Essays on Earth

The Middle Ages, also termed as the Medieval Period is an era that lasted between 5th and 15th century. The downfall of the Western Roman Empire marked its beginning as they merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. It thus makes it the middle period of three ancient divisions of the Western history namely; the Antiquty, the Medieval period (divided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages), and the Modern Period. Each and every of these stages was characterized by different developments as well as the impact the development had in history (MEIER & MCGEOCH Continue reading...

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, Continue reading...

Forewords

The universe is a collection of different galaxies; stars and planets and earth is part of it. The earth is also one of the planets in the solar system comprising the sun and nine other planets. The central part of the solar system is the sun while the earth and other planets in the solar system revolve around it. The earth as a gigantic structure but in the actual sense, it is infinitesimal in comparison with the solar universe. The universe has many galaxies, and the Milky Way galaxy is one of that many galaxies in the universe. The Continue reading...

Abstract

Weather plays a significant role in shaping of the earth. The weathering process leads to breaking down of soils. Water cycle is one of the integral parts in the earth ecosystems that maintain a balance of atmosphere and climate of the earth. The experiment performed proved the phenomena of energy balance and helped to understand the water cycle, weather, climate and atmosphere

Introduction

Weather is referred as atmospheric conditions that may be warm or cold, clear or cloudy, wet or dry, and calm or stormy. These weather conditions occur in the lowest part of the earth’s atmosphere called troposphere. Continue reading...

Abstract

Water is one of the fundamental requirements for any form of living thing on earth. It is known for the many vital roles that it plays in the continued survival of animals and growth of plants. In animals, water plays an essential role in maintaining many processes that take place both in the system of the animal and the outside world as well. Water acts as a medium through which most chemical reactions take place within the body system of all animals. In plants, it plays several roles, mainly by allowing the absorption of dissolved nutrients and mineral salts Continue reading...

The earth as we see it is composed of different components that make up the earth we know day. These components vary from the physical elements that are seen by the human eye to strange and unexplained forces that are in the visible elements of the earth. This has triggered the scientists to devise ways in which they will understand fully what happens on earth and why it is in the shape it is today. The scientists through governments have sent into space different space satellites that are able to help them get the desired knowledge of the different Continue reading...

- Original Concept
“Last Man” was inspired by Frederic Brown’s (1948) “Knock”, which Brown based on the three-sentence short-short story written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich and is about the last man on Earth following the Zan’s annihilation of living things in the planet. The “Last Man” follows Isaac as the last man on earth who refuses to forget about his family that was since long gone. Brown’s work was an inspiration because the plot narrative, although brief, offered an opportunity to create a different take of the story. Film, as a medium, works best in the Continue reading...

Introduction

Monsters, myths and magic have been the greatest fears of the human population in for centuries now. The thought of having spiritual and hypothetical forces with unimaginable effects to mankind makes people leave in fear and anxiety. In most occasions, discussions of the existence of such beings have been backed with very little evidence and baseless assertions. However, people have never stopped worrying about their fate especially while considering the much talked abilities of such beings. This paper focuses on aliens, also called extraterrestrial beings, and the effects their purported existence or invasion of earth have had on the Continue reading...

Introduction

The earth is operating in specifically complicated but fully effective procedures that enable it to withstand lengthened time of being reused over and over by humans from one generation to another. For centuries, the earth has proven itself full of vibrancy; an evident element that leaves humans in awe as they discover procedures and natural systems that make the world ‘go round’. However, an alarming series of data has been collected by scientists and environmental experts that create a distinct source of concern for people living within the present conditions of development (Choi, et al, 2005). The existence of Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Elysium is an American science fiction action thriller starring Jodie Foster and Matt Damon. The film is set majorly in two places a space habitat named Elysium and ruined Earth. Elysium is set in the year 2154, where a small number of populace resides on a lavish space habitat while the rest, a majority dwell in an earth ravaged by pollution, disease, and overpopulation. The main character, Max (Matt Damon) has grown up on earth watching the Elysium from his Los Angeles neighborhood where he works in the Armadyne Corp, a company that makes the Elysium ammunition and police Continue reading...

Introduction

Theologically speaking, the nature or concept of God and beliefs or practices differ based on religious doctrine. In some cases, some religious groups base or borrow their doctrines on established ones or from known mythological narratives. This is especially true for cult groups that establish their significance on symbolism that is familiar to most people. Heaven’s Gate set an example because it is a cult that formulated its doctrines from pre-established canons such as those found in the Holy Bible infused with elements of science fiction. The result of which is a reinterpretation of the Bible within the Continue reading...

Introduction

The atmosphere by delineation refers to the gaseous composition together with other particles that surround the surface of the earth. In the atmosphere, there are gases, and the solid particles that are in suspension. Scientifically, the atmosphere is divided into four major layers. Using the ascending order, the first layer is the troposphere that rises about 10-13 km from the surface of the earth. This is closely followed by the stratosphere that rises over 50km above, them the thermosphere that rises between 80-480 km, and lastly the exosphere that goes beyond the 480 km and gradually dissipates in the Continue reading...

Global warming is one of the biggest and controversial issues facing the world today. Global warming refers to the change in climate which can be attributed directly or not directly to human activity which alters the composition of the global atmosphere by the earth overheating. Global warming is a problem that needs to be addressed. If global warming is not addressed, there will be an increase in higher temperatures, and with the increase in higher temperatures, the oceans will rise, and this will affect the vegetation. In addition, global warming puts wildlife at risk because if the warming continues, Continue reading...

Genesis 1:1-5

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day (The Holy Bible, New International Version).
Human Condition: In Genesis 1, Moses gives us the account Continue reading...

The creationist theorists have devised a tactic to include disclaimers in science texts. The disclaimers usually contain misconceptions aimed at discrediting scientific theories regarding the origin of life. Some people argue that the failure of creationists to have the theory of creation taught in science classes along with the evolution theory has led to the use of disclaimers as a way to discredit the theory of evolution.
In the current scenario, the effort to discredit evolution is apparent from phrases such as “Evolution also refers to the unproven belief that random, undirected forces produced a world of living beings.” Continue reading...

Seasons are caused by the tilting of the earth’s axis in relation to its orbit around the sun. Moreover, the angle from which the sun hits the earth exposes some areas to longer periods of sunlight than others. In addition, the intensity of the sun’s heat varies from place to place depending on the direction of the sun.
Equinoxes denote the axis of the earth being analogous to the direction of its revolution. The Vernal (spring) equinox occurs on March 21st while the Autumnal (fall) equinox takes place on September 21st. During equinoxes days and nights are Continue reading...

Introduction

At the centre of the solar system is the Sun. The nearest four planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars these are terrestrial and rocky worlds. The next four are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune these are gas giants. Between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars lies an asteroid belt that includes the dwarf planet of Ceres. After the orbit of Neptune, a disk shaped Kupiter belt exists where the dwarf planet Pluto exists and further beyond that there is a giant spherical Oort Cloud and the heliopause that is teardrop shaped (Choi).

History and Discovery

Many ancient astronomers thought that the Continue reading...

The concept of human beings going to live on mars permanently can be termed as the colonization of mars (Zubrin, 2011, p.233). The idea was taken lightly in the past. Recently, however, the matter has been taken more seriously with more studies of life survival in mars being done. The Martian environment differs slightly with that of earth and any living organism set to live on mars will encounter these changes which will definitely affect them.
Typically, a solar day in mars is a little bit longer on mars than that of earth. In mars, a solar day lasts Continue reading...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest who also researched paleontology. Thus, many of his texts are oriented towards the conciliation between the scientific, earthly worldview and the Christian one. This discussion is one of the principle subjects that he discusses in “The Heart of the Problem”, one of the chapters in The Future of Man. There, he expresses that in his opinion, the de-Christianization that Western civilization has suffered since the XVIIth century is mainly due to a perceived rupture between religious transcendence and both science and neo-humanism, which are more focused on Earth and Nature. Continue reading...

Artistic Analysis and Discussion

Paintings representing themes about Jesus and several important accounts in his life have become a distinct source of inspiration during the baroque era especially for European painters. One of such works includes that of Caravaggio’s The Supper at Emmaus now placed at the National Gallery of London. Paid by Ciriaco Mattei, this art work was specifically noted to have a great impact in the presentation of one of the most remarkable accounts on Jesus’ life on earth and his dealings after he has been resurrected from death. Recognized for its presentation of the deeper meaning on how such Continue reading...

Experiment 5: Vectors and Static Equilibrium of Forces

INTRODUCTION:
In physics, the subject of statics deals with the description of conditions of force system that is necessary to maintain the state of equilibrium of engineering structure. When a body is in equilibrium, the resultant of all forces acting on it is zero. Main condition for static equilibrium is that the vector sum of all the forces acting on a body must be zero. In this report equilibrium was discussed by carrying out an experiment. For an analysis of a vector quantity like force vector operations like vector addition and subtraction are required and in this experiment this Continue reading...

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 is a text that describes different seasons in the life of a person. Seasons in this context can be used to mean the fitting time of something happening or doing something. It allocates time for twenty eight different things. These things have been listed in fourteen pairs of opposites. This shows the complexity and hurdles of human life. It brings out the effects of the forces that always come into play in every individual’s life. It also speaks to the conscience of the reader that at any given point will expect to have all things going Continue reading...

Abstract

Ozone layer depletion is a phenomenon in which ozone layer in the stratosphere thins out making it possible for the direct penetration of UV rays into the Earth's surface. This can lead to an array of harmful effects on human health, plants, and animals and can even trigger climate change. Chlorofluorocarbons are recognized as the primary cause accounting for 80% of ozone depletion. Though a lot of steps have been taken around the world to reduce ozone depletion, it may take about few decades more to completely heal the ozone layer due to the long standing stability of CFCs Continue reading...

While in the polarized politics of the US, climate change is still debated, the science is in: With the same degree of certainty that we know gravity exists, we know as a fact that humans are affecting weather. Without passing judgment as to weather it is good or bad, we know that human activity is affecting the makeup of the atmosphere, and also know that this is what determines our weather.
Climate change should be an important issue to people regardless of what political party they vote for or where they live. The earth’s climate affects everyone. The Continue reading...

Weather is referred as atmospheric conditions that may be warm or cold, clear or cloudy, wet or dry, and calm or stormy. These weather conditions occur in the lowest part of the earth’s atmosphere called troposphere. It is variations in day to day temperature that characterize weather and its conditions. In this essay, we strive to know weather, its causes and effects, and weather forecasting and weather modification efforts.
When the term weather is referred; it is earth's weather and it differs from climate that refers to average weather conditions which sustain for a longer period. Causes of Continue reading...

God’s Grandeur has been written by Gerard Manley Hopkins and is one of those poems that reinstates the importance of God in human lives. The poem is based on a fundamental thought and the thought has been beautifully stitched together with words by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The poem has been penned with subtle usage of words and is reminiscent of God’s greatness and love for the inhabitants of the Earth. The poem is based on the way in which God continues to usher his love to mankind either by the rays of the Sun or the greenery Continue reading...

Since the beginning of the early civilizations, man tried to understand the world around him and why events take place. Some tried to put symbols to non-living things and even on natural occurrences, while many turned to religion to explain the meaning of life and the mystery behind the creation story. However, there were a few who deviated from this unyielding faith in religious preaching and sought to answer the world’s many mysteries through their own studies. In Europe, this desire to solve these mysteries escalated into a conflict between religion and science that resulted to the advent Continue reading...

What GPS is

As it often happens with high-tech projects, initiators of development and implementation of GPS (Global Positioning System) were the military. Project of satellite network for determining the coordinates in real time-mode and in any spot on the Earth was named NAVSTAR (Navigation signal timing and ranging), whereas the abbreviation GPS appeared later when the system was used not only for the purposes of defence, but also for civilian purposes (Howell). Today, GPS “provides accurate, continuous, world-wide, three-dimensional position and velocity information to users with the appropriate receiving equipment” (Kaplan, 3).

Short history of GPS

First steps of deploying navigation network were undertaken in Continue reading...

Critical Thinking Questions

Chapter 1: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 And 4
Question 1
Some of the indicators for mechanical weathering in my area are the following: high number of boulders with cracks and joints, fracturing at the surface of rocks and old buildings, slow disintegration of boulders and statues, and surface fracturing on roads and slopes of various hills. On the other hand, the evidences of chemical weathering are; change in color of rocks, darkening of old buildings made of limestone, and gradual wearing out of rocks and walls of some buildings. The significance of these indicators can be determined Continue reading...

Climate is changing rapidly. Credible international scientific evidence affirms the fact that the global climate is changing as a result of excessive human activities by depletion of natural resources. This global warming needs to be reduced at the earliest by implementing regulations and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; otherwise the global temperature will continue to increase by approximately 3 degrees Celsius over the next century (IPCC, 2007). In my opinion, pollution is one of the biggest causes of global warming. It is not possible that the pollution has nothing to do with global warming or the depletion of Continue reading...

Earth, the planet, as we know it today, is a home to the human race. However, the residents of this planet seem to be unaware of its importance and are raising serious concerns for the well-being, or it would not be wrong to document, the survival of this home. Many efforts have been made by the ecological friendly individuals residing on this planet after a realization of this hard fact. . In an attempt to do so, the researchers have put forth a term called degrowth that makes the core of this subject matter. Degrowth simply means a change in Continue reading...

Global warming is mainly a process that uses the atmosphere of the earth as a blanket to hold energy from the sun to heat the air. As of now the global warming process has made the earth’s atmosphere hotter up to around 60 degrees Fahrenheit compared to the latter years. The effects of global warming are being experienced throughout the earth with increased temperatures and irregular weather patterns. The world has undergone several climatic changes over the past centuries. These past changes occurred slowly ranging over a period of hundreds of thousand years, but the process has been Continue reading...

In his article, Lifeboat Ethics: A Case against Helping the Poor, Garret Hardin brings forward the argument of whether rich nations should help the poor ones. Hardin claims that economic support strategies for the world’s developing nations such as the World Food bank will not help to alleviate the problems that plague these nations. Hardin’s basic claim is that the world is already doing too much in helping the poor. Because of this poor, the poor have absolutely no inclination to help themselves. He is of the opinion that public is blatantly interested in assisting the less Continue reading...

Critical analysis

“A Valediction: forbidding mourning” is a poem written by John Donne between 1611 and 1612. “A Valediction” is 36 line poem which was first published in the collection “Songs and sonnets” in 1633 and written for his beloved wife Anne. The main theme of the poem is the love, described by the author as a pure, whole-hearted and all-conquering feeling, unbound by any earthly misfortunes.
In the first two stanzas, the author compares the parting of beloved to the death which in the poem is described as a division of body and soul. That departure is so silent and Continue reading...

Educational Institution

You know him, right? Blond, tall and handsome Scandinavian guy. Dressed in armor with a red cape, has the ability to fly? No, not Superman, get your facts straight! Alright, he has a mighty companion, a hammer called Mjolnir, with the help of which he can summon lightning. Yes, correct, his name is Thor. He is a God of Thunder, son of Odin, the Father of all Gods, himself. Brought to public by Marvel comics in far 1962, he was popularized today by such movies like “Thor”, Thor: The Dark World”, and of course “The Avengers”. But I am Continue reading...

Are you one of those adventurers who are planning to climb Mount Everest to reach the highest point on earth? You may have to change your plans already. Mount Chimborazo, located in the Cordillera Occidental, Andes Mountains, Ecuador has been found out to be the “Highest Mountain above the Earth’s Center”. Although, Mt. Everest has the highest altitude, Mount Chimborazo is said to be higher by at least two (2) kilometers than Mount Everest due to the “equatorial bulge” of the earth. (geology.com, 2014)
Mount Chimborazo is an Andean stratovolcano in Central Ecuador. It is also the tallest Continue reading...

Movie review of “The Day the Earth Stood Still”

American cinematography in the 50s operated on full power. Especially there were many films about aliens and terrifying nightmarish monsters. I expected something like before watching “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. Fortunately, my expectations were not met.
This film is something special it's like a pearl, which emerged in the ocean of paranoia, of primitive fantasies and propaganda. All these characteristics, joined together, gave this film immense tenderness and care. Every decade has one or two iconic films that stand out from the crowd of movies released. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is just one of them. Continue reading...

It was personal resentment towards Socrates that brought him apologizing to the Athenian judicial system, than anything else. Socrates was charged for being a sophist for his way to present the weaker arguments as the strongest, and physicalist because he investigated things that lie in the skies and beneath the earth. However, Socrates responds with masterly eloquence. He says that that the most dangerous Athenian citizens are those who manipulate young minds and fill them with falsehoods about “one Socrates, a wise man, who speculated about the heaven above, and searched into the earth beneath, and made the worse Continue reading...

Human beings are two-legged social animals. Unlike other animals, human beings have responsibilities. Besides all cruel and animal-like behaviors of human beings, we have sixth sense, which is not found in other species on earth. Still other species have senses but they have one to five senses that human beings also possess. The sixth sense shows ourselves different from other beings and gives us the ability to think and that leads us to innovate new technologies, which may harm the environment. Because of the rapid advancement in technology, we become the reason for the destruction of many livings on Continue reading...