Climate Term Papers Samples For Students

Causation of Climate Change

The world’s climate system is composed of five elements that include hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, cry sphere, and biosphere. It varies naturally with time and is dependent on the incoming and outgoing energy which determine the optimal balance of the earth’s energy. These determinants constitute factors that cause climate variation that result in either warmer or colder states. This result into a phenomenon referred to as climate change. This is a condition, in which, the earth experiences adjustments in its weather that occurs over a period. This essay provides a detailed analysis of the causes, characteristics, and the impacts of climate change ...

Introduction

This term paper explores the issue of rising sea levels, the likely causes, and the effects the rise is having now and may have in the future on our planet. Specifically, the effects discussed include on the land, the world’s freshwater resources, the animal and plant life, and the human race. The paper also considers current and potential longer-term solutions needed to deal with the problem and its effects. Finally, the paper provides recommendations for dealing with rising sea levels, in order to minimize the effects discussed.

Identification of the Problems

Although there are differences of opinion regarding the primary cause(s) ...

Netflix’s marketing strategy change

Introduction
Change is an integral part of everyday life both for organizations and individuals. It is often considered negative, since it involves a certain level of stress for the system and a disruption of the conventional organizational practices. However, along with the negative side, change also entails benefits, if it is conducted in the right way. This paper aims to present an example of the recent change in Netflix strategy and to explain the possible reasons for its failure. This example applies change management theories and concepts to the Netflix case, in order to identify what went wrong and, thus ...

Authors: Bror Jonsson, Nina Jonsson and Ander G. Finstad

Source: Journal of Animal Ecology
Age of maturity is a very important aspect of growth and development that has been at the forefront of many scientific experiments over the years. Berrigan and Charnov(Berrigan & Charnov, 1994) first came up with a postulate on how the size and age of maturity of reptile and fishes were interrelated. Berrigan and Charnov through their paper, created a scientific puzzle wherein, the growth is positively correlated to slight increase in temperature, therefore creating a positive slope in the size-to-age at maturity reaction norm. On the other hand, if food is the deciding factor and not temperature, ...

Introduction

This term paper explores the issue of weather affecting pollution in major cities. In a major city, where there can be a higher proportion of pollution sources in a relatively small geographical area, the effects are likely to be more distinct and concentrated.
Whilst there are several causes of air pollution, it is known that the air quality at any given time can be affected by the prevailing weather conditions. For example, strong winds can rapidly transport pollutants released into the air great distances from the originating source. Conversely, in conditions when there is very light wind or in still air, the ...

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humans. Individual’s lifestyles have developed to such an extent in developed countries that people continue to drain the earth of fossil fuels used to sustain humans. The result is that global warming is happening as a result of natural but predominantly human activities that release carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Measuring the best forms of energy to counteract this depends on a number of technological, economic and societal variables. It also requires the efforts of government to use command and control along with economic incentives to the highest potential for each ...

Environmental Studies

Global Significance
The one environmental issue that has the most important significance in the world today is global warming. That is because the rising temperatures at the surface of the earth are responsible for causing negative impacts around the world. The two general causes for global warming are (a) natural and (b) manmade. Green house gases are causing the warming because the amount of manmade greenhouse gases added to those that are formed naturally have created the problem of too much trapped heat in the atmosphere. The sun’s energy plus reflected energy from the surface of the earth becomes ...

Introduction

The human species are claimed to have existed for hundreds of thousands of years. According to history, years ago people used to be nomadic pastoralist who moved from one place to another thus did not have a permanent home. A transition occurred, which caused the people to change their nomadic lifestyle where they used to hunt and gather fruits and began doing agriculture. This transition caused them to change and start staying in one place. The transition from the old ways of nomadic movement to the point where the people are actually staying in one place is what is described ...

Introduction

Plate tectonics is important because it explains the reasons for the deformation of Earth’s surface. Plate Tectonics theory assumes that the Earth’s surface was broken into several small plates and the plates have collided with each other to form the continents. The theory explains that the oceans and continents also move in addition to the tectonic plates. It also explains the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes. The plate tectonics explains the major features of the earth, such as the continents and oceans, the earthquakes and volcanoes and the mountains and valleys. The theory explained that the ...

Introduction

Many challenges that are emerging in the international system have made scholars look for ways to solve such problems. Scholars would rhetorically ask themselves whether nation states approach these challenges in the right manner. Some of the emerging challenge sinclude; global poverty, human rights abuses, climate change, terrorism, and international development. Most nation states have been known to use military force to solve such problems. However, these issues are still present in society. This indicates that alternative solutions are necessary. Conventionally, nation statesshould desist from using military force since it results in additional problems. Places wheremilitary force has been ...

A reality that has been always considered a hoax by many as they believe global warming is because of the changing nature of the Universe and how the planet rotates. Global Warming is real because while it could be naturally influenced, the concentrations of the greenhouse effect emmissions causes the rays of the Sun to remain on earth, further influencing climate.
The dispute that rages over this issue is unresolved because “experts” have shown “proofs” (for and against) based on scientific data. Supporters of the non-existence of Global Warming, basically offer the arguments as that the climate has changed ...

Over the years, there has been the growing concern on environmental issues. Current changes in the environment have led to developments in which different people and organizations have come up to try and advocate for the conservation of the environment. There are various issues and concepts that have come up in relation to the environmental change. This essay discusses four of these issues.

Peak Oil

The current forms of energy use tend to be a great concern in the world. It is argued that the modern forms of energy. ASPO (Para 4) has issued statements with reference to the issue of oil ...

Introduction

The natural process in which the earth traps the rays of the sun, warms itself to support life and radiates back the long wavelength rays is known as greenhouse effect. This maintains the temperature of the earth and insulates it from getting very cold. However, some harmful gases when present in the atmosphere reflect the longer wavelength rays or heat energy back to the earth. The heat energy which would have escaped into space when reflected to the ground, heats it even further. This process of trapping the harmful heat energy, sending it back to the earth and increase ...

International marketing plan

Molson Coors Company needs the expansions of its commodity market. The best way to do it is the entry on the foreign market, because the increase of the amount of selling on the existed market is not rational and effective.
The Thai market is interesting and suitable for the Molson’s expansion. In this section we will examine the ways of Molson’s entry on this market and the strategy of that entry. The product which we want to sell on the market is the beer. The type of the beer can be chosen from the production line ...

Analysis of Diseases

Overview
Chikungunya (CHIK) refers to a re-emerging arboviral disease transmitted by the mosquitos Aedes aegypty and Aedes albopictus (Pialoux 318). The virus belongs to the genus Alphavirus and family Togaviridae. The word chikungunya derives from Makonde language (spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique), where it means “to walk bent over” (Halstead 557). This name refers to the main feature of both chronic and acute phase of the disease a change in posture causes by the arthritis and arthralgia (Charrel, Lamballerie and Raoult 769).

History

The disease gained its name after the outbreak in Tanganyika, the modern Tanzania in 1952. However, ...

Summary of the Popular Source

The popular article attempts to report on a study that links people’s satisfaction or dissatisfaction in marriage to their gene composition. The article bases its arguments on this study to try to explain the reason why some people happen to enjoy their marriages while others do not. It also explains why the prevailing emotional climate affects people’s ability to enjoy or dread marriage as associated with their respective DNA characteristics.

The article argues that a gene variant called 5-HTTLPR has been discovered to be linked with the influence of certain emotions on marital satisfaction. The specific strain of this ...

Introduction

Natural disasters tend to have significant implications. These include collapsing of buildings, which translate to loss of life and destruction of property worth a lot of money. Natural disasters include earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, and extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes, lighting, storms, and mass movements. Each of these natural disasters requires the design of the building to incorporate an element or a factor, which avoid or reduce the impact of the natural disaster or how it will resist the natural disaster. In the design of buildings, earthquakes are of significant importance since they result to a lot of damage in structures and ...

Introduction

Global warming and climate change remains a major challenge facing the world. Natural and human factors have contributed in global warming and climate change issue, but human activities remain the main contributor. Burning carbon fuels, emission of greenhouse gases, and discharge of industrial effluents are some of the human activities that account for a considerable share of harmful gas emitted annually (Yudelson, 2009). Different states have enacted policies and laws that focus on conserving the environment and curbing global warming and climate change. In order to realize this goal, governments have organized forums, seminars, and educational campaigns to sensitize the public ...

The United States is considered one of the biggest contributors to the increasing rate of carbon emissions throughout the globe. While China is admittedly similar to the US’ contribution to carbon emissions, the US had held the position for more than a century as it was one of the nations who supported the Industrial Revolution. Since carbon emissions are considered one of the primary causes of global warming, the US, alongside other world governments and organizations, had come up with various solutions to reduce emissions and resuscitate the once sustainable environment. With emissions come mostly from the use of non-renewable ...

Management

In order to sustain and attain success for a long term period most organizations need to review and accordingly change their existing policies, structures and working climate to accommodate new technologies, processes and systems. The entire literature of organizational change has itself gone through a transformation with management leaders driving change management, purposefully and boldly, either to attain success or failure (Ahn, Anderson & Dornbusch, 115).

Leadership, organizational culture and human resource policies for driving change

There are innumerable real life examples of transformational leaders driving organizations to perform and become leading firms. Leaders like Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Louis Gerstner and the like have successfully steered change management. There are several ...

In twenty-first century America, the issue of immigration, particularly Mexican immigration (both “legal” and “illegal”) is ever-present in political, economic and social discourse. “The issue of immigration touches the Mexican-origin population more than any other ethnic group in the United States,” (Jiminez 2007, 599). With such attention focused on this particular ethnic group, it is interesting to consider the tribal, cultural, racial, ethnic, and national identity of this group. How do Mexican immigrants express their identity in the above-stated terms? What is the nature of Mexican immigrant communities? In what way are Mexican immigrants experiencing social exclusion both within ...

An overview of Spain

Spain is a sovereign state located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The country which is officially known as the Kingdom of Spain is bordered to the south east by the Mediterranean Sea, by France and Andorra to the north and by Atlantic Ocean and Portugal to the west. Spain covers an area of 504,750 square kilometers (194,884 square miles) including Canary Islands and the Balearic (Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2011). It is the second largest country in both the European Union and Western Europe after France. In Europe, it is the fourth largest country after Russia, Ukraine, ...

Introduction

According to Alexander (2014), the oil sands of Alberta have around 1.7 to 2.7 trillion barrels of bitumen reserves. The recoverable oil resource in Canada is second only to that of the leading oil producer, Saudi Arabia. The vast oil reserves are capable of supplying Canada’s energy needs for over 500 years. Presently, nearly 40 percent of Canada’s oil production is generated from the oil sands (Alexander, 2014). They comprise mainly of bitumen mixed by sand and water. Alberta’s major oil sands are located in Cold Lake, Athabasca, and Peace River. Different deposits and areas have ...

Some places in Rwanda are prone to disasters. The most frequent natural disasters are floods and landslides, and both have a tremendous impact on human lives, property, infrastructure and the environment. For example, in May 2016, both disasters hit Gakenke and Muhanga, killing more than forty people. Rubavu and Ngororero were also hit, and seven people died in these places while others were left injured. Parts of Northern Rwanda are most susceptible to these disasters (REMA, 2011, 45). These include Rubavu Districts, Musanze, Nyabihu, and Burera. Although these are natural disasters, their magnitude is determined by a combination of ...

Fossil fuels refer to those sources of energies which are underneath the earth surface as a result of the decomposition of the dead plant and animal remains. They include coal, oil, natural gas and others. The excessive use of these fuels led to diverse impacts on the natural environment, which can be seen through increasing rate of global warming. For that reason, the paper, therefore, aims at coming up with different alternatives which will help in stopping the use of fossil fuels in Japan. The plan has been developed to assist the islands which are commonly affected by the ...

ABSTRACT

The environmental friendly activities have been given utmost importance in every field. Due to the environmental degradation, the new trend of “go green” has been formed among the people. The people are very persistent about sustainability. The architecture and civil engineering are one of the major fields where the sustainability has to be considered on priority basis. Architect Stefano Boeri has been translating his unique idea of sustainability through world’s first vertical forest building, Bosco Verticale. The objective of the present paper is to explore the safety, durability and the sustainability of the architecture. It these factors are ...

Management of the Future

Introduction
Most global economies have emerged from the downturn brought about the financial crises in the early twenty-first century slowly and for a longer time than expected. However, the emergent growth cannot be denied (Rigby & Bilodeau, 2015). Executives had to slog through years of recession and even stagnation, feeling finally triumphant with the recovery. However, despite their organizational skills and business acumen, they cannot shove away the serious challenges posed by employee diversity, which is hounding them through the years without remission. The most notable of these challenges involves the surface level of diversity.
The surface dimensions of diversity ...

The series of economic issue is aimed at making the availability of a broad readership of none- specialists that are produced by economic research on topical issues by the International Monetary Fund. The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional (Khan). They include cultural practices, climate, public policy, gender, and markets for the products. Additionally, poverty in rural areas is diverse concerning the problems they face and the possible remedies to the above problems. Therefore, this paper will discuss the causes of rural poverty, factors that are accounting to its persistence, economic policies for poverty reduction in developing ...

In 1760, King George III took reign of England, making quite a few controversial decisions along the way. By acting more aggressively towards France, George III started to alienate the rest of Europe, and tensions started to mount between George and the Whigs, as well as other European countries. By contrast, the sociopolitical climate of the colonies at the time was incredibly harrowing - increased taxation and more and more controversial legislation on the part of England was breeding resentment among the colonists. The Sugar, Currency, Stamp and Quartering Acts of the mid-1760s, among others, were thought to be unfair ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of etiquette along with various forms that it implies. Table, business, and greeting etiquette are the focal points of the research. Apart from the norms of socially acceptable conduct, the project contains the overview of such essential aspects as history, geography, population, religion, and industry. The project is based on the opinions of the leading subject-field experts and specialists that major in history, demography, sociology, ethics, and affiliated disciplines.
Keywords: Mexico, etiquette, conduct, geography, history, population, religion
Etiquette is a set of rules and conventions that regulates human social behavior acceptable in ...

Introduction

The collapse of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 meant that the countries that were formerly under its rule and control were now free. However, many of these countries that were formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union encountered great difficulties in reclaiming their national and independent identities. One of the countries that faced great difficulty was Yugoslavia. First the integrity of this country was hugely questioned. The nation functioned as an unstable assemblage of people of various ethnic groups. These include Croats, Serbs, and Bosnian Muslims. The country eventually split into various competing factions. Serbia and ...

Abstract

Introduction
The thing through which a country gets appreciation is its core expertise and appreciation in the economic function, because the economic functions usually have the tradeoff of two important things known as earning and consumption. In fact the father of economics, Alfred Marshal and Adam Smith found the same tradeoff in the market for their economic consequences particularly. This is an important aspect that delivers the best services in town for the country in all over the world (Gaisford & Kerr, 2001).
The concept of economics is an important one for the countries and economies from all over ...

Impacts of Deforestation on Biodiversity

Forests serve as the bank of oxygen. They make life possible on the planet Earth. Every living or non-living thing is either directly or indirectly influenced by forests. Besides oxygen, they support sustainable habitat for people, wild life, and other creatures of the world. Forests offer a substantial environment for endangered and vanishing animal species. They also deliver life supporting benefits that to 1.6 billion population of the world. More than thirty percent of or planet is covered by forests. But, unfortunately, forests are being cleared off at massive scales from around the world in the form of deforestation. It ...

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) describes that Utah Prairie Dog is a species of rodent that inhabits the grassland in the southern part of Utah in the United States. This species inhabit grassland areas and feed on grasses and forbs (USFWS 5) that are readily available in their habitat. Social structure of this species is called a clan consisting of an adult male, several females and their young (USFWS 5).
Historically, the habitat of Utah Prairie Dogs were reportedly extended from Pine and Buckskin valleys in Beaver and Iron counties, north to Salina Canyon and near Gunnison in ...

Physical characteristics of South East Asia

Geography is a term that means description of the earth (Hobbs, 5). This means that every physical feature from hills to deserts to rivers makeup the geography of the place. They contribute greatly to the scenic beauty of the area. Some areas have more physical features than the others. One area that is characterized by its physical features is South East Asia. These physical features make it different other locations around the world.
Most of South Asia is located in the land hemisphere of the world. This means that it is located where the bulk of the land is ( ...

A RELIC OF THE PAST

Month/Date/Year
More than two thousand years ago, Chinese emperors began constructing massive walls of defense to protect their northern frontiers. Nowadays, the remains of these ancient ramparts and towers still scar China’s borderlands. Hundreds of thousands of men both young and old performed Corvée labor in order to pay their taxes to the emperor. They pounded this gigantic, winding edifice out of the Earth’s soil. Finally in the 16th century, the Chinese people built greater fortifications that ran across the steppe borders. A stone colossus that became the national emblem of China; the Great Wall. ...

Kohl’s International Expansion

Before any company or organization proceed with plans to expand internationally, the management needs to assess the viability of doing so. Part of assessment is determining the advantages and potential contributions of international expansion to the organization (Hines & Bruce, 2007). The organization may also assess and plan expansion simultaneously. In this way, the management can determine where the organization will invest for foreign expansion and how the organization would do it. Practices in planning and assessment will be applied in this discussion in relation to Kohl’s. Kohl’s is a retail chain store based in the United States and ...

Comparing Environmental Challenges: Maya Civilization vs. Today

The Maya civilization flourished at a time when the world was still rich in natural resources. However, despite being archaeologically and culturally rich, the Maya civilization collapsed. While there are many theories that point out possible reasons of the collapse, the environment played a huge role in the fall down of a once prosperous civilization.
Studies reveal that the Mayans could have probably exploited the environment to the point it could no longer sustain a growing Mayan population. The Mayans depended on agriculture, fishing, and some cattle farming, and naturally, as the area became progressive, the population grew as well. To respond ...

Introduction:

Sony Corporation started planning in 2003 for some big personnel changes, all the way to the top. Their stock had hit a high point in 2001 and was steadily dropping and they decided it was time for changes. By 2003 they were in trouble. Once a nimble young company capable of challenging the behemoths because of their exciting ideas, they had become one of the behemoths. This put them in the awkward position of being a little of everything, but not the best at anything. This is not a good place to be, especially if the company is on the way downhill at ...

- Introduction
For centuries humanity has tasked itself with familiar methods to generate power. Progress in technology brought about more expedient energy generating procedures over the years. However, the purpose of outsourcing competitive energy resources to investors has defeated the purpose of developing energy efficient for the benefit of humanity. When financial factors envelope the need for clean and safe energy sources, the question becomes if an alternative and renewable energy source really exists. Awareness to climate changes has prompted industries to refer to renewable energy sources to reduce carbon emissions. This awareness has drawn the attention of ...

The PRADA

The Prada Group is a company that was started by a family of two Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli as a family business in 1930s. The company expanded over years to become one of the leaders in the world’s design, production and distribution of commodities for luxury uses. The main luxury commodities that the company deals in include; handbags, footwear, small goods of leather, goods that are designed for ready-to-wear purposes, eyewear, accessories and fragrances. Most of the international most prestigious brands are owned by the Prada Group. These brands include; Prada, Car Shoe, Miu Miu, and Church’s (Carroll, & Buchholtz ...

When the Past and Present Collide - Can One Speak of World Civilizing?

Looking back into millennia of human history, historians and academics in general are keen to view the process of human development as evolution and progression. In this context, academics are likely to argue that the world is moving towards civilizing and subsequent improvement of inter-human relations. This statement has its reasons for existence, and, in fact, the experience of the last century has proved that total war would simply mean annihilation of human being from the face of the Earth. On the other hand, interpersonal conflicts remained an every-day reality of contemporary societies. Another argument against pacification of human ...

Introduction

Poverty is a major concern in the world today. It is said that about half of the world’s population is poor. There are many definitions of the world basing on the point of view. Humanitarian organizations and the United Nations define poverty as the condition where an individual cannot afford proper basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Other organizations go as far s quoting an amount, for example, a poor person is one whose total daily expenditure is below one U.S. dollar.

There are several major problems that affect poor societies all over the world. This is especially ...

Introduction

Our environment of late has become a scarce resource. Economics being a discipline concerned about effective utilisation and distribution of scarce resources is therefore vital when addressing environmental problems. When formulating environmental policy, economics comes into play with the aim of balancing the costs and benefits of the environmental measures. In this essay, I will discuss air pollution as an environmental problem and the economics involved in addressing it.

Air pollution and Trends in the last 20 years

According to EPA there are six major pollutants that determine air quality. They include: lead, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SOx), particulate matter, and ozone.

Figure 1: Percentage of Primary Air Pollutants

Since measures of controlling ...

The paths of water through the hydrologic cycle

One of the most fundamental principles in hydrology and ecology is the hydrologic cycle. This cycle represents the process of water circulations from the oceans, atmosphere, land and back to the ocean. The energy driving the cycle is from the solar/sun and forces of gravity. The process is continuous, and is a global wide process ensuring that every water drop on earth is part of the system (Harper et al n.d).

At the beginning of the process, water from the seas, lakes, wetlands, rivers gain energy from the sun and get transferred to the atmosphere as vapor. The sun provides ...