Surface Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

A Concise Study and Proposed Computer Applications

Introduction
Venice is one of the most prosperous cities in all of Europe. Its wetland setting and breath-taking water infrastructure are perfectly extraordinary. The city stands on 118 small islands, even though its buildings are believed floating on water or anchored to the seafloor by unknown mechanism. A couple of centuries ago, evident consequences happened due to subsidence and sea level increased substantially. At the rate of 2 millimeter per year, the city sinks gradually. However, not until 1966 when a major flood occurred, the water rises above 1.9 meters. Due to this sudden calamity, the Italian government made a ...

Introduction (can be more than one paragraph if you want, but the thesis should still come towards the end of the introduction)

Hook

Global warming has been affecting the lives of the people in all areas around the world regardless of the country’s geographical location. The effects of Global Warming are consequences of man’s activities and decisions that are governed by their personal interests and gains. Therefore, as the population in different areas continue to increase, the competition in obtaining life necessities also heightens, and the number and intensity of destructive activities of man continue to worsen the ...

Introduction

Global warming affects the lives of the people all around the world regardless of geographical location. Global Warming is a consequence of human activities and decisions that are mostly governed by self-interest and material gain. Therefore, as the population in different areas continues to increase, competition to obtain life’s necessities intensifies. In turn, the destructive activities of humans continue to contribute to of Global Warming.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Global Warming is defined as the rising average temperature of the surface of the Earth increases due to emissions resulting from different human activities, ...

Just as James Lovelock once said, “We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science”, it is true that in this age it is increasingly important to listen to the scientific facts, as science is the best tool we have to discern whether or not climate change is caused by mankind. The term “anthropogenic” is used to describe human-made climate change and means originating in human activity. Climate change is defined in the change in global climatic patterns since the mid-20th century and is not limited to ...

Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is the story of a grizzled war veteran who tries to make peace with the changing world around him. On the surface, the film only appears to confront the racist follies of an old man, unwilling to let go of prejudices stemming from his time spent at war. However, the film is much deeper than that. Walt, the war veteran, had an American dream that was taken from him when he returned from war. Gran Torino is a delicate examination of that dream, and how Walt reconciles not only with the changing landscape of America, but ...

What is Global Warming

What is global warming, and how is it affecting the Earth and its inhabitants? Global warming is sometimes referred to as the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth's surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to become warmer. The greenhouse effect is what is causing the temperature on the Earth to rise, and creating many problems that will begin to occur in the coming decades.

Effects of Global Warming

For the last 10,000 years, the Earth's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial to mankind. "Humans have prospered tremendously ...

Thesis

Earth is the only known planet with favorable climate conditions to support life. All the living beings on earth heavily rely on its climate, hence any variation in climate conditions may disturb life on earth. Humans started using tools centuries ago and now have developed large industries to produce various tools, equipment, machinery and consumer products etc. These industries produce heavy amount of emissions including Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, and various other toxic gases through burning fossil fuels. These gases are mostly directly released in the earth’s atmosphere causing earth’s climate to change in various ways. “Various ...

Introduction

Drilling for oil is a hazardous job that can sometimes created massive environmental disaster. Because of the high marketable profit that oil offers safety laws are ignore at crucial times. Consequently, oil spills among other accidents happened destroying ecosystems, harming animal life and sometimes human loses. Oil spills not only harm animal life but can also destroy the economy of a given region and create physical and psychological problems for the residents of those areas. Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is one among many spills that have become history because of its horrific effect on animal ...

In his chapter about form Frank D. Ching claims that it is a multi-valued concept. It is represented by a recognizable appearance (his example is a man sitting on a chair) and a certain state the object or substance is in (solid, vapor, or another water form). Ching reminds us that the term of form often refers to the formal structure – as in the way we place and combine various elements making the composition whole and coherent.
Ching’s ideas about form refer to the internal structure, to the outer silhouette, and to the principle of the object being ...

The Different Ways by Which Oil and Gas Interests May be Created and/or Transferred in the United States and United Kingdom

Introduction

A mineral (i.e. oil and gas) interest refers to the “ownership of the right to exploit, mine, or produce minerals lying beneath the surface of a property” (Hancock 2009, p.1). The creation and transfer of oil and gas interests may mean the same things in different countries. However, the laws that apply to them tend to vary- sometime in small and at times in big ways (Hancock 2009; Glasser & Humphrey 2013). This paper explores more keenly the creation ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

English

Argumentative Essay on Global Warming
What is global warming, and how is it affecting the Earth and its populations? Since global warming appeared during the last decade as a serious environmental issue, it has been the subject of a lot of debate. Global warming is defined as the warming of the earth by greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere,causing the atmosphere to become warmer. But there are many questions about global warming, from its causes to its effects.
During the past 10,000 years, the Earth's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial to humanity. "Humans have prospered tremendously well ...

Introduction

In the recent past, the increased release of carbon dioxide has been a very controversial issue in the world. This is due to the adverse effects of this gas to the atmosphere. Human activities have driven the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere upwards over the last 50 years. For instance, it is estimated that U.S. releases 1.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. The increased carbon dioxide has enhanced the natural 'greenhouse effect' causing climate change and global warming.

Thesis statement

We will explain the effects that are caused by the increased carbon dioxide emission, why the issue matters, ...

Outline
This essay will look at the issue of global warming using the Toulmin model (Toulmin, 1; Fullerton.edu, 1). As such, the following sections will be discussed in the essay in line with the model:
Claim: Looking at the issue of global warming, it is clear that there are many causes culminating into the pollution of the environment, and the degradation of the ozone layer. There are various factors that can lead to this. The end result is global warming which threatens life on the planet. As such, it is the responsibility of the inhabitants of earth ...

INTRODUCTION

My research will examine techniques that optimize financial, environmental, quality, and energy aspects of contemporary architecture.
The work of Norman Foster and Partners will be considered in detail. This award-winning firm has many high-profile projects concerned with energy efficacy. I will examine Foster designed buildings in order to better understand strategies for maximizing savings and encasing ecological conservation through passive solar design.

Principles of Passive Solar Building Design

Passive Heating is designed with Solar Geometry; solar geometry uses the natural path of the sun across the sky in both the summer and the winter to reduce the need for cooling by air conditioning, the provide ...

CHANGING LIVES WITH CELL PHONES

A phenomenal innovation in this age of technology is the mobile phone or the cell phone. Cell phone usage has entwined our life in the belief that all technologies make lives easier, better or more efficient. Amongst all mobile technologies, cell phones have become part and parcel of our lives such that many of us cannot think of life without a cell phone. For some people, the cell phone is simply a “phone”. However, for many, a cell phone means so much more. This is in light of the amazing usages of the cell phone today. The cell phone ...

Biomimicry, whose name truly makes an interpretation of Greek to 'impersonation of life,' depends on a basic thought: people can enormously advantage by mimicking the common procedures found in science and topography (Gamage and Hyde, 2012). This is not another thought; horticulture, training of creatures and populace settlement in light of topography all show that people and their environment have shared a profound beneficial interaction. (Gamage and Hyde, 2012). Presently, as science upgrades our ability to better comprehend the Earth consistently, we too are finding creative approaches to consolidate these discoveries into our lives.
Apparently the most earth shattering ...

The “Green” Problem of Superfund (CERCLA)

The “green” problem did not start as a disaster. However, it spiraled into one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the US (Hatfield, 2012). It all began with the Love Canal in 1880s. Love Canal was excavated by W.T. Love in 1890s and it was part of the hydroelectric power project in Niagara Falls, New York. The project was never implemented and Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corporation used it as a landfill between 1942 and 1952. The surrounding areas were later developed with construction of an elementary school and residential homes. It was not until 1960s when odors ...

Anthropogenic climate change is the production of greenhouse gases by human activities. These activities interfere with the chemical composition of the earth’s atmosphere by adding more harmful chemicals to the atmosphere. Examination of the polar ice cores by the scientists convince them that the increased human activity has led to an increase in the proportion of greenhouse gases. This increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has skyrocketed within the past years. Reports released by various climatic organizations confirm that the postindustrial rise in greenhouse gases does not come from natural mechanisms but from human activity. The most ...

Comparison with the first world countries

The UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI) scores and ranks each country’s level of development based on three categories of development indicators: income, health and education (Global Sherpa, 2012). 187 countries of the world are classified into four categories: Very High HDI, High HDI, Medium HDI and low HDI. In general countries with very High HDI and High HDI are called Developed nations and Medium and Very Low HDI countries may be termed as developing nations. The indicator which tips the balance between developed and a developing country is health. While developed nations have surplus of food developing nations ...

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Global cooling is a process of gradual cooling of the Earth. Hypothesis, which postulates a global cooling of the Earth's surface and its atmosphere until its glaciation.
Hypothesis never had significant scientific support, but in its favor say some publications in scientific and popular scientific press about the cyclical ice ages and the trend decline in average temperature, observed from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Now more common in academic circles is the hypothesis of global warming is increasing the earth's temperature, due to man-made human activities.
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1) Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's many poems, plays and novels poke subtle fun at the Victorian mainstream, addressing the faults and the problems inherent within that society. Many of his works deal with the decadence and beauty of the Victorian upper class, as well as how empty and duplicitous that society is. By painting detailed portraits of flawed and overly vain characters, he shows the Victorian aristocrat as someone nearly inhuman, and far from sympathetic. In many ways, it transcends the nature of the Victorian mainstream by holding a mirror up to it and pointing out its flaws, whether ...

Introduction

Wetland conservation is a procedure that aims at preserving and protecting certain areas where there is existence of water or near the surfaces of the earth including the bogs, swamps and the marshes. Six percent of the earth is at least covered by wetlands and they have become a very significant issue for conservation due to the beneficial provision of ecosystem services. About a half of the population on earth (more than 3 billion people) acquire the basic water services from inland wetlands with freshwater. Those are the same number of individuals who rely on staple foods such as rice which is a ...

Chomsky theory on language acquisition holds that the human brain has a limited set of rules that are used in the acquisition and organization of language. This principle is also held by the hypothesis of Generative grammar. A common assumption is held that all the languages however have a similar structural basis. This is what is referred to as universal grammar. Chomsky’s view was that all children posses an innate knowledge on grammar. This means that all what they have to learn is the basic parochial elements and features of their native language. Chomsky held generally that language development in ...

Introduction

Technology is the application of knowledge as the main tool in order to solve a problem. Technology has had a very big impact in the development of the world in various areas. These include; construction, medical and information fields. (Goyder, 2004)
International division of labor is as a result of globalization. It occurs when process of production is no longer confined to national economies. This has led to global industrial shifts whereby production processes are relocated from the developed countries to developing countries. This is so as companies are searching for the cheapest options for the manufacture and assembly of their ...