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Introduction

These days, after the rise of industrial revolution, almost every economy is dependent on industrial activities which businesses pursue to not only make profits but create value for the society at large. While pursuing such an activity, the manufacturing concerns are also required to take care of the environment as well. This is because the production activities not only involve the release of dangerous wastes but also involve the emission of carbon dioxide gas which is harmful for society, environment and marine life as a whole resulting in a rise of global warming.
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The concentration of carbon dioxide has been abnormally increasing over the years. In the year 2016, its concentration exceeded the limitations, and has been considered as a dangerous situation. As a response to the increasing carbon dioxide content in the Earth’s atmosphere, different processes are being suggested in order to lower the concentration. Carbon Capture and Storage, or CCS, is one of these processes. Generally, there are three different phases of this process: the pre-combustion, the oxyfuel, and the post-combustion. These three phases have different processes in which the carbon dioxide content is being separated from the other ...

Sulphur Dioxide and Our Planet

Sulphur Dioxide is a colourless pungent gas which is highly soluble in water. Fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gases contain sulphur. When burnt in motor vehicles, power stations and in other industrial applications, sulphur reacts with oxygen and its compounds in the combustion process to form Sulphur Dioxide. These are the artificial sources of Sulphur Dioxide. Apart from these, Sulphur Dioxide is produced naturally in huge quantities during volcanic eruptions and forest fires. It is the most chemically active compound produced by volcanoes. Apart from natural sources, Sulphur Dioxide is also produced in anthropological activities like ...

Executive Summary

This process of making 17 reams release 100 pounds of Carbon dioxide in the environment. Forests and trees are mainly responsible for maintaining a stable environment of the world. Going paperless will help reduce the total waste that disturbs the natural environment. Trees are naturally responsible for absorbing carbon dioxide through the process of photosynthesis. The amount of paper recycled is proportional to the amount of tree saved. The increased usage of recycled paper will help decrease the demand for virgin paper. Decrease in the demand of virgin paper will automatically help reduce the air and water pollution. The paper ...

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Global warming remains by far the biggest challenge humans have faced in this century. It affects the entire planet although not the entire plane is to be blamed for it. The emission of greenhouse gases and particularly carbon dioxide has been at all-time peak in this century especially the last half of the century. Studies show that the current concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is about 385 ppm, up from 285 ppm prior to industrialization. This has sparked an unstoppable change in the climate patterns in the world. The changes are mostly with regard to the precipitation ...

Is global climate caused by human activities?

Currently, the question on whether human activities cause global warming has sparked debates from environmental experts. The massive growth of the population has increased growth of consumption, and this poses threats to the global climate. The rise of the earth’s temperature is mainly caused by the gases released by greenhouses, especially carbon dioxide. It is saddening to note that the climatic changes affect the physical and biological systems across the universe. Global warming can only be decreased if the carbon output released by human activities is reduced. The Journal of Climate published a paper by Jara Imbers, Chris Huntingford, ...

This essay paper shows how the use and effective use of carbon dioxide as a fire protection system for the hazard of bulk hydrogen gas facility. This paper will provide the information on the advantages and disadvantages of using carbon dioxide as an agent for fighting fires resulting from the hazard of hydrogen.
Fire protection systems involving gases allow for the use of fire fighting agents such as carbon dioxide, wet chemicals or dry chemicals and foams. Carbon dioxide has been the most successful fire suppression agent that has been used for many years in many countries worldwide. It ...

Introduction

Emission of the toxic substance by industries is common all over the world. Toxic substances are emitted daily by industries and anthropogenic activities. Toxic substances are categorized into three categories namely organic, inorganic and metallic compounds. Examples of organic, inorganic and metallic compounds are methane, sulfate and mercury respectively. There have been reports of these substances having negative effects on the environment. Substances like methane are responsible for increased atmospheric temperature. Sulfates affect soil. Sulfates combine with atmospheric water to form acid water. Acid water has a negative effect of soil and microorganism living in it. Mercury, on the other ...

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?

Global warming is the recorded and projected rise in the Earth’s average atmospheric and oceanic temperatures. In the year nineteen eighty six Svante Arrhenius, a Nobel Prize laureate from Sweden, brought to the attention of the world the imminent danger of global warming but nobody paid attention to his concerns. Today the topic of global warming has become a universal concern with everyone taking the threats posed by global warming seriously. The same people, whose activities contributed greatly to this problem, are more than willing to help in dealing with this problem. However, some people are skeptics who claim that ...

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According to Geopolymer Institute (2014), Joseph Davidovits discovered Geopolymer concrete. Joseph Davidovits is a French National born in 1935. Geopolymer concrete is as a result of a reaction of source materials. Constituents of source materials are alumina, silica, and alkaline liquid. Geopolymer has a 3-dimensional structure. They are manufactured using low amounts of temperature. The manufacture of Geopolymer involves mixing several products. These products are alkali metal hydroxide and aluminosilicate. Aluminosilicate acts as a binder. It is a constituent of aluminum and silicon.
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Carbon (C) is a chemical element of atomic number 6 and belongs to group 14 on the periodic table. Carbon is a nonmetallic element and it’s the sixth in abundance in the universe. Coal is the most readily available source of carbon. Carbon in its raw form is of little value and has to be processed into commercially applicable forms. Commercial carbon appears in three allotropes: graphite, amorphous, and diamond. This is a research paper on carbon, its applications and negatives effects on the environment (Jefferson Lab).

CARBON ALLOTROPES

Amorphous carbon is the resulting black material when a carbonaceous fuel or compound is burnt ...

Regulation of body pH occurs either through pH regulation or pH compensation. Regulation occurs as a combined effort of buffer systems, and respiratory and renal systems. Normal metabolism produces acidic wastes, for example, carbonic and lactic acid. These products increase acidity of body fluids and cause a shift in body pH away from the normal alkaline nature. Buffers help to prevent the shift towards an acidosis, and hence maintain pH of the blood and the body. Buffers also facilitate maintenance of narrow pH ranges of body fluids. Maintenance of this narrow range is crucial since biochemical reactions are affected by concentration ...

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The issue about carbon dioxide emission is a big argument in many countries. Many countries including the United States have come up with policies to curb the use of carbon emission in factories and other sectors. Many factories including power plants produce carbon dioxide in order to produce electricity. There are many power plants in the country and they produce an energy at large measure which means they also produce carbon dioxide in large quantities. According to Reuters, the EPA is setting a standard for the amount of carbon dioxide produced in power plants. Power plants mainly use ...

Factories have always been seen as emitters of enormous smokes, which makes factories as major contributors of air pollution. But, aside from the air pollution, factories have been contributing to land pollution, as well as water pollution. These pollutions were mainly because of the emissions of harmful gases, mixing of toxic and hazardous chemicals on natural water resources, direct contact of harmful chemicals and wastes to surface soils (Peterson, para. 1). Moreover, although different factories produce different waste products, still, the environment is always at risk.
One of the most familiar effects of factories is how it contributes ...

Air pollution results from the introduction of foreign particles in the earth’s atmosphere. It denotes the presence of chemicals, biological substances or other foreign particles in the atmosphere that cause discomfort, damage, death, infections or diseases to both flora and fauna. It is vital to note from the onset that the earth atmosphere is crucial to the existence of all living organisms on earth. It is made from a mixture of diverse and dynamic gaseous system that are essential to life systems. However, air pollution and emission of greenhouses gases has become a real threat to the atmosphere and thus a ...

Global warming is probably one of the most publicized environmental problems. Everywhere you can find activists of the fight for reducing the impact of humanity on the planet's climate. If in fact humanity leads to a marked increase in global sea level, producing carbon dioxide, which is often considered to be the cause of global warming, of course, something must be done about it.

Nevertheless, what if global warming is caused not by human activity, but by some other processes? The theory that states the use of fossil fuels is leading to a significant increase in the temperature of Earth's ...

Introduction

Biomass is a biological material obtained from a living organism or a recently living organism. The word biomass is derived from two Greek words; bio meaning life, and maza meaning mass (Demirbas, “Fuels from Biomass” 43). Biomass means non-fossil and bio-decomposable organic matter (originating from plants, animals and microorganisms). The products, byproducts, residues and waste from agricultural processing, all constitute biomass. Bio-waste simply means non-fossil and biodegradable waste that is composed of organic matter. Bio-wastes include food and kitchen wastes, garden and park wastes, and wastes from food processing plants. Bio-waste is therefore an element of biomass.
Non-fossil wastes that are ...

Introduction

Being the fastest growing country in the world, China is one of the leading countries in greenhouse gas production globally. In the recent years, China has outdone United States of America in carbon dioxide emission because of the availability of many industries and automobiles using gasoline fuels. The rise on carbon dioxide production in China has been attributed to the huge production volume, and lack of policies to restrict the production of harmful gases. In addition, China signed lucrative contracts to use oil to run its industries instead of using other sources of power like solar, wind, or hydro-electric ...

Pollution of land, water and air is greatly harming our environment and the earth is being affected by our pollution. Pollution is the contamination of our environment especially by our activities and manmade wastes. Human beings engage in activities that destroy the purity of our environment. These activities not only affect our lives but also of other living things such as plants and animals that we share the same environment. The environment is composed of three living parts; air, land and water. These are the parts that are affected by pollution. This paper discusses how pollution is harming our ...

Since prehistoric times our tools for manufacturing have become a lot more sophisticated. In the same way, since the beginning of the Industrial Age the world’s technologies have been continually improving. Hundreds of different entrepreneurs and companies have invented their own models of high- tech products such as smart phones, durable vehicles and computers. Consumers enjoy and buy these products. Companies compete to develop new models as fast as they can. However there is a downside to all the new technology. When factories do not take measures to protect the environment, the waste products produced by manufacturing have a very bad ...

Energy has played an important role in building the world economy today. From enabling man to perform daily activities to enhancing the functioning of many industries, it is sensible to state that energy is of great importance to the world. Due to its importance, fossil fuels such as coal have thus been burnt down to create energy. However, different negative effects are associated with burning such fuels to the environment. For instance, global warming gasses are emitted thus, causing global warming as a result of carbon monoxide, which is emitted while burning coal. Despite their disparities, both developed and ...

Introduction

Climate change is a global issue that has generated a lot of controversy in recent years. More than any other current threat that faces us, it is likely to affect the way economic and environmental policy will be drafted. However, not all people are accepting of the fact that climate change exists, and many of those that deny it are in control of environmental legislation.
Climate change has been happening across the globe for eons, and few people disagree that this is true. However, the last hundred to one hundred fifty years has seen a dramatic increase in the rate of ...

Environmental impact of aviation arises from emission of noise from aircraft engines and gases which are released. These gases contribute greatly to global dimming and climate change. Despite the efforts of reducing emissions from automobiles and using less polluting turboprop and turbofan and more fuel-efficient engines, the continuous rapid development of aircrafts contributes largely to the total pollution involved in aviation. This has led to a heated debate about introducing high taxation of travelling by air and including aviation in a scheme of emission trading to ensure that all external costs involved in aviation are considered. This paper talks about environmental ...

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Introduction

There is no doubt that the world’s energy demand today is far greater since the industrial revolution began in the early 1800’s. With most nations embracing industrialization in an unprecedented scale, the search for energy sources is extensive. Some nations even risk the possibility of war just to secure territories known to have fossil fuel deposits. Like what happened between China, Japan and their neighbors in their scuffle for the possession of Senkaku-Diaoyu, an island wherein geological surveys have revealed massive oil and gas reserves . America, unarguably the largest consumer of petroleum products in the world, ...

A Call to Action

Throughout its history, the Earth has experienced drastic fluctuations in its average surface temperature, with multiple ice ages and periods of natural global warming. However, in recent years, the rate at which the global temperature has increased is unparalleled and cause for concern. The effects and predicted effects of this major and relatively rapid global warming are varied and extensive. Global warming has likely been and will continue to wreak havoc on sea levels, weather patterns, human health, buildings and communities, agriculture and other components of life on Earth as we know it, making global warming the most important ...

Impact of climatic change on the Great Barrier Reef

Climatic changes refer to lasting and significant changes in the weather patterns characterized by statistical distribution over a period spanning decades or hundred thousands of years. These changes may encompass extreme weather conditions and may happen due to variations in solar radiation reaching earth, biotic processes, volcanic eruptions, melting of the polar caps and plate tectonics. Certain activities undertaken by humans have also been recognized as contributing to negative climatic changes such as global warming. This climate change has threatened earth's ecosystems. The recent harsh change in the climate such as an increase in temperature takes a great toll on the ...

Greenhouse gas effect refers to the process through which thermal radiation from the surface of the earth is absorbed and retained by the atmospheres’ greenhouse gases. The retained thermal radiation is then re-radiated in a distributive manner towards all directions. Some of the re-radiation are directed towards the lower layers of the atmosphere and the surface of the earth and consequently causes a higher temperature than the normallly expected temperature without the greenhouse gases.
The greenhouse effect occurs due to the following mechanism. The surface of the earth receives solar energy in the form of ultra violet (UV), near infra-red ( ...

Background

More than six months ago, on June 27, a volcanic eruption occurred in Hawaii, its lava continuing to bubble till September. It crawled its way from the erupted volcano till the edges of the nearest village, causing people to evacuate from their homes. The leading edge of the lava flow was about 110 meters wide with an average speed of 5 meters per hour. The volcanic eruption occurred at the mountain Kilauea. Volcano experts quote Kilauea as “the most continuously active volcano on Earth; lava streaming into the ocean at a steady rate of around 5 [metres per second] for years ...

Introduction

Several processes that have been developed to facilitate gas separation. The technique of gas separation could result in one single gas product or could give rise to a pure form of gas. The result would ultimately depend on the type of technique that was used for separation. The Swagelok Company makes this possible because it was involved in the sale of various gas and fluid equipment that facilitates the process of gas separation. The above does not mean that the process is devoid of challenges. Often, the system needs to be adequately assessed for the detection of anything that might ...

Carbon dioxide is an odorless, non-combustible gas that could be both beneficial and threatening to the environment. This gas is inherently part of the earth’s biogeochemical cycle and is as equally important as other naturally occurring gases in the earth’s atmosphere. While carbon dioxide provides benefits to plants via photosynthesis, its effect on the atmosphere at high levels may induce modifications in the naturally occurring changes in climate all over the world. To date, carbon dioxide has been put into a spotlight as the main cause of anthropogenic climate change.
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have ...

Global warming has been a major climatic concern for a couple of decades. Many countries suffer from this menace either extremely or mildly. The effects of global warming is evident in agriculture, whereby crops do not thrive well as a result of it, and also affects the human population due to its numerous effects on human beings. This paper is going to focus on the cause as well as the effects of global warming and other fuel use in the UAE.

Causes of Global warming

There are many things that bring about global warming. They include; Emission of carbon dioxide gas by plants that use fossil ...

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In United States of America, the environmental policy is a governmental action to control activities that may have an impact on the environment in the United States.The main purpose of this policy is to keep safe the environment and protect it for future generations. And in the same time - to interfere as little as possible in the commerce efficiency and people's liberty.The environmental policy takes its beginning from the great environmental movement in the 1960s - 1970s. During this movement a few protection laws have been passed - these laws regulated water and ...

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A combustion engine can be defined as any engine that operates through fuel burning. The difference between a combustion engine and steam engine is that the latter uses steam for operation while the former uses gasoline. Combustion engines also use fueled gases such as hydrogen, propane, methane etc which are components of diesel. Combustion engines run on one type of fuel, and may require a series of adaptation to adjust to fuel/air ratio to use other forms of energy (Agrawal, 2006).
The combustion process starts in the gasoline cylinder where a mixture of air and gasoline is sprayed. The mixture is ...

Deforestation is the act of clearing the greenery and vegetation on Earth on a large scale. It occurs when trees and entire forests are cut down and cleared away for various purposes. This brings a lot of damage to the Earth’s surface, simultaneously creating environmental problems as well. Forests account for 30% of the Earth’s land, and they are an asset to the world’s ecosystem, however, much of this area is cleared away and vacated by mankind to serve their purposes. Although deforestation is done for needs such as housing, residence, mining, shopping and other means, ...

Analysis of the Global Warming Issues and Their Solutions

In the last decade, humanity faced a new problem that has assumed the global character immediately. This problem is related to the intensive growth of the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and ocean, that is why it was named global warming. In the last century, scientists were able to identify some of the causes of this problem and predict its consequences. To date, global warming has become a threat to the life of all humankind, as temperature rises. Thus, many processes and phenomenon assume a negative and even deadly character. In order to understand how it threatens humanity, it ...

A Review Paper on Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Ternary Nitride based Coatings

Chauhan, K. V., & Rawal, S. K. (2014). A Review Paper on Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Ternary Nitride based Coatings. Procedia Technology, 14, 430-437. doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2014.08.055
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The paper reviews the nanotribological researches that are required to create basic understanding of the interracial phenomena on the lesser scale in the nanostructured polymers employed in the storage if magnetic systems and for other commercial applications. In many fields of the electromagnetic and coating applications such as the use in the automobile and the aircraft sectors, the wear and the friction of the moving parts is a critical aspect to be put ...

Today, one of the global issues people face to is different types of pollution. With human development, pollution is becoming worse, and as a result, other issues appear. Among them are global warming, new diseases, deforestation and many others. But, it was not like this all the time, as at the beginning the level of pollution was not so high. Otherwise, it would have been an apocalypse already. That was the industry development that caused global pollution.
Even in the late 13th century, people knew about air pollution. For instance, King of England Edward I punished every Londoner, who ...

Introduction

Climate change stands to be one of the major challenges of our modern time and puts a considerable amount of pressure and stress on our planet as well as on our society. Such a problem, if faced by humanity is one of the worst case scenarios imaginable, aside the asteroid hit or a super volcano eruption; major climate change can result in risen worldwide sea level leading to destructive floods, shifted climate zones with food production being threatened. Such climate change impacts are global in scale and might eventually lead to a total human extinction.
Every time the causes of climate change ...

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The paper articulates the electrolyte and fluid study by describing functions and location of various body fluids and factors that affects variations in fluid compartments. These body fluids involves Body fluids involve blood plasma, mucus and lymphatic fluid, saliva and gastric juice, and other fluids such as tears, sweat, semen and vaginal secretions. The functions, regulation, sources and losses of the main electrolytes in the body are also described. The paper also outlines the basic principles of some of the processes that occur in human body such as osmosis, filtration, active transport and diffusion.
In order to understand ...

A biofuel is made from a biological process known as carbon fixation. These biofuels are gotten from the conversion of biomass, solid biomass, liquid fuels as well as biogases. The biofuels are continued to be known because of the high prices of fossil fuels and also for the purposes of ensuring fuel security in various countries. (Caye, D. & Terry W.2008). The biofuels are produced from two distinct ways; that is through metabolic by-products or from living organisms. Examples of biofuels include; bioethanol which is an alcohol made from fermentation process. Another example of biofuels is biodiesel which is made from ...

The global climate has been deteriorating as the years go by. The climate change has adverse effects on agriculture, ecosystems, human settlements and water resources. It affects rainfall patterns, temperature changes and rising sea levels. The principle causes of climate change are caused by emission of carbon dioxide. The gas acts as an insulator or blanket trapping the sun’s energy and causing the earth to be hot. The Copenhagen summit was held in 2009 by a several countries including USA and China who are the largest emitters of greenhouse gas. Key issues emerged in the conference. The countries produced ...

The role of people in climate change and its drastic outcomes is undeniable. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation are the main reasons of global warming. While writing the research, much statistics and other data were studied. This information made me understand how serious the problem is. Now it is not possible for me to stay aside of the global problem. Saving the energy and water should be the obligatory things for everyone.
The terms “global warming”, “climate change” and ‘global change” seem to be similar, but they have a difference in their definitions. The notion “global warming” refers to ...

Venus: Location, Size, Composition and Features

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Introduction

Venus is the second planet from the sun in our solar system. Its orbital day lasts for approximately 225 Earth days, and it does not have a moon or any other similar satellite orbiting around it. It is the brightest and the most easily recognizable astral body from the Earth, after the Moon. Named after the Roman Goddess of love and fertility and often linked with femininity in popular culture and mythology, this paper examines the physical description, unique features and the significance in the solar system of the planet Venus.

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In Stephen Gardiner’s work A Perfect Moral Storm (2011), there are several critical elements that hinder society from being ethical in our conduct related to climate change, as well as theoretical aspects that combine spatial, theoretical and generational factors that expose people to “moral corruption.” Gardiner explains that the main conflict with regards to climate change is a failure to recognize the ethical dimensions of the issue of climate change (Vladimirova, 2013, par. 1).
Many climate analysts are in accord that the main cause of the prevailing global warming movement is the widening and expansion of human ...

Over the past few decades, a global awakening has been boiling up regarding the environmental issues of climate change that is posing a great threat in our planet. Experts agree that one of the major causes of global warming is the excessive greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide which traps heat causing the rise on temperature of the whole planet. The consequences of global warming were believed to be created by human activities where these greenhouse emissions come from burning fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil that we primarily use as sources of energy and ...

Greenhouse emits carbon dioxide gas that traps heat from the sun thereby contributing to global warming. Global warming is mainly worsened by activities that continue to increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for example burning fossil fuels and natural gas, forest damage and manufacture of cement which consumes a lot of globe possessions. We can define global warming as an increase in the standard heat of the environment and oceans (Butterworth, 2009). .
We should acquire energy efficient cars since it reduces the level of carbon dioxide in the air enormously. Gore stresses on curbing emissions of greenhouse gases and ...

Industrialization in developed countries often has severe costs for the environment, and the quality of air is not an exception. To find a beneficial compromise between technological and industrial advancement and care for natural resources, strict and reasonable legislation is necessary. Detailed in this paper are different air quality regulations of two developed countries namely China and the United States. Although there are several similarities between the two, there are ostensible differences between them and the consequences for each country vary.
Pollution has been an increasingly pressing ...

Give specific examples of at least two production and two consumption habits humans have related to material resources

There are various activities that human beings undertake in an effort to expand the commercial and domestic production and consumption processes and these activities are likely to cause adverse impacts on the sustainability of the indigenous flora and fauna. The most known production process that has impacted the environment negatively is the increased activities in the manufacturing industries. These industries emit hazardous gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and chlorofluorocarbon gases as well as the waste products such as dirty water and unnecessary end products. If these harmful gases are not carefully managed, they end up polluting the ...

Man and Global Warming

Each year, a person creates their own carbon print from the time he wakes up and to the activities he does before sleeping. These carbon prints would be then multiply to match the entire population of the globe, and it doubles with the amount of carbon emissions from all nations. Adding these numbers, one could easily estimate that it is the same amount of pollution that causes the problem of global warming today. Many experts have argued as to what actually induced global warming, from the arguments it is a natural occurrence, to the fact that it is influenced by man’ ...

Writing Proposal

Global warming and the effects of pollution is a topic that has been widely researched on by environmentalists. There is a lot of literature on the topic written by different scholars. Working committees from international bodies like the United Nations have also come up with reports detailing the intricacies of global warming and ways of dealing with the issue. In tackling the topic of global warming and the effects of pollution on glaciers, I outline the effects of global warming and air pollution on the environment.

In discussing the effects, I will measures currently in place to mitigate the effects of ...

Introduction

Air pollution is defined as the introduction of biological molecules, particulates, and other harmful substances into the air in sufficient quantities such that they cause damage to the health of living organisms including human beings, plants, and animals and may sometimes cause death. These pollutants may also cause harm to property resulting in corrosion of buildings and causing them to crumble or destroy the environment by introducing foul odors and reducing visibility.
Two different types of air pollution exist: natural or artificial, depending on the causative factors. Air pollutants are also classified into primary and secondary sources. Primary sources ...

Investigating how light intensity will affect the rate of photosynthesis, with the help of DCPIP, in Spinach leaves.

The aim of this experiment is to find out how the rate of change of light intensity affect the photosynthesis in spinach leaves.
Successful farming of food crops is very essential for both the nutritional and financial health of a nation. Governments of almost every nation invest land and labour to crop farming, as much as is possible, keeping in mind the other needs of a country. But, however, due to many reasons the maximum crop yield possible is not always achieved.
For the production of a healthy crop certain conditions are necessary. The primary among these conditions are ...

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“There’s much stronger evidence connecting human activity to changes in temperature, melting glaciers and ocean warming,” are the words of Gerald Meehl who holds the position of a senior scientist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research. Meehl in addition to being a scientist is also a major contributor to the report that was published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and according to the report; human activity is primary cause for warming of the earth’s climate. The 2007, the report linked human activity to the change in global temperatures with 90 percent certainty, a ...

Among the various issues faced by societies globally is the danger associated with the so-called global warming or climate change. Although often used interchangeably, global warming and climate change are two different scenarios that have synergistic relationship. Defined as the overall increase in the global temperature due to excessive accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global warming differs from climate change which is defined as the abnormally drastic change in climate patterns which have started since the beginning of the 20th century. Despite their differences, global warming and climate change are often seen as two inseparable phenomena. The ...

Nowadays, almost everyone heard at least something about global warming. But, it is not only the change of the climate, but also, the consequences of it. Usually, the term is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. However, not every scientist believes the global warming is real. But, the data and facts say the planet is warming.
Interestingly, the humans knew about global warming even in the late 1800s, but did little to prevent it. So, today, ...

The debate behind what causes or contributes to global warming is one that has been hotly discussed; from those who suggest that it is due to human behavior, to those who think that it is a natural occurrence, which humans don’t necessarily contribute to its effects. Some believe that those who support the idea of global warming are rather alarmist in their beliefs, viewing events such as Earth Day as a hoax that attempts to lead people into a life of deprivation rather than living in a state of plenty. Despite which school of thought one subscribes to regarding the causes, the ...

Global warming together with ocean acidification has presented a great challenge in the balancing of different climatic parameters. The increased level of these incidents has resulted in from different practices that are practiced by human, as well as from other natural occurrences. There are also an increased number of the consequences that are being witnessed as a result of ocean acidification and global warming. This paper aims to provide more details on the causes and consequences of ocean acidification and global warming.
The Global warming is the continuous and an unequivocal increase in the average temperature of the climate system ...

Introduction

The problem of air and water pollution has been a great concern not only to the people of New Jersey but throughout the world. This has been a problem to the whole world for the past over a hundred years and it still remains a challenge today though several efforts have been made to curb it. From the period of the second half of the 20th century several countries including the United States have tried to come up with certain rules and regulations to help reduce the level of pollution. The United States through the United States Environmental Protection Agency have come up ...

Introduction

Throughout the life of a human being on earth, there is an interaction between each individual and the environment. Each one of us during his lifetime leaves a mark on the globe. There is a variety of ways of how human beings can interact with the Earth. These ways may be of a positive or a negative effect depending on their overall outcome (Paul et al 2011). Therefore, Human footprint can be defined as the measure of human impact on the environment.

How Human Footprint Affects the World Ecology

Following social and economic development, human beings end up consuming very large numbers of a wide range of natural resources from the Ecological ...

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Over the years, we have come to recognize the importance of a healthy environment in our lives. Nature has provided us with valuable resources to have the freedom to breathe fresh air, drink pure water and appreciate the beauty around us. But with all the scientific and technological innovations of man, as well as the luxury and convenience it brings, our environment has suffered deterioration which resulted to poor quality of life and even massive death. As residents of this Earth, our survival largely relies on our environment. It is our responsibility to combat destruction in which the well-being of ...