Global Warming In the past one hundred and forty years, the average temperature of the globe has increased by approximately 0.6°C. (Zwiers, 200) More recently, the 1990s was the hottest decade that has been recorded during this one hundred and forty year period. At first glance, this change may not appear to be significant. However, this seemingly small increase in global mean temper

Global Warming Global Warming Several issues concerning the environment are brought to the public’s attention every year, but none has more of a direct effect on earth and its environment than global warming. Coincidentally it appears to be the least of the populations concern. Global warming is the theory that our planet is getting hotter due to an increase in the greenhouse effect brou

Global Warming Global warming Human kind has entered a brand new relationship with the earth. The constant and increasing pressures we are exerting threatens our planets ability to sustain life itself. Change-in the way we think, and in the way we live-is needed now. Global warming is the most urgent environmental problem the world will face in the next decade and the next century. F

Great Depression World War II Relationships of the Allies: Britain, Soviet Union, and U.S. stuck together to defeat Germany, but they disagreed over when to open a 2nd front, how to structure a new international organization, how liberated eastern Europe would be reconstructed, how Germany and Japan would be governed after defeat. Allied leaders seemed more intent on retaining and ex

Gree Spaces GREEN SPACES AS A SOURCE OF COMFORT FOR CITY DWELLERS Adnan Younis and Atif Riaz Department of Horticulture University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan. Corresponding author’s e-mail: adnanyounis25@hotmail.com ABSTRACT Green spaces within the city play a key role in the social, economic and environmental aspects. They add natural beauty to urban areas and

Grizzly Bears Grizzly bears in British Columbia represent many things to different people. To a large percentage of the population, they represent all that is still wild about our province, a link to the past before humans came and logged much of the forests, put roads over the mountains, and dammed the rivers. This view of grizzly bears as somewhat of a ‘flagship’ species is reflected i

Environment Commentary Albert Schweitzer’s article on ‘The Problem of Ethics’ comments on people’s disregard for nonhuman life. Through his poetical style of writing Schweitzer not only comments on the matter, but also strives to inspire others to follow his lead. Although I can understand how many readers would fancy Schweitzer’s style of writing, personally I felt unlinked to any r

Greenpeace Around The Globe Greenpeace Around the Globe Greenpeace is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization with members in many nations around the globe. It organizes projects in underprivileged countries to help protect our environment to maintain suitable living conditions for human survival. One main goal of Greenpeace is to protect hazardous threats to the environment. Green

Bounded People, Boundless Lands: Envisioning a New Land Ethic Bounded People, Boundless Lands: Envisioning a New Land Ethic Eric T. Freyfogle Throughout the book Eric Freyfogle uses examples of poems, fictional stories, and true stories to strengthen his view of the land, and land ethics. One such example is that of the poem by Robert Frost called “Mending Wall” where the phrase “Goo

Is The World Overpopulated Or Not' Many ecologists view human overpopulation as the foundation of all environmental problems. Thus many believe the most important environmental groups in the world to be ones like Zero Population Growth (ZPG). On the opposing side would be Population Research Institute (PRI). According to Zero Population Growth web site, “currently at 263 million, the U.

Global Warming Global Warming Most of the world today regards the “global warming” as both real and dangerous. Many aspects, however, have already been discounted by the scientific community. Fears of massive sea level increase, accompanied by many early discussion about global warming. Scientist afraid the sea level would increase onto land due to the melting of ic

Invasive Plants Most forms of life on Earth live within a balanced ecosystem and develop a specific equilibrium with their surroundings. However human intervention has disrupted much of the environment on this planet. Pollution, overpopulation and ignorance have dramatically decreased the biodiversity of species (SER). With the rapid decrease in biodiversity, ecosystems are endangered

The Rain Forest The rain forest is not only a beautiful lush vegetation but an extremely valuable asset to earths economic value. The rain forest provides extreme importance on our earths atmosphere, it provides a home for many species of plants, animals and people. Some of which these species are extinct. The rain forest has many important assets and functions. The main function which w

Los Angeles County School Development Los Angeles County was the fastest growing county in the country from 1980 to 1992. Its beauty has attracted millions of people over the years, but it is one of the most difficult places to live geological. Many population centers are located in areas prone to earthquakes, floods, landslides, and mudflows. Increase population growth in Southern Calif

Loma Earthquake Loma Prieta Earthquake At 5:04 PM on October 17, 1989, the San Francisco Bay Area was severely shaken for 15 seconds by the Loma Prieta earthquake located to the south on the San Andreas fault near Santa Cruz. Although the quake did not tear the ground surface, it collapsed some buildings and freeway overpasses built upon the soft “bayfill” sediment in San Francisco a

Aldo Leopold Leopold Essays Aldo Leopold, a wildlife conservationist, wrote the “Land Ethic” to alert the American people of the unethical use of land in the United States. He stresses the importance of creating a universal understanding that land needs to be preserved, and that will only come when humans adopt a land ethic. He compares the ethics in business and society to the eth

Enviromental Science I agree with the congressional Office of Technological Assessment that the real amounts of toxic chemicals are much higher. Probably as much as double what the industry is reporting. I have no doubt that there are countless cover ups concerning chemical spills and intentional polluting. These people are probably more concerned with hiding these incidences from the

Logging In Algonquin Provincial Park Logging in Algonquin Provincial Park Until recently, the environment has often been viewed in our western society as a resource to be used or even exploited for the good of humankind (Lynn, 1967). This view has led to the damage and destruction of the environment we inhabit, leading to the current problems that we are currently faced with. Philosop

Everglades The Everglades The Everglades are the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in North America and have increased in size from the original 460,000 acres to 109,493.10 acres in just sixty six years. They stretch southward from Lake Okeechobee to the Bay of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico and are consumed with mystery and beauty. Inside lie a succession of plant and animal w

Mascots Do you remember when you went to your school football games and seen the schools mascots. Well how would you like it if the board of education said you were humiliating someone’s cultural' The only way to fix it is to get rid of the mascot that has been symbolizing your school for the last thirty years or so. You would not like it and many students that are in high school with In

Meat Is No Good Meat Is Useless Meat is Useless Eating meat is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Every day thousands of animals are killed for the production of meat food for people. However, studies have shown that meat is not essential for our existence and gives us nothing more than the other foods on the market. Meat consumption may not harm you or the

A Collection of Atrocities Stemmed from Human Short Sight A Collection of Atrocities stemmed from human short sight “ A very old man with enormous wings” is a story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1955. There are a number of similarities between the area in which Marquez lived as a young boy and were he sets up his story. In both instances, there is a small coastal town and not

Medicinal Plants Of The Rainforest Medicinal Plants of the Rainforest Of the 265,000 species of flowering plants that have been identified on this planet, only 0.5% of them have been studied in detail for chemical composition and medicinal value. In fact, modern scientists only know the chemical composition of less than 5% of the flora in the rainforest. However, indigenous peoples who

Global Warming Global Warming Most of the world today regards the “global warming” as both real and dangerous. Many aspects, however, have already been discounted by the scientific community. Fears of massive sea level increase, accompanied by many early discussion about global warming. Scientist afraid the sea level would increase onto land due to the melting of ice

Energy Consumption The Energy Consumption of Food Processes My favorite food is bread. Bread has been around for centuries and the process of creating it has been mastered. Obviously, this process expends a lot of energy in many different forms. The main ingredient in bread is the flour of wheat. Wheat is milled for converting into flour by processes producing essentially the same re

Environmental Protection Angency The EPA: Can It & Will It Save Our Environment' Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns nearly each and every one of us. The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the threat of nuclear war in the middle-east. Patrick Henry once said, "I know no way of judging the future but by the past. In the past man has tr

Global Warming And Public Policy When too much carbon dioxide is omitted into the Earth’s atmosphere, the condition known as Global Warming occurs. Global Warming is the rising of the Earth’s surface temperature due to chemicals in the atmosphere. Global Warming has many threats on the climate and even the health of the people on this planet. Some of these threats include the altering o

Kyoto Agreement Concern over climate change has prompted proposals to mandate reductions in industrial emissions of greenhouse gases which are closely associated with the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. Through the process of Globalization these fossil fuels release dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. In addition, certain products s

Grasslands The World of Grasslands looks at the three different contiguous prairies. It covers the tall grass, mixed grass, and the short grass prairies. This chapter also looks at the great decline of grasslands in much of their range. One of the main threats to grasslands looked at in this chapter is the exotic plants that have been introduced by cattle imported here from around th

Non-farm Employment Contributed by Vivek Vyas PRM-23100 Some major problems that confront Rural Non-farm Employment are as follows Changes in consumer preferences - The problems of low demand and excessive competition are the major problems that rural non-farm employment faces. They appear to be caused by a lack of ability to identify and connect to more distant markets, plus trou