Ecosystem College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

The value of the ecosystem to survival of humankind cannot be overemphasized. Man has derived his food and water from the environment since time immemorial. The ecosystem has also provided humankind with clothing and shelter . On the other hand, the contribution of the human kind to natural scientific process like decomposition and reforestation has also had a positive contribution to the ecosystem . The relationship between man and his ecosystem needs to work at a mutually beneficial harmonious equilibrium. Unfortunately, in many instances the extremes of man have greatly shifted the equilibrium to levels perceived favorable to man. The fronting ...

Nature is structured into ecosystems that play an important role in keeping the environment and biodiversity healthy. Being a part of nature, humans too can help maintain the environment and wildlife health by creating the garden ecosystem. Building a garden ecosystem enhances biodiversity since it attracts a host of wildlife and provides them with food and a safe habitat for living and reproducing. Such an ecosystem also benefits the environment by limiting air, water and soil pollution. It also regulates local atmospheric temperature and flow of water. Specific types of garden ecosystems also allow for organic farming that permits the production of healthier ...

An ecosystem shapes the kind of species of animals and plants that lives within it in some ways. For instance, a Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem is one perfect example of an ecosystem inhabited by various kinds of animals and plants (Ewers et al., 2015). In particular, the tropical rainforest ecosystem is in the tropical regions of the globe mostly associated with warm and at times hot climate. Animals that are adaptive to this climate and as well as adaptive plants and vegetation characterize the ecosystem (Gagic et al., 2015). The tropical rainforest ecosystem has influenced the environment in some ways. ...

Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem

The Pismo Dunes
The Pismo Dunes, also called Nipomo Dunes, are one of the biggest, comparatively undisturbed dune compounds located in California. These dunes stretched eighteen miles from the end of the northern part of Pismo State Beach up to Point Sal State Beach. In this essay, we will discuss the ecosystem of the Pismo Dunes and its processes that are commonly found in most aquatic habitats. We will also learn the management system used in managing and sustaining this ecosystem.
The Pismo Dunes are a dynamic ecosystem, which are one to three miles in width. These dunes ...

Introduction

An ecosystem is defined as the interaction of the organism and other nonliving factors in a certain community. The living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and other organisms, can be classified as the biotic component of the ecosystem, whereas the environmental conditions such as water amount, humidity, soil nourishment, temperature, and the like are termed as the abiotic factors. In an ecosystem, both the existing biotic and abiotic factors determine what kind of species live there. For example, turtles, which require a large amount of water to live in cannot possibly hope to survive in arid ...

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Question 1
I also do not believe that the economic growth is sustainable, which is because of the fact that in order to make their survival possible, humans focus on extracting water, crops, and several minerals from the Earth. Humans then process the extracted material, and afterwards consume them. Furthermore, the food demand is increasing with the passage of time, and in order to fulfill the need, humans are getting useful minerals from the earth, which is making economic growth an unsuitable process. Sustainable economic growth is when there is no economic problem, particularly for future generations. Periods of ...

Energy Flow

An ecosystem is an interactive unit that consists of all interacting organisms in a particular area, along with their abiotic or physical surroundings. Usually, ecosystems are divided into trophic levels namely; producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. Energy is not recycled in an ecosystem, but rather it flows in an ecosystem. In an ecosystem, energy flow can be described as energy transfer from one organism to another. According to McShaffrey (2006), each organism interacts with the ecosystem in 2 ways; obtaining food energy from the ecosystem and contributing energy to the ecosystem. Energy flow starts at the trophic ...

1. Ecosystems.
(10 pts) Provide a review of the process of succession and trends in biodiversity, productivity, and nutrient cycling.
Ecological succession refers to the process of gradual change of the ecosystems. This is attributed to the fact that habitats do not remain constant and they keep changing over time. Succession is divided into two; there is primary succession and secondary succession. Primary succession refers to changes which occur on an environment that has never been colonized before, for instance, quarrying on land that has never been quarried before. Secondary succession on the other hand involves environmental disturbance ...

Introduction

Whales pose as important components of the world’s marine ecosystem (NRDC, n.d.). Those stand among the most fascinating mammals; they manifest intelligence akin to that of human intellectual capacity such as linguistic communication, with their distinctive nervous system features credited for such (D’Amato and Chopra, 2010, p.1). Nevertheless, whales face threats to their existence due to incessant hunting activities. While the International Whaling Commission (IWC) sought to ban whaling activities in 1986, countries such as Japan and Iceland have refused to abide due to their own reasons (NRDC, n.d.). Japan ...

Botkin and Kellar (2014) describe an ecosystem as “communities of organisms and their nonliving environment in which nutrients and other chemicals cycle and energy flow.” I have chosen the forests of Pennsylvania as a holistic ecosystem to examine.
Pennsylvania has approximately 17 million acres of forest, making up 59% of this State. The predominant species associations are oak/hickory in the central and southern areas and Northern hardwood (including black cherry, maple and birch) in the north and north-west (Sustaining Penn’s Woods, 2001). The vast forest area contains mature ecosystems with the aforementioned tree species as the climax species. ...

Analysis of Sustainability and its Attributes

Analysis of Sustainability and its Attributes
Sustainability of a system is its ability to persist over time. Any system that fulfills the need of the present generation without compromising the needs of the future can be termed as a sustainable system. This definition of sustainable development, now commonly cited as a definition of sustainability as a whole, is derived from Brundtland definition which is widely cited as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland, G. H. 1987). The concept of sustainability is gaining the ...

Abstract

This essay outlined a debatable question associated with humanity which is the greatest threat to global biodiversity. Biodiversity exists abundantly in the form of plants, animals, and organisms that is imperative to satisfy our basic needs. However, it is widely threatened over the years, and many organisms have gone into extinction due to various activities frequently driven by humans. Numerous species and ecosystems are being put to the threat of destruction with a higher rate of extinction. In fact, the technological advancement has transformed the world that leads to deforestation & habitat revolution, food demand, overexploitation, the introduction of invasive ...

Habitat Destruction and Management

Question. Provide a thorough review of the patterns of habitat destruction explored in lecture.
Answer: Terrestrial habitat destruction is the result of increase in population. The main activities that cause terrestrial habitat destruction are clearing of natural plantation for agricultural activities, mining, logging and urban sprawl. Terrestrial habitat destruction has led to the extinction of rare species of organisms across the world. 50% of the world’s land (excluding Antartica) has been transformed or degraded and 50% of transformed land is used for monocultural agriculture & pasture. Aquatic ecosystem destruction is due to the pollution in the environment and water. ...

Characteristic of Human Dimension Approach

Human dimension framework project (HDF) originated in the year 1995 and its objective was to provide a scene for discussing forest service (Humans dimension of wildlife, 2012). It was also intended to provide parameters in for improving knowledge in learning, and finally to provide statistics key to forestry concepts. In the following years, the human dimension was involved in providing an enduring approach for continuing the interrelationship between the project formed and the forest service in collaborating with federal agencies and universities. These steps helped create awareness in a sector that was suffering hidden in the dark, which resulted to more ...

[Business]
A business ecosystem can be determined as an economic community where distributors, entities, suppliers and clients collaborate with each other. Business enterprises interact so that to upgrade their strength, support its stability and stimulate the manufacturing of goods and services. Wal-Mart’s ecosystem can be represented as a brilliant case of the business ecosystem. This system is very flexible, as vendors are informed about commodities which are constantly sold and those products which stuck on selling. This allows businesses to choose the correct strategy of manufacturing and allocating goods which will be lucrative for entrepreneurs. This is the ...

Question One

Karen Warren has established a connection between the environmental domination by humans and the subordination of women by stating that domination is in fact connected historically, symbolically and theoretically. According to ecofeminism culture propagated in the study carried out by Warren, man has over the century’s exerted undue dominance over the female species in many cultures in the same manner that they have dominated over nature in all its forms. The notion of ecological feminism which seeks to show that the domination, suppression and relative exploitation of women and the environment all stem out of the same need ...

Long-term Ecological Research

Introduction
Long-Term Ecological Research or LTER network is the longest-lived and largest ecological network in the U.S. This network provides the research platforms, scientific expertise, and lasting datasets that are essential for analyzing and documenting environmental change. The network fuses a multi-disciplinary group of over two thousand graduate students and scientists. The twenty six LTER sites cover diverse ecosystems in the Pacific and Caribbean, which include deserts, lakes, estuaries, oceans, prairies, coral reefs, alpine and Arctic tundra, forests, urban regions, and manufacture of agriculture. In this essay, we will discuss the hypothesis and results of one of the LTER ...

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RE: PROTECTION OF NATURAL COMMUNITIES
Human generation is at the verge of perishing following the worrying trend of destruction of natural communities. Implementation of anthropogenic activities of man with little care on an immediate or future impact on the environment has deteriorated major biomes of the world including forest woodland, wetland, savannas, prairies, riverine, coral reef, lacustrine, and deserts. In the event that the above biomes are converted to desert, there will be a shortage of water, oxygen, much-needed ecosystem services and food, and death of wildlife. As a result, industrial productivity will tremendously reduce due to lack of raw ...

Sustainability: Finding a balance.

Sustainability: How much for a balance?

We have to find some kind of environmental balance in our communities. The US is famous (or infamous) for over consumption and being wasteful. Zens (2008) can see an upside to this, “In a country where conspicuous consumption is the norm . . . there should be a lot of opportunities and scope to live more sustainably without sacrificing quality of life. In fact, quality of life will most likely increase with a more sustainable society.”

Simply put “sustainability” means

a. living within our means,
b. budgeting our resources, and
c. reducing pollution production.
Simple to define but it is difficult ...

The anthropocentric approach to the environmental ethics is one of the main approaches as it touches on a significant part of the relationship between human beings and nature. This approach is the idea that humans are the most valued in the universe and take the central role. In other words, human beings have the power and dominion over other living things in the universe, including plants and animals. The approach gets its roots mainly from the Bible and science. In the Bible, God is said to have given humans the power to look after the creation. Scientists view human ...

Post Disaster Project: Prepare a Project Plan

Project description
A disaster is natural or man-made occurrence, that causes immense damage to human life, animal life or properties, on a large scale. It creates the need for external human assistance to alleviate the sufferings of the victims, minimize their loss and return them back to a state where they can manage the situation independently. Sometimes, the damage associated with a disaster is irreversible and assistance can only help victims to adapt. A proper disaster management project can help foresee disasters and minimize loss. Preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation are the different stages involved in the management of ...

International business is a complex ecosystem. As enterprises of all size and activity engage in business dealings on a regular basis, differential modes of interaction emerge. Notably, cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly a mandate for performing business functions not only locally and abroad. Accordingly, competencies for cross-cultural interactions become a requirement for successful business. This applies, more specifically, to staff who is assigned internally for short or long business positions. True, international business has been a staple of human activity for millennia. However, current business ecosystem departs radically from conventional business practices. Characteristically, current business is more overlapping and ...

Natural forests plays, perhaps the most important role in sustaining life on earth and balancing the ecosystem in a multitude of ways like water recycling and preventing soil erosion. The benefits that an intact forest provides to humanity are immense, which are often considered free and largely go unrecognized and uncounted for until they are lost . This essay will analyze some of the major services provided and roles played by the natural forest in ensuring the existence of life on this planet.
Service 1: Maintaining the Water cycle- Forests plays a major role in ensuring effective water pumping and recycling, ...

Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is a vital field in environmental management with a growing concern among environmentalists. TEK has a great variety of definitions and extensive nomenclature because of its multi-faceted dimensions. It includes the type of knowledge, the identity of the knowledge holder and the process of acquiring the knowledge (Anderson, 2007; Houde, 2007). However, SER, (2014) defined TEK as the local and all-encompassing knowledge which brings together both the physical and the spiritual into a worldview of cosmovision. This knowledge has been enhanced with the passage of time, and its primary concern is the application of skills and knowledge. Furthermore, it ...

1) Water management
- Fresh water is defined by UNESCO as water that can be used for drinking by human beings and that can be used by animals and crops. Human being gets their fresh water from ground water and surface runoff. Surface water is rainwater that has not yet infiltrated into the ground while ground water refers to the water stored in spaces found in-between rocks in the earth’s crust. However, fresh water is not necessarily safe for drinking as it might have some impurities and pollutants in it as it made its way into the ...

a) What are the leading primary producers and top consumers in the ecosystem you researched?
The research was carried out in the Antarctic marine ecosystem, under this ecosystem and within the food web, the leading producer is phyplankton which produces food for all kinds of animal from small to lager ones. The top consumer in this ecosystem are grazers mainly the zoophylankton and some fish. Generally Antarctic animals make their living in the ocean because the land is to cold and dry commonly known as physical factors.
b) Using the energy pyramid concept (Figure 3.16 in the textbook is a ...

Comments

I do not agree that infinite economic growth is sustainable. This is because people are now moving and preferring to improve quality of life, and for bringing improvement, they are utilizing resources. I agree that awareness, wisdom, and understanding plays an important role in this regard, but with the help of them people can only use these resources wisely, but they must have to use the resources. Further, industrial activities are increasing, which are exerting negative impact on environment, and depriving environment from natural resources. However, massive enhancement in consumption of the resources of earth, and the environmental influence ...

1. DNA in forensic science: DNA contains the genetic code of a person. The genetic information stored in the DNA, is coded in the form of nucleotide sequence. The nucleotide sequence is formed by four fundamental nucleotides: A, T, G, C nucleotide, that formed a polymer in a set order. A typical human DNA, has 3 billion nucleotide bases. The DNA sequence is 99.8% identical in all human beings and is only 0.2% dissimilar. This dissimilarity is the basis for identification of the suspects in forensic medicine. No two human beings can have a DNA that is 100% identical. ...

1. Introduction
The protection of environment is becoming ever more important in the light of rising concerns about the global climate changes and also because of the various factors that can have a negative effect on the environment. The protection of the environment must combine the regulation, legislation and initiatives that increase the good and decrease the bad practices and consequences based on the researches and proven consequences to prevent further possible pollution and degradation of the environment. The paper will focus on the examination of the regulatory agency and environmental protection of the United States and then examined ...

What does the word environment mean to you? According to Oxford Dictionaries, environment means the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. With that being said, what do we want for our environment in the far future? The environment is beautiful place to so many, so why are some people not helping to preserve it? All of these questions make one think about what the environment will be like for future generations.
I believe that the future of the environment depends solely on how we treat it today. With all the new construction ...

Mountain pine beetle (MPB) (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) is a bark beetle that lays eggs within the vascular system of the mature trees of lodgepole pine (Pinus
contorta). First known epidemic infestation was recorded in 1994 in the forests of British Columbia (BC). Prior to 1994, the infestation was negligible, owing to the fact that extreme low temperatures of winter killed the beetle, thereby curbing the problem. In the past two decades, however, due to global warming the winter temperatures are not low enough to kill the beetle. This has escalated the problem of deforestation and thereby has unbalanced the ...

Inappropriate Usage of Natural Resources

Introduction
Natural resources include oil, gas minerals and forests. Exploitation of these natural resources influences the economic development through earning of foreign exchange in exportation of these resources (Lodhi and Makki, 2010). According to Busse and Groning (2011), natural resource abundance influences the economic and social development of a country. Hence in certain countries polices developed may overlook the exploitation of the natural resources. However, natural resources are by nature scarce and their overexploitation by humans is increasing (Lodhi and Makki, 2010). Human activities are significant in influencing environmental changes that have resulted to development of global warming. Human ...

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve (RTR) is situated at the junction of two very old mountain ranges, the Aravallis and the Vindhyas. Ranthambhore comprises of distinct areas with great conservation values. Prior to formation of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, these reserves were managed as hunting reserves. In 1955, a part of the forest was declared as Sawai Madhopur Wildlife Sanctuary (as a game reserve). In 1973, this area was notified as Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, being one of the first nine Project Tiger reserves in India. The Reserve comprises of Ranthambhore National Park along with Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary and Keladevi Wildlife Sanctuary. Ranthambhore National Park ( ...

Introduction

Maintaining balance of nature is critical for human survival in the long run. But, whether this balance is taken into consideration while formulating policies or not is a moot topic of debate. The paper aims at understanding animal rights and its consideration in determining environmental policies.
Animals do have right to exist, broadly for two reasons. First, the universe is as much theirs as of humans. Second, they are indispensable in maintaining equilibrium of the ecosystem. A symbiotic interdependence exists between different species in an ecosystem. Any change in its composition can create dis-balance and affect other species of ...

List of 10 Native species indigenous to California that can be used in reclaiming abandoned lots

1. Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
2. California Flannelbush (Fremontodendron californicum)
3. Silver bush Lupine (Lupinus albifrons)
4. California Wild lilac (Ceanothus spp)
5.Island bush poppy (Dendromecon harfordii)
6. California fuchsia (Epilobium canum)
7. Manzanitas of California (Arctostaphylos species)
8. White sage (Salvia apiana)
9. Island black Sage (Salvia brandegei)
10. Golden currant (Ribes aureum gracillimum) (Akaka, et al., 2013).

SERVICE PLANNING TABLE

Re: Request for use of Abandoned lot to grow a native Garden
This letter is written to request for the use of abandoned lot at (..) to grow a native garden. ...

All the three major categories of organisms viz. Producers, consumers and decomposers are abundantly present in a tropical forest ecosystem. Primary producers are the autotrophs that can capture the light energy and manufacture their own food. The major producer plants in a tropical forest are ferns, bananas, vines, epiphytes and grasses. Consumers are the heterotrophs that cannot synthesize their own food and are dependent on other organisms. They are further classified into primary, secondary and tertiary consumers. The primary consumers include herbivore animals, birds and insects including macay, parrot, sloth, bats, etc. These organisms directly feed on green plants (producers). Primary ...

Humans have stewardship over natural resources to ensure the sustainability of the ecosystem. Sustainable living is not a sacrifice but a conscious decision to ensure human health through the renewal and preservation of natural resources.

Key words: stewardship, sustainability

Stewardship and Sustainability: Tropical Rain Forests

Environmental stewardship is the management of natural resources. It is the responsibility by those who use the environment to ensure that their activities do not harm the environment, and if they do, to restore the environment back to its original health. Environmental sustainability is the management of natural resources so that they are used at or below their rate of production; that ...

Chapter #16:

Question 1.
Insect-eating birds will decrease in number since their source of food has been reduced. The birds may also migrate to warmer areas during this period.

Question 2.

The habitat is the specific place where the organism lives e.g. a fish’s habitat is water. On the other hand, niche is the position and the role played by the organism in an ecosystem. It includes how the organism obtain food and shelter, the mode of survival, and the mode of reproduction (Sutton & Anderson, 2009, p. 46). For instance, a lion’s niche in the ecosystem is that of a predator.Question ...

The 21st century era is also a mark of technological and advanced researches and experiments that benefit the nation’s population. Millions of people were overwhelmed of the significance that these technologies portrays on everyone’s lives. However, despite the success of our innovations and advancements with regards to the scientific aspect, our environment has been greatly affected. Up to date, the heightened climate change and global warming has really caused massive destruction of our environment on various parts of the world. One of these detrimental effects of global warming is massive forest wildfire on different locations, particularly on ...

Informal Social Groups at Work

Informal Social Groups at Work

Introduction / Background

The growing importance of informal social groups at work underscores a deep change in work functions in small and big organizations. The "casual" character current business ecosystem assumes is, put differently, a critical development changing how interaction is performed at different organizational levels. That is, as communication channels, dress code, workspace layout and, not least, management styles in an increasing number of organizations, particularly IT enterprises, continue to be increasingly informal (i.e. relying more on negotiated forms of interaction and workplace behavior compared to stricter forms of organizational development and management in more conventional ...

In the introduction section, the paper describes in detail what the environment is and how the human race takes it for granted. In this section, the thesis statement is also given out and the materials to be used in this paper are listed. In the section of effects of pollution, the paper starts by describing the tendency of the human race of destroying the environment in the name of creating new development. In this section, the far-reaching effects of environmental destruction are listed and explained. Some of the effects that have been recorded are radiations that make the earth ...

Wind is a major limiting factor in the marine ecosystem. Wind affects waves, dune system, sediment transportation, currents, and weather. Wind has profound effects on the waves. As wind move over the surface of the oceans, the abrasions between the wind and the water surfaces lead to formation of waves. The speed of wind also affects the size of the waves formed. When the speed of the wind is very high, the abrasion between the wind and the surface of the water increases leading to huge waves. In the event that the speed of the wind is low, the waves ...

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Sustainable Development
Introduction
The planet Earth is the third planet from the Sun in our solar system. By a fortuitous circumstance, it is located in the most optimal position to sustain life. It took 4 billion years for the Earth to change from a mass of gases and vapor to the present form, where land emerged and water condensed to form seas. From the basic biological forms at cellular level, plants and animals and finally Human life evolved. Human life can be traced back to the last 200,000 years of the planet’s history. Yet, in this relatively ...

Introduction

Symbiosis is the interaction two or more different organisms that generally live in close physical relationship. More often, these organisms are living for both of their advantages. Part of the normal lives of these organisms naturally depends to one another. On the other hand, other interaction between the biotic components of our ecosystem is the antibiosis. This interaction is an antagonistic relationship between two or more organisms in which commonly happens to microorganisms. In tis relationship, only one may be adversely affected. Also, the ecosystem’s biotic components interactions are normally controlled by various biotic and abiotic factors, which ...

Abstract

This essay seeks to explain how proper stewardship and sustainability can help promote the conservation of an ecosystem. The essay draws an illustration from occurrence at the Easter Island to emphasize how poor stewardship and lack of sustainability can cause severe environmental problems. Both stewardship and sustainable resource use are also defined and discussed. In reference to Amazon, environmental implications of deforestation are explored. An opinion on whether the entire Amazon can be conserved through wise use or a section within it should be conserved without any use is also given.
When Polynesians first landed at the Easter Island, ...

The human race has seen significant technological advancement in the last two centuries. It is only in this century that scientist have managed to go to space and even land on the moon. There have been for instance significant advances in electricity. Due to advances in electricity, nights have been converted to artificial days significantly affecting the natural course of the ecosystem. This article highlights the various negative effects to the ecosystem that have accompanied this otherwise positive development.
Human beings are naturally diurnal creatures (Klinkenborg 234). This means that humans are designed to only be active during ...

Biodiversity is the range variation among microorganisms, animals and plants. Biodiversity enhances the quality way of living that is not easy to quantify. The human beings depend on the biodiversity for food; forestry and agriculture, shelter and warmth; use of forest products and fibers, medicines; synthesized and tradition medicines. Besides of biological resources biodiversity also supplies indirect services to human beings such as clean air, water, and fertile soil.
The ecological and its normal function is disrupted and distraught when the ecosystem losses its population, or group of species. The distribution and functioning of ecosystem is highly affected ...

In a given ecological setting, some species dominate and influence the abundance of the other species in that ecology. Two pathways, which lead to dominance, exist: competition where the dominance species has superior access to the limited resources and low susceptibility to other processes that are not competitive. In the second pathway, the non-dominant species are normally very susceptible to the non-competitive processes. The former pathway is highly interactive and the dominant species suppresses its subordinates by limiting the resources available to them. Sustained dominance reduces the diversity of species that ecology. The second pathway is weakly interactive and the ...

The beauty of the nature has been decreasing during the last two centuries due to massive human activity. Human activity has altered several aspects of nature especially due to the release of pollutants in the environment. The pollutants not only have a negative effect on the health of human beings but also to other forms of life that exist in the environment. Additionally, they have brought about a negative effect on the equilibrium of the ecosystem since artificial forces other than natural forces have taken over the control of the forces of nature. Human beings have also suffered due to the ...

According to (Whitefield 15), reading landscapes can be quite complex. This is because a landscape consists of several components, which change with geographical surroundings. As a consequence, different geographical areas have dissimilar landscapes. Although the landscape mainly describes as the geographical or physical features of an area, it also includes the living things which inhabit that location. In a literal sense, this means that animals and plants are also part of the landscape. To a great extent, landscape affects the culture, values and behavior of people in an area.
The rooflines of an area can be used as a prologue for reading the ...

Describe the process of transpiration in vascular plants

Similar to other living organisms, plants possess the capacity to regulate their internal atmosphere. Vascular plants scientifically known as tracheophytes possess conducting tissue which offers independence from a wet or dry environment. These plants have a multifaceted structure of tubes known as the vascular system to carry water and other important solutes. Phloem moves all through the plant as it conveys biological solutes in aqueous states in all direction. Reliant on the period and the plant's requirements, phloem can even alter its flow course.

Xylem originates at the root running via the stems and concludes at small pores known as stomata ...

The major question in environmental contemporary issues is, ‘is man responsible for the fast increasing global warming in the globe?’ this paper supports the fact that man is sorely responsible for the widespread global warming. However, man is only responsible to a certain extent and similarly, nature is has its portion of contribution in the vice.

Currently climate change continues to dominate in the globe. Relatively, there is a remarkable increase in global population such that there is a highly pronounced impact on the available natural resources. Since man entirely survives on nature. Currently the rate at which human beings depend upon ...

Re-wilding

Re-wilding can be defined as measures to increase the size of existing conservation areas, for instance, national parks, wildlife refuges as well as wilderness areas. Next is an attempt to link all isolated conservation areas through wildlife corridors into an interconnected wild lands network. The final aspect in re-wilding is the reintroduction of carnivores, for instance, eastern cougar and wolf in the case of North America. Re-wilding became an issue since several people were against it while others were for it. For instance, Donlan, a conservationist, supported re-wilding while Rubestein was against re-wilding since according to him, re-wilding of North ...

Introduction to Business and Society-Persuasive Essay

Introduction
In his book titled The Short Story of Progress, Ronald Wright analyzes civilizations that have witnessed rapid growth and supremacy. He also elucidates the fatal fall of many such civilizations and enjoins that over-exploiting the environment can lead to ecological catastrophe. By finding answers to questions relating to human origins, reasons for existence and destination of the progress pursuit, Wright warns the society from traversing through progress traps, created by humans themselves, blinded by a short term urge to modernize. “We can go to understand the reckless aspects of human nature and circumvent the danger of arrogant self-destruction, ...

Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, erratic rainfall, deadly tsunamis, flooding, wildfires, heat waves, shrinking glaciers, and droughts are some visible highlights of a much debated global problem, i.e., the global warming. The problem is so severe that scientists, environmentalists, geographers, government officials, and various national and international tribunals huddle together time-to-time to embark on a sustainable solution to this issue. Nonetheless, the predicament persists putting everything (human beings, animals, birds, societies, environmental resources) in the soup. This paper discusses the impacts of global warming and the efficacy of solutions that are being implemented at national and global levels. Taking ...

Online personal data has in the recent past become the epicenter of commerce in regard to data brokers. This is illustrated by the growth in data mining companies such as Acxiom. The growth in the trading of data is attributed to the growth in demand for such data by private entities and government agencies among others. While the mining and commercialization of data is not a secret undertaking, many individuals are oblivious to this fact. This is illustrated by the vast amount of data points that people post online. Such data points include birth dates, sex, relationship status, credit ...

Argument essay

Historically, Kentucky was home to two wolf species: the red wolf the gray wolf. Today, neither wolf species can be found in the Bluegrass State. As the amount of human settlers increased, these creatures were seen as a potential danger, as a pest, threatening livestock. It was the belief that the red wolf caused widespread cattle losses that led to extensive predator control programs, therefore, the red wolf was totally removed from extensive areas of its former range. As being the most adaptable predator, coyotes occupied their habitat. But today coyotes are growing in population and preying on more ...

Broad topic – Is inorganic farming really beneficial in agriculture?

Narrowest topic - Should we really adopt the use of inorganic farming practices to boost the agricultural production?
Should we really adopt the use of inorganic farming practices to boost the agricultural production?
The issue
The major differences between conventional and organic farming practices stem down to the farming methods that are applied during the food cultivation process. It is surprising enough that many individuals are yet unaware of the existing differences between the two farming methods. It is crucial to understand what goes on in agriculture because it has a direct effect on our environment. Inorganic farming also ...

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Introduction
In the modern times, natural catastrophes have been one of the major reasons for the destruction of the global environment. Although humanity is experiencing advancements in some of the aspects or fields in the society such as technology, health care and economics, environmental problems are still common due to natural catastrophes. Massive typhoons, earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions created large amounts of damage to our ecosystem. In addition, the world experienced hundreds, or even thousands or natural catastrophes in only a span of several years.
Ecosystem fires or forest wildfires are one of the natural catastrophes which ...

Increasing concentrations of nitrogen in the environment, a phenomenon called as nitrogen saturation occurs when the inorganic nitrogen levels exceeds the demand by organisms and plants. Increased concentrations of nitrogen have detrimental impact on the air quality, owing to the oxidizing capacity of nitrogen oxides and their function in the formation of ozone layer .
Excessive nitrogen deposition causes an increase in foliar nitrogen content, which subsequently leads to increase in tree growth . Other negative effects on the ecosystem are frost-hardiness in conifer trees in the presence of large doses of nitrogen. Excessive nitrogen concentrations may also lead to tree ...