. Various strains of diseases arise in these areas and have the potential of becoming lethal to [...]

The main determinant in the case of environmental assaults is the aspect of 'slow violence.' Slow violence refers to the way factors such as oil spills, deforestation, and toxic drift gradually and invisibly degrade the [...]

The issue of water is a global affair because of the alarming rate at which limited fresh water reservoirs is depleted. Globally, the amount of fresh water is dropping and it is believed that fresh [...]

The main thrust of the reading is the comparison of modern day fires and the ancient fires in Australia. The old day fires in Australia, which the author refers to as Aborigines bushfires is depicted [...]

The generated electricity is proposed to be used for the Eden project, and the surplus electricity shall be transferred to the national grid.

Although there is no connection between the ideas expressed by Cronon and Daston and the ideas that the authors of the movie are trying to convey, the latter can still be viewed through the lens [...]

Brazil is one of the countries located in Southern America and is one of the emerging economies in the world given its economic performance.

On the other hand, opponents of global warming squabble that global warming is harmful to all the living creatures in the world.

Transportation processes have led to the prevalence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as the fuels used to power most modern forms of transport are carbon-based.

These tanks are used for the storage of flammable liquids, and are designed with internal pressures of up to 1 bar.

Of the Australian capital cities, Darwin, Australia is the smallest and is located in the north-most part of the country. The following is the analysis of the factors to be considered.

In a bid to develop a comprehensive understanding of the role of the Amazon Basin in the economic growth of the Amazon Countries, this research takes into account the case of Brazil and Ecuador.

In particular, it is necessary to examine the evolution of the techniques that are used by people in order to utilize unwanted materials or goods.

The high birth rate was to enhance effective labor in the fields since an increase in the population meant an increase in the labor force. In the developing countries, the CDR is high due to [...]

A highlight of the modules intended for the provision in the courses builds on the relevance and practicality of the proposed MOOCs.

The invention of cheaper means of mining shale natural gas has resulted in an increase in production of gas in the U.S.

Today, the fact that the population is growing steadily is the reason of the environment to change drastically. Water pollution is a direct consequence of the rapid growth of the population on the Earth.

The Pneumatic Waste Transport System can address such challenges by providing cost-effective method of waste management, safe and healthier processes, operational efficiency, separation of wastes because of load stations, and enhance sustainability of the environment. [...]

Faud, who is the major stakeholder in this program and conducting research on the effective ways of reducing energy consumption, the following tips were identified to be very essential.

In addition, most of the personnel who were part and parcel of the recovery teams were lost in the disaster making it difficult to reach out for the victims.

The institution's sensitivity towards the needs of the community and the readiness to fulfill these needs and those of the students makes the university to remain in the limelight.

In the book, the author suggests that in India the cats used to roam freely before the arrival of human beings. In the future, human population is expected to increase.

Dissatisfaction among the staff due to the lack of comfort in transportation; Drops in the speed of the product delivery, as well as the transportation of raw materials and, thus, the overall reduction in the [...]

According to Meadows, Randers and Meadows, the need to develop the economy in various countries has led to the massive exploitation of the natural resources.

The purpose of this meeting was to analyze the developments and issues surrounding the use of SMRs. The facilitator also ensured the meeting was convenient to the public.

The different people who do the trade in the regions need to understand the existence of the rivers, which allowed the people to settle along the cities.

Thus, it is crucial that the company observes the necessary environmental factors and policies in order to remain relevant and competitive in both business and environmental orientations. It is the mandate of the organization to [...]

An organisation is able to evaluate the impact of its practices on the environment in a consistent manner. The standard encourages organisations to implement appropriate practices which improve the awareness of the employees of the [...]

This is in the advent of the global warming. This is bound to continue in the near and distant future.

The chief research objective will be the strategic management in the enhancement of the geothermal electricity production in the country. What challenges are facing geothermal electricity generation in the country?

The test to such policies on climate change and global resource competition is the integration of set goals with American economic strategies and traditional energy policies.

According to Porter and Cramer, the concept of shared value can be defined as "policies and operating practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the [...]

In spite of the fact that these agricultural producers are responsible for bringing significant income to state and local budgets, and despite the fact that the agricultural producers are personally or cooperatively responsible for decreasing [...]

The different classes of fires are on the basis of the fuel that ignites the fire, a factor that further gives the criteria for choosing the most suitable agent to be used in extinguishing the [...]

The process of determining the carbon footprint of a business requires an appreciation of the life cycle analysis of the various products the business produces and those that it consumes.

Their main purpose is to inform the reader about the dangers of natural disasters and the support that is usually provided by the government to those, who suffered from these disasters.

The aim of this paper is to determine whether wind turbine is a feasible power source option in terms of "green", economic friendliness, and its aptitude to produce considerable quantity of power."Green" power, as any [...]

This paper aims to analyze whether wind energy is green and the impacts of contemporary issues of environment to the sustainable world.

Other researches focus on the "the translation of the global debate on tourism and climate change into the discourses of local tourist stakeholders" and "importance of the Tourism and Hospitality sector for American economy".

With the experience of practical application of the discoveries made by a scientist in the field of nuclear radiation, the expert will relate concepts that contribute to Mazeltov radiation and provide technical advice to the [...]

As a result, this paper attempts to answer the question "Should a corporation care about and protect the natural environment?" Apparently, environmental protection can be an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between a corporation and [...]

In addition, the critics of the merger argue that the amalgamation would hinder the prevention of the America Airlines Group Inc.'s anticompetitive consequences. On the contrary, the proponents of the merger argued that the amalgamation [...]

Consequently, the storm led to the destruction of the eco-systems that acted as cultural and social centers along the coastline. Lack of information on preventive measures is one of the elements that led to the [...]

In addition, after the sale of the resources, it is difficult to track with accuracy the exact amount of money that eventually ends up in projects that are for the benefit of the country.

The basis for the calculation of the economic ramification of the environment and the resources via the multiplier effect is an example of the output-input model.

Just as the company has grown and continues to grow in size and grasp of the industry, McDonald's has also had impressive results and performance which have earned the admiration of investors and the envy [...]

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.

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.

The results of the investigative study into the daily water usage within households in Abu Dhabi show a mean average of 135 gallons/per day for the 15 households that were involved in this project.

Moreover, the authorities must have facilities that can be used to remove snow in major facilities such as roads and airports.

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 [...]

Nevertheless, despite the significant progress in the area of wave energy, there are numerous issues, especially pertaining to the reality of the prospects within wave energy.

Indeed, "energy harvested from water, wind and sunlight are generally known as renewable energy due to the fact that they are never exhausted".

The nature of energy for use in a building is dependent on a number of factors such as the landscape and orientation of the land on which the building has been constructed.

As a matter of fact, the fire fighting department in this city ran out of water that was necessary to calm the fire.

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 [...]

Due to the popularity of solar energy and its domination in the world market, it has been the most appropriate option for the country.

Research should also be conducted on intra and interoperability, and analyzing of the records of participation in the training of fire and EMS training. This will ease the communication of fire and EMS agencies and [...]

The researcher seeks to determine the magnitude of this effect and its general effect on the society in general and the firms affected in specific.

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.

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.

The alternative policy that can impose the same outcome to the NSW government is to destroy the environmentally unfriendly electricity sources and support the electricity providers to set up new environment friendly electricity generators.

The increase in the concentration of green house gases consequently leads to a rise in the amount of thermal and infrared radiations on the surface of the earth.

The business will be called "Greensipi" - a plastic recycling firm that will be responsible for number of products and services.

Before a building designer can make effective decisions relating to fire safety design, the needs of the client regarding the function of the building and the general and unique conditions that are to be incorporated [...]

The History of the Aborigines and European Settlers According to the Office of Environment and Heritage [herein referred to as OEH], the area on which Prospect Reservoir sits was formerly under the control of the [...]

To assess the eventuality of an occurrence of a natural disaster, policy makers should access the geological and/or hydro-meteorological hazards to which a particular country or region is exposed; the location of Monroe County is [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The understanding of the world as an ecosystem has a great implication for the overall rate of human development and the conceptualisation of sustainable development, as a new paradigm of development.

The environment movement of the 1960's led to major environmental changes to address issues of water, oil and air pollution. Another incident that contributed to the awareness is the pollution of the Great Lakes.

The proponents would argue against that by indicating the fact that deposition of these chemicals would not cause direct threats to the ecosystem.the US efficiency policy was established to guide the utilization of the country's [...]

Again, distribution of food among the world's population is dependent on a population's food demand, economic status and available food production resources.

Specifically, the essay shall explore the impact of increased population on natural resources, energy availability, food production, and the environment. A rapid increase in population has overstretched our natural resources and at the same time, [...]

The government is setting up strategies that will ensure that the support accorded to the poor families will still be in the spirit of environmental conservation and support carbon price policy.

The Tangshan Earthquake happened in 1976 is considered to be one of the large-scale earthquakes of the past century. The 1975 Haicheng Earthquake was the first marker of gradual and continuous intensification of tectonic activity [...]

The beginning of the twenty-first century reflects the concerns of people about the sources of energy, lack of power supply, and importance of reconsidering values and sources of energy that have been established in the [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 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 [...]

The initial attempt to eliminate the production of these pollutants occurred in Germany during the 1970s, and led to the formulation of one of the versions of the precautionary principle.

However, after an improvement in the living standards, there was a decrease in the death rate and a subsequent reduction in the birth rate.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

Chemicals released during the leakage were deposited in the area around the plant and have continued to seep into the groundwater.

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 [...]

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.

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.

The volcanic ranges in Costa Rica include the Guanacaste Range, the Central Volcanic Range and the Talamanca Range. The country receives a lot of rains and has many rainforests.

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

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

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 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 practice of arranged marriages, dowries, and burnings of women who do not give birth to sons has resulted in the subcontinent's population explosion; as a result, it is likely to surpass China as the [...]

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 construction of the Bonneville and the Grand Coulee were initiated in late in the 1930s and this was followed by a marked increase in the number of dams and their storage volumes in Oregon, [...]

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 [...]

This is considered to be amotorized urban sprawl' which is the cause of social and ecological problems. This is because of the use of cars that emit dangerous gases to the environment.

The ratio of the urban population to the total population determines the degree of Taiwanian urbanization. There has been a decline in the agricultural industry and this could be one of the ways to revive [...]