Air Pollution
Air pollution is nothing new. Ever since the discovery of fire, less-than-desirable substances have been vented into the air. One of the first air-pollution regulations dates back to the fourteenth century, when King Edward I banned the burning of sea coal in lime kilns. U.S. air-pollution regulatio....

Alaska, The Final Frontier
Alaska, The Final Frontier, The Land of The Midnight Sun, Home to Denali and Mount McKinley, the highest mountain on the continent. The name "Alaska" was used by the Russians to refer only to the peninsula. This name was used by the United States to refer, first to the entire territory, and t....

Amazon
The Amazon River is the second longest river in world. The headwaters begin high in the soaring Andes Mountains and stretches 6,400 km across the South American continent to the Atlantic Ocean. It discharges between 34 to 121 million liters of water per second, and depositing an average of 3 million....

american diet
american diet Are you over weight? Do you get tired easily? Do you struggle with high cholesterol or with high blood pressure? If so, do not worry you are not alone. Thousands of United States citizens suffer from obesity and other food related health problems. These problems can be traced back to ....

antisocial behaviour
Antisocial behaviour. What is antisocial behaviour? As it is writen in Wikipedia , the free enciclopedia, Anti-social behavior is often seen as public behaviour that lacks judgement and consideration for others and may cause them or their property damage. It may be intentional, as with vandalis....

Brazil
Stretching over 2,500 miles form east to west and 2,700 miles from north to south, Brazil is the world’s largest tropical country. The only nations that are larger are the lands of Russia, Canada, China and the United States. Brazil has more then 150 million people spread unevenly over its hug....

Carbon Emmisions
The United States needs to legislate mandatory controls on carbon emissions in order to ensure that the world we live in remains intact. Global climate change is a major factor and we all must understand this concept and come up with solutions to prosper our environment. All of the differe....

Chinas Degradation of Tibets Environment
Chinas Degradation of Tibets Environment Tibet is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful, ancient, and culturally significant regions of the world. Unfortunately, since 1949 the communist regime in China does not feel the same way. In 1949, the newly formed communist government i....

Chinas Ecological Crisis
China is a beautiful country but one that is in ecological peril. Air pollution and the acid rain it causes, along with a loss of biodiversity make this country an ecological hotspot. These two very different problems have some of the same root causes. The United States has faced similar problems. A....

Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are arguably the world’s most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called therainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yetfinished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in t....

Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are arguably the worlds most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called therainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yetfinished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live i....

Deforestation
Deforestation is the destruction of rainforests and woodlands. They have been reduced in number by 4/5. Only 21%of the earths land surface is covered by rainforests. It is a major issue that all countries throughout the world need to deal with. Over 12 million hectares of forest woodlands are d....

deforestation
We are all affected daily by environmental issues, we are not the only ones affected, even the smallest living things suffer too. One of the most important resources are the forests, they are not only important on life but on its quality too. Trees are main part on Earths life. One of the most cri....

Deforestation
The Choice: Doomsday or Arbor Day Jocelyn Stock Andy Rochen Introduction Environmental issues effect every life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. The reason for this is simple. A single disruption in the Earths delicate balance can mean certain destruction of t....

Deforestation
Deforestation is the permanent destruction of original forests and woodlands. The difference between forests and woodlands is that in a forest, the crowns of individual trees touch to form a single canopy. In woodlands trees grow far apart so that the canopy is open. An area of forest equal to 20 fo....

Deforestation.
DEFORESTATION What is Deforestation? Deforestation is when indigenous forests and woodland is destructed permanently. The term does not include removal of industrial forests such as plantations of Gums or Pines. All this destruction has caused the reduction of indigenous forests to 4/5 of their....

Does McDonalds offer a model which other businesses should follow?
At first, most people must have laughed at the idea of a chain of restaurants selling identical products all over the country, but little did they know that the genius idea that they had mocked would go on to revolutionise the business environment of the future. McDonald’s is now the internat....

Easter Island
Imposing statues repel all, be it man or spirit, that threatens the land and its people. These statues are just one of the aspects of Easter Island culture. Geography Easter Island is the southeastern tip of the Polynesian triangle. Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) is also the most isola....

Ecosystem and Environments
What is an ecosystem? Ecosystem, an abbreviation of âecological systemâ. It can be thought of as an assemblage of living organisms ( biotic community or biocoenosis) living together with their environment (biotope). It is a dynamic and complex unit. Urban ecological systems are charact....

Effects of Deforestation
Human in their overzealous endeavour to develop the world have set in the motion of its deterioration process. This is well illustrated in deforestation. Deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate around the world. Trees are cut down to cater the high demand of residential areas (urbanization an....

Emrgence of Barangay Tacunan
Philippines is composed of several areas that undergo changes from time to time to form a well-developed country. One of of this enormous places is Barangay Tacunan In Davao City. In early years, Baragay Tacunan was nothing but a poor non-existing area. early inhabitants said that they had fac....

Environment & Wildlife
1.0 Introduction There are approximately 663, 978 hotels in the world today (Global Hotel Index, 2005). This industry is large enough to reach and influence guests to help sustain the environment. However, the downfall is that they dont. There will always be exceptions to the rules, where the to....

Global Warming
Global warming is an increase in the earth's temperature due to fossil fuels, industry, and agricultural processes caused by human, natural, and other gas emissions. (Melissa Phillips). This results in an increased emission of greenhouse gases. (Caroline Quatman). Short-wave solar radiation sinks i....

Global Warming
How can the nations of the world work together multilaterally to successfully address the problem of global warming?The numbers are striking. No region of the world will be unaffected if Global Warming continues to increasingly grow. Yet day after day people take actions that can change the earth ....

Global warming
The main gases that cause the greenhouse effect are water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane, which comes mainly from animal manure. Other gases like nitrogen oxide and chloroflurocarbons, man made gases, get caught in the atmosphere as well. The decay of animals and respiration are two ma....

Global Warming
Global warming is the gradual increase in temperature of the Earth's lower atmosphere. This is a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. The temperature of the atmosphere near the earth's surface is warmed through a natural process called the greenhouse effec....

global warming
The atmosphere is something that is around us everyday, but do we really think about the changes that occur in it. It isn't that we just aren't paying attention, but more of the fact that it is hard to notice slight changes over long periods of time. Everyday gases are released into the air by all....

global warming
The atmosphere is something that is around us everyday, but do we really think about the changes that occur in it. It isn't that we just aren't paying attention, but more of the fact that it is hard to notice slight changes over long periods of time. Everyday gases are released into the air by all l....

global warming
Global Warming The atmosphere is something that is around us everyday, but do we really think about the changes that occur in it. It isn't that we just aren't paying attention, but more of the fact that it is hard to notice slight changes over long periods of time. Everyday gases are released....

Global Warming
Global Warming Global warming is the gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earths lower atmosphere. Temperatures at the Earths surface increased by about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit over the twentieth century. Scientist believe that the earth is warming because of the large amount of....

Global Warming
Introduction: The earth is a closed system. The term ¡°closed system,¡± means that earth is continuously receiving heat, mainly from, sun while less goes out making it closed system. This quality is due to the atmosphere surrounding the earth. The atmosphere consists of various gases like Ni....

Global Warming
GLOBAL WARMING Global Warming is defined in the Webster dictionary as an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase sufficient to cause climatic change. Global warming is a serious problem and this paper will discuss what global warming is and w....

Global Warming
Scientists agree that global warming presents a very serious and severe threat to the health of the Earth. There is ample evidence that the Earth is already displaying symptoms of a warming climate due mostly to greenhouse gas emissions. Continued emissions of greenhouse gases present a clear and ....

Global Warming
Global warming is not going to happen, it is happening. Ice is melting, temperatures are rising and people dont even realize. If this continues, there will be serious consequences. To save the planet, we need to step up and take control of our actions to the environment if we want to survive. Coa....

GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS:
GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE December 20th 2006 Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The major g....

Global Warming and Its Affect on the World
Global Warming and Its Affect on the World The atmosphere is something that is around us everyday, but something which we really do not think about, especially the changes which it is undergoing. It is not that we just are not paying attention, but more of the fact that it is hard to notice slight....

Global Warming Issues
The atmosphere is something that is around us everyday, but do we really think about the changes that occur in it. It isn't that we just aren't paying attention, but more of the fact that it is hard to notice slight changes over long periods of time. Everyday gases are released into the air by all l....

Global Warming: A Change is in the Air
Global Warming: A Change is in the Air Carbon dioxide in the air is a serious environmental issue. As an industrial society we have become familiar with terms like smog, radon, lead, asbestos, ozone and carbon monoxide. Global warming is caused by many of these things. When fossil fuels are bu....

Green business
Green Business: Hybrid Vehicle Helen Keller quoted, ¡°As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.¡± To a certain extent, the above notion reflects the marvel of industrialization and rapid technolog....

Green IT
Introduction: Information Technology has become part and parcel of the business processes across industries and the global pursuit of going Green will remain unachieved unless IT enables the reduction of Carbon-Footprints. Green-IT is an endeavor to shift to more efficient products and approach....

greenhouse effect
The Greenhouse effect can be explained in two different ways . The greenhouse effect as a natural phenomenon that keeps the earth climate habitable or , the greenhouse effect as an addition of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuel . Because of that many different things are happening in ....

History of the Potato: The social influences of the bashful spud
The Potato "Only two things in this world are too serious to be jested on, potatoes and matrimony." Irish saying From Incans to highlanders, from legends to famines and from one side of the Earth to the other, the potato has seen it all. The potato, although usually cast aside as an ugly, def....

Human Activity Destroying Great Barrier Reef
Every passing day, the Great Barrier Reef along with other large reefs are getting closer to extinction. Coral reefs are very fragile ecosystems that can be affected by very little activity. The Great Barrier Reef stretches 1600 miles over the Northeast coast of Australia. It is known as one of t....

Indian history
Isolated remains of Homo erectus in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in Central India indicate that India might have been inhabited since at least the Middle Pleistocene era, somewhere between 200,000 to 500,000 years ago.[5][6] The Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent covered a timespan of ar....

Is Global Warming a Threat?
In 1986, a panel of 150 scientists from eleven countries issued a report warning that human activities such as automobile use, the production of energy from burning fossil fuels, and deforestation could cause global temperatures to rise by intensifying the earths greenhouse effect. An essentia....

Italy
Italy Home to a beautiful array of majestic mountains, placid lakes, and idyllic islands, Italy is a gorgeous country that blends together artistic treasures, friendly people, a beautiful language, fascinating history, and great food. Italy is called il Belpaese or "beautiful country" by its inha....

Mangrove Rainforest ecosystem comparative essay
On Australia's North-East Coast lies an abundance of environments and their respective ecosystems, complete with the similarities and differences of their varied biodiversity such as biotic and abiotic factors. Two of the most important can be found around the nation: The mangrove forests that thriv....

mountain top mining
Environmental Impact Of Mountaintop Mining Bonnie Caldwell Business Ethics 242S-401 Professor Carnahan September 17, 2006 Abstract After congress passed the clean air act in 1990, the industrial sector of the economy had to change its operations ....

Overpopulation
Overpopulation Overpopulation is turning out to be a world problem. Population was much smaller about a decade ago. Everything is changing and it is hard for us to live like people were living back in the days. Everything has changed as I remember when I was....

pollution
Pollution is a major problem facing our environment today. This dilemma is harmful to every single living creature on this planet. We need to limit the causes of pollution. There are industrial as well as residential causes of air pollution. We all know it affects the environment, but do we all know....

POLLUTION
In this modern world as the scientists are producing new technology for the welfare of the mankind but as the new luxuries are produced the attitude of people towards the environment is changing because they want more and more luxuries and they are destroying the environment for this reason. ....

Pollution and prevention
I would like you to try to visualize our future on this planet. Imagine the dark clouds hanging over every town. The oceans swallowing our coasts, and deserts eating up our heartland. All of these things are caused by pollution, and that's what's in store for us if we don't change our ways. There....

Rain Forests Destruction
Rain Forests Destruction Rain forests are the lungs of the Earth. How ever, Humans are destroying and destructing them like in Madagascar where almost 90% of its forests have been destroyed. Therefore, forests are in danger and rain forests destruction prohibition is essential. Cutting the tre....

Review of a Jared Diamond Article
The Last Americans by Jared Diamond compares the rise and fall of the Mayan Empire to the environmental problems we face in the United States today. The similarities in the two cultures suggest that the US might be following in the doomed footsteps of that ancient society. The Mayan soc....

Rwanda
When searching for Rwanda on a map, look due east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and due west of Tanzania. There you will find a small landlocked country which by using your thumb you could easily cover. Rwanda, one the smallest countries in Africa, Has a population of nearly eight million....

Tackling Climate
Humans are facing a severe threat to the future of the earth. According to former United states vice president Al Gore, "climate change poses a real, imminent and universal threat to the survival of our civilization." While the Inuits in Canada see its devastating effects in the melting of....

The Enviromnetal Degradation as a Result of Overpopulation
1IntroductionThere are simply too many people on our planet, and the population is not showing any signs ofslowing down(see Figure 1). It is having disastrous effects on our environment. There are too manyimplications and interrelationships to discuss in this paper, but the three substances that ....

The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Waking up to Personal and Global Transformation
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Waking up to Personal and Global Transformation Never before has a book impacted me as deeply, informed me as much, and called me into action as Thom Hartmanns The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. This book informs us of where we have gone wrong, what we n....

The Medicine Man
The film Medicine Man gives a very clear indication of the consequences of habitat destruction. In the film, a professor and his research assistant sets out to find a plant that holds the cure of cancer, only to have it destroyed by land clearing in the Amazon Basin. The land clearing also severely ....

Ukraine: A Return to Prosperity
UKRAINE: A Return to Prosperity Patrick J Davis Economics 202 November 27, 2006 Executive Summary Ukraine, a country seated between communist Russia, economic opportunity in Western Europe, and Baltic tensions has risen from the curb many times over. Hav....

Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa
Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa Deforestation and wildlife extinction are just two of the serious environmental problems facing Africa today and are caused from: Logging destruction of the rain forest. Clear land to make room for housing and farming. ....

Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa
Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa Deforestation and wildlife extinction are just two of the serious environmental problems facing Africa today and are caused from: Logging destruction of the rain forest. Clear land to make room for housing and farming. Unprec....

Will global warming lead to mass extinction of the worlds species?
Will Global Warming Lead To Mass Extinction Of The Worlds Species? Global warming is an ongoing major issue of which is becoming more and more recognised due to the catastrophic affect that it not only has on earth itself, but also the species that live here. There is no one specific action of....

Will the efforts of Public Policy reverse the damage humans have inflicted on earth?
Save The Whales Save the Trees Earth daythese are just a few of the Slogans and events that are frequenting our ears more and more today. Why though? Why are we constantly berated with advice to save the world and whos behind it all? Well, to answer the first question, the earth is sending o....

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