Essays on Earth

The article published in the Washington Post announces the discovery of 50 new planets believed to circle other stars located millions of kilometers beyond the sun. The article primarily focuses on one planet dubbed HD85512b, which has been observed to orbit around a slightly smaller and cooler star compared to our sun (Vastag, 2012). The Max Planck Institute located in Germany announced the discovery on September 2011. The star is dubbed the HD85512, and can be observed using a powerful telescope in the constellation Vela in the southern sky.

The news article presents enlightening information that related to what I ...

Have you ever wondered why the number of people with asthma continues to increase? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people afflicted with asthma increased by 4.3 million from 2001 to 2009, and is still growing. Do you know that in 2011 alone, there were a total of 302 disasters worldwide which consists of droughts, extreme temperatures, wild fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, storms and floods?

The statistics that I mentioned may be quite surprising for most of us but they are real. Pollution is at its worst, resulting ...

The best servant leader who ever lived on earth is Jesus Christ. He was born of Virgin Mary after His conception through the Holy Spirit in the book of Luke 1:26. This was a fulfilment of the prophet Isaiah prophecy in the book of Isaiah 7:14. Isaiah prophesied and said that a virgin shall conceive a child whose name shall be Immanuel meaning, God with us. The Law of Moses in the book of Deuteronomy 18:15 states that God shall raise a prophet like Moses and he shall be hearkened by many that live on the land. Inspiration also continues to say ...

Most friends chuckle when I tell them that my favorite TV show is Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and its host, the Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, is my hero. They get startled knowing that I spend Friday nights at the observatory of a local university, peering through a 20-inch telescope at the moon, globular clusters, planets, nebulas, and galaxies. They gave up listening on knowing that I usually spend several hours a night watching YouTube clips on the double slit theory, the effect of gravity on time, subatomic particles, and other mysteries related to the very essence of the universe.

When my ...

Rationale

The Climate Change has been a hot issue since the end of the 20th Century. After several United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; governments signed a protocol in Kyoto, Japan that marked their commitments in saving the environment. The commitment is popularly known as the Kyoto Protocol. An article (UNFCCC, 2012) explains that the Kyoto Protocol binds the countries to reduce their carbon emissions and penalized violators thereof. Also, it was in this protocol that benchmarked the market-based mechanism on carbon trading that will offset the too much green house gases emission of a certain country.

After almost two decades ...

I think the biggest security threat that the world will face in the future is global warming. Global warming is the increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere and the oceans. The increase in temperature is caused by the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Green houses gases include water vapour, ozone, carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas. One of the sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuel and the cutting down of trees which leads to more concentration of the carbon dioxide, since plants ...

Question and Answer

- Given the two photographs, the one which was taken last March 3, 2013 looks to have been taken at a higher altitude than the other. I am able to say this because it has more lines from the inner center to its outer lines compared to the other photo. In other words the higher the number of lines from the center, the higher the altitude used to take the picture. Also, the “March 3, 2013” photo shows shorter lines compared to the one that was taken last 2010. With that, I conclude that because of the wider scope of ...

Communication

We have not inherited this Earth; we have just borrowed it from our children. Respected faculty and dear friends – It pains my heart to see the abuse we are inflicting on Mother Earth. Earth like an Angel Mother bears silently all the brutality that we inflict on her. Be it reckless mining, careless littering, or any other unnecessary practice that is absolutely careless and thoughtless, which is inflicted on Mother Earth has never been retaliated. She is like that Angel Mother who continues to love her children unconditionally, despite whatever is done by them. The human greed has no ...

Have you ever asked yourself what chapter or topics in psychology you will remember forever after your undergraduate degree! If not, I advice you to take my choice. Chapter 1 on the topic “The Six Scientific Thinking Principles,” the six scientific thinking principles are correlation vs. causation, falsifiability, Replicability, extraordinary claims, ruling out rival hypotheses and Occam’s razor. I think these principles can be applied in many different situations in life because it goes beyond psychology.

Correlation verses Causation, this is an error of ignorance or assuming that because something is associated with another, then it automatically ...

Hydrosphere is a water medium, which includes surface and groundwater. Surface waters are mainly concentrated in the world's oceans, containing about 91% of all the water on Earth. The surface of the oceans (water area) is 361 million per square km. It is about 2.04 times the area of ​​the land - the territory occupying 149 million square km (Cunningham & Cunningham, 2011). If an even layer of water was spread over the earth, then it would cover it as thick as 3,000 meters. The water in the ocean (94%) and below ground is salty. The amount of fresh water ...

Introduction

Doris Lessing regards science fiction as one of the best social fiction of the time. Pixar’s “WALL-E” is a beautiful product that has been developed over the same theme and have successfully earned the liking of general audience without much effort. The movie presents an interesting idea of the outlook of science and humanity. The elements together are depicted alive and vigilant to fight for the safety of mother Earth. In short, the movie presents the notion of association of inhabitants towards a unified goal. The analysis of the movie clearly determines that Wall-E is a Film about True Connection. ...

Introduction

Dinosaurs are creatures that are believed to have dominated the earth millions of years ago. It is assumed that they existed at a time when human life was not in the phase. Scientific evidence proves that dinosaurs are the biggest animals that have ever been on the earth’s surface. There is no cogent reason why they became extinct. It is clear that, their existence on earth was timely because, not even a single dinosaur exists. In this regard, therefore, it is reasonable to carry out a research that focuses on unveiling possible causes and explanations that support the idea that, dinosaurs ...

Volcanic Activity and Earthquakes

Natural hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes have led to a substantial shaping of the earth’s surface as well as the environment over millions of years. According to Cusick (7), a volcano is an area where molten rock or magma from the earth’s crust reaches the surface of the earth becoming lava. Volcanic eruptions can be usually effusive and explosive according to the chemistry of the lava. This includes the amount of silica and dissolved gases in the lava. Thick lava has high silica levels while fluid lava has low silica levels. The higher the amount of dissolved gases ...

Every culture is blessed with mythology and mysteries. Mythology as defined by Nwankwo is, "legends of the people's history, religion, stories of how the world was created, traditions of origin and their heroes and they are meant to describe the structure of the world's people live in and the force that operate in it." (Nwankwo). The Igbos have diverse versions of their myths, and it is imperative to consider that these myths shape their form of cultures, traditions, socio-cultural activities, economies, and polities. Each culture has its uniqueness and differs from other cultures in a profound way. ...

Using the 9 items to consider when reading sentences as listed in chapter 3 of Grasping God's Word (i.e., repetition of words, contrasts, comparisons, lists, cause and effect, figures of speech, conjunctions, verbs, pronouns), list as many observations as you can find in Acts 1:8. You may list these by noting what category the item falls under (e.g., "contrasts") and then offering an example of that item. For example, an observation would be to note that the sentence starts off with the conjunction "but," which connects the sentence to the one above it in a contrasting ...

The poem “A slumber did my spirit seal” by William Wordsworth (1880) portrays various definitions of social feminism, nature and the role of the culture industry. Consequently, some guiding questions can be used in analyzing the portrayal of these aspects in the poem arise. These questions include; how the feminist aspect described and used in the poem? In what way are views on social matters portrayed by the author? What are the cultural aspects represented by the poem? How does the author describe the nature, natural phenomenon, its unique functions and characteristics? The poem, “A slumber did ...

Introduction

Robert Smithson examines the protocols of the standard modern aesthetics. His arguments point to the development of a limitlessness approach into art inspection, whereby art may exist in the mind of the observer in an abstract fashion. He sees the natural world as the foundation on which the ideological characters of people’s concepts emerge. Smithson indicates that boundaries and protocols do not exist for all artists in the same way. The mind of the artists is as vast and abstract as the earth’s surface. In earth projects, both real and fictional elements interact and trade places. According to ...

Volcanoes often vary in terms of shape and structure. Some volcanoes can be small, cone-shaped, or some can be characterized as simply cracks in the earth’s crust where lava and other volcanic materials erupt; some volcanoes can be large and shaped like domes, shields; and lastly, there are volcanoes that are shaped like a mountain with a matching crater or a system of craters on its summit. There are numerous mechanisms how volcanoes are formed: the most common type of volcanism (mechanism how volcanoes are formed) is hot spot volcanism.

Most volcanoes are formed when an unusual magma activity forms in ...

QUESTIONS

1. Based on your findings from the ecological footprint calculator, how many Earth’s would be needed to support the global population if everyone lived your same lifestyle? Additionally, describe the impacts on the Earth’s climate, biodiversity, and economic security if every individual in the world lived your same lifestyle and discuss why these impacts would occur.

The world population is more than 7 billion (“worldometers”, n.d.). If everyone lived my lifestyle, we need 28 billion earths. Human actions like agriculture, production processes, transportation etc. are causing widespread changes to the Earth's climate and biodiversity. ...

Communication Part 2

The poem “A slumber did my spirit seal” by William Wordsworth (1880) portrays various aspects of social, feminism, nature and culture industry. Consequently, some guiding questions can be used in analyzing the portrayal of these aspects in the poem arise. These questions include; how is the feminist aspect described and used in the poem? In what way is the social views portrayed by the author? What are the cultural aspects represented by the poem? How does the author describe the nature, natural phenomenon, its unique functions and characteristics? The poem, “A slumber did my spirit seal” represents ...

The earth is considered to be a home for a billion people along with animals and another organism. A single person would take twenty thousand breaths a day. But is the air that we are breathing clean? Water is considered to be a source of life. But is the water that we drink clean? As children, we grew in a much safer and cleaner environment. But is the environment as clean and safe today? The growing population is considered to have direct impacts on the environment. Environmental pollution has increased 10-fold over the past decade. The grieving situation of planet earth is to be ...

Question 1

There are numerous methods used to measure the distance of universal bodies that lie in space. Various geometrical and cosmological characteristics are in the formulation of these measurement methods. The parallax as one of the methods is built on the principle that a difference in angles of objects as viewed by the natural eye is a factor of distance. For instance, taking the eye as the baseline and trying to find out the distance of an object directly a distance away can give different values depending on which eye one uses in viewing the object. This is made possible by the proximity ...

The cost of recovering endangered species, according to the journal Science could reach almost $5 billion a year all over the world and an additional $76 billion to establish and maintain protected areas for threatened wildlife. This amount is definitely a lot of money which makes critics of the preservation of endangered species question its reasonableness.

One does not agree that the recovery of endangered species does not bring any benefit to mankind. First of all, this should be considered as an investment in the ecosystems which will benefit humanity in the future. Being the only specie that is capable of ...

Minerals are classified by their chemical composition as Silicates, Phosphorites, carbonates, and halides are all major mineral groups.

Silicates contain silicon (Si) and oxygen (O), the two most abundant elements in the earth and comprise the majority of Earth's crust. They have a chemical formula SiO2. Common silicate minerals include olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, mica and quartz.

Phosphorites are sedimentary rocks of biochemical origin and are rich in phosphate with chemical formula PO4. They are mostly used as chemical fertilizers. They are also used as food preservatives, anti-corrosion agent and also in the field of metallurgy. Limestone and mudstone are common phosphate bearing rocks.Carbonates are the minerals mostly found in the Earth’s near surface crust. They have ...

An ecosystem refers to components such as living organisms and their nonliving elements, which interact in a system (Richardson, 2009, p.5). Ecosystems sustain life through the provision of crucial ecological services such as the conservation of genetic resources, protection of coastlines, and absorption of pollution (Pastor, 2008, p.19)s. Examples of ecosystems of the earth include mountains, forests, deserts, freshwater wetlands, regional seas, oceans, and mangroves and estuaries. Each of these ecosystems occupies a significant space of the earth’s surface; for example, mountain ecosystems occupy approximately 20 percent of the earth’s surface. The current health of ecosystems, however, differs ...

1. An alien on Mars can be able to detect life on the planet earth. The earth’s atmosphere contains plenty of oxygen and methane that exists naturally there. These gases can be detected by spectroscopy whereby the light reflected off the earth is split into the different colors that it is composed of. Then the elements present on the planet earth are established according to the colors that the elements emit and absorb. These elements present enable scientists to know the existence of life on earth. This unique method of detecting life on earth is according to the ...

"Global Warming is Eroding Glacial Ice" by Andrew C. Revkin.

The article talks about the various ways on which the mountain glaciers have over the time become an indication of the global warming phenomena. These activities has greatly been influenced by humans disturbances on nature. Important to note is that the natural climate bears some responsibility in the rise in temperature of the entire world .The two phenomenon which are life threatening to planet earth needs to be advocated in order to change this life threatening trend which may deplete life on earth.

Currently the observed rise in ...

Chapter Five

The Snow line which is situated in the disc next to the star like Sun called Hydrae tells astronomies and people on the formation of comets and planets, the origin of the solar system and the factors which determined the composition of comets and planets (Mackey, 2013).

Question Sixteen

Chapter 6 Question six Plate tectonic refers to the sideways movement of big portions of the earth’s crustal plates propelled by convectional currents when heat energy is transferred from the core to the crust, spreading the seafloor along the middle of oceanic ridges. The hot magma cools and forms a ...

REDD+ stands for, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. REDD+ is a current program that identifies some of the challenges facing forest protection within major African countries. The program aims at eradicating global warming and reducing greenhouse gases within the continent. Some of the primary challenges facing REDD+ are poor cooperation from member countries, inadequate land for reforestation, high demand for land for settlement, and more so, an increasing demand for timber and timber products. Development of water infrastructure has increased utilization of water resources within the African continent over the last decade. Additionally, that program facilitates efficient ...

- Why does the tilt of the Earth’s axis relative to its orbit cause the seasons as the Earth revolves around the Sun? Draw a diagram to illustrate your answer.

Earth's seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth's axis. Since the axis is tilted, different parts of the globe are oriented towards the Sun at different times of the year. Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is warmer than winter as the Sun's rays hit the Earth at a comparatively more direct angle for larger portions of the day, producing more heat and vice versa. Due to this very same tilt, when the Sun crosses the Equator it causes the equinoxes.

- Where do you have to be on the Earth to see the Sun at your zenith? If you stay at one such location for a full year, on how many days will the Sun pass through the zenith?

To see the Sun at its Zenith a person can be at a place between 23.5o ...

Chapter 6 and 7 outline

Chapter 6 outline - TELESCOPES: PORTALS OF DISCOVERY - Eye and cameras: everyday light sensor

How your eye does form an image? - Refraction - Focusing light - Image formation

How does we record image?

- Focusing light - What we have learnt - Telescope: Giant eye

What are the two most important properties of telescope?

- Light collecting area - Bigger is better - Thought question - Angular resolution

What are the two basic designs of the telescopes?

- Refracting telescope - Reflecting telescope

What do astronomers do with telescopes?

- Imaging - Spectroscopy - Timing - Timing - Telescope and the atmosphere

How does Earth’s atmosphere affect ground-based observation?

- Light pollution - Twinkling and turbulence ...

Scientific evolution started several centuries before. Prior to the discoveries that were made by the likes of Aristotle and the rest the details about various aspects of the universe were very scanty. The chart below will dig to the details of scientific evolution by taking into consideration the various scientists who made tremendous contribution into shaping up the universe through their discoveries.

It is worth noting that before the scientific discoveries people held diverse beliefs on the existence of the universe. It is worth noting that the theories on various existence of the universe were rather hypothetical. Several myths ...

Artic Exploration and the Future of the Arctic

The response to the question seeking the rationale for Isaac Israel Hayes setting off for the Open Polar Sea was to determine the farthest or northern most portion of the Earth and therefore establish claim for having been able to navigate the Arctic seas to the farthest point possible.

Currently, the global warming and climate change was noted to have provided the impetus for explorers, entrepreneurs, and environmentalists to exhibit interests in exploring resources within the Arctic territories. These nations include Russia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and even the United States of America. According to the article written by Graff ( ...

- Describe the three main layers of the Sun's interior.

The three main layers of the sun are referred to as photosphere, chromosphere and the corona. According to the text ‘Discovering the Universe’ by Comins, N.F & Kaufmann III, W.J, 8th edition, each of these layers has different features that makes them different from one another.

The photosphere is the layer that appears to be the major part of the sun where visible light comes from. Photosphere is about 400km thick with a lower density when compared to that of earth standards. This part of the sun also has a blackbody spectrum. In terms of the sun's atmosphere, photosphere ...

Short title-Modeling the Water Cycle

Full title- Effects of weather on water cycle and modeling the parameters of water cycle for experimental purpose Lab 5 - Experiment 1: Modeling the Water Cycle Hypothesis: Despite water existing in three different forms, namely, solid (ice or snow), liquid (water) and gas (water vapor), the total amount of water on the earth remains constant over time (Gunn, 2013).

Post-Lab Questions

- Restate your hypothesis. Was it confirmed or denied? How do you know?

Our hypothesis states that the total amount of water on earth remains constant over time.

The hypothesis is confirmed. Reasons-

The weather prevailing on earth at a given point of time comprises of the different processes related to conversion ...

Explain how the outward flow of energy from the Earth’s interior drives the process of plate Tectonics

All the earth processes are a result of energy flow and mass circulation in and outside of the earth system. Plate tectonics is an earth process that involves the movement of the lithosphere caused by internal processes inside the earth’s mantle (Kent C 154). This is as a result of convection currents within the earth’s crust caused by the heat in the crust. This heat in the crust is due to the initial heat during the earth’s formation and through the radioactive process. The earth’s core is made of radioactive elements such as uranium which decay and ...

1) Explain how the outward flow of energy from the Earth’s interior drives the process of plate tectonics?

The outermost layer of earth, or lithosphere, is broken up into tectonic plates. The boundaries of the plates and their movement leads to the formation of earthquakes, volcanic activity, creation of mountains, and the formation of oceanic trenches. Tectonic plates are formed from either oceanic crust or continental crust, with many containing both. The movement of the plates varies from 0-100mm in a given year. The movement of these plates comes from the outward energy of flow that comes from earth’s central core. Radioactivity produced from elements within earth’s core, such as uranium, decay and release energy. The ...

1) Explain how the outward flow of energy from the Earth’s interior drives the process of plate tectonics?

The earth’s composition consists of a crust, mantle and core. The earth’s core consists of elements like uranium which are radioactive. Due to the phenomenon of radioactivity, these elements decay and trigger a reaction. Because of this a large amount of energy is produced in the core and inner core of the earth. Because of this energy, the core of the earth is very hot and in a molten state. This heat is transferred from the core to the crust by the process convection currents formed in the molten core, creating a cycle of rising and falling of the molten material. This ...

2) There are justifications on the presence of the moon. Perhaps, collision-ejection theory of the moon gives an explains on the issues. The theory asserts that the moon exists due to the formation of debris ejected from the earth, especially when objects crushed. Collision-ejection theory claims that the newly formed earth collided with mars at an angle, which splashed the layers of the earth surface into the orbit around it. This implies that the Earth crust and mantle formed the moon though condensation. There are various facts on the moon that the theory is consistent with. Some of the ...

Question 1

Jupiter was the first giant planet formed.

Question 2

According to the Nice theory where did the Kuiper belt objects and Oort cloud objects come from?

Kuiper belt objects come from the out edge of Solar System where huge spheres made of rock and ice that circle around Pluto’s orbit. The objects took their name from Gerard Kuiper who suggested that comets may come from the Kuiper belt. This group of planetoids is called Kuiper belt objects (KBO). The first KBO named “1991 QB1” was discovered in 1992. The plant Pluto also belongs to the group of KBO. Some ...

1.Jupiter was the first. Giant lies just beyond the frost line. As the frost line accumulated great amounts of water via evaporation from infalling icy material, it created a zone of lower pressure that increased the speed of orbiting dust particles and halted their motion toward the Sun. As a result , the frost line acted as a barrier whice lead material to accumulate. This excess material coalesced into a huge embryo of around 10 Earth masses, which then began to grow rapidly by swallowing hydrogen from the surrounding disc, reaching 150 Earth masses in only another 1000 years and finally topping out at ...

Question 1

The vernal equinox occurs in March when the sun appears to be crossing the celestial equator. During this time, the sun is usually heading north. The autumnal equinox occurs in September when the sun crosses the equator as it moves towards the South Pole. On these days, the sun is directly over the equator. This results in equal durations of day and night.

The solstices occur when the earth is at its farthest distance from the sun. It occurs due to the elliptical shape of the earth’s orbit around the sun. This means that there are two solstices ...

Geology is science that is concerned with the study of solid Earth, rocks and the process of metamorphosis of such rocks. Through geology one gets to understand the history of rocks, plate tectonics as well as evolutionary history of life. Such knowledge is very crucial in today’s life because it helps in exploration of minerals and exploiting the water resources.

Geology course therefore covers issues to don with Earth surface, its history, the foundation of the Earth (rocks) and metamorphosis of rocks changes over time. The course involves a series of lectures accompanied by class presentations, and field trip ...

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Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, astronomer and astronomer largely recognized for his contributions towards the scientific revolution. He laid down the basis of modern astronomy and largely supported the work of Copernicus. He is largely known for his heliocentric views in that he acknowledged the existence of the earth and the other planets including earth revolve around the sun, which is stationary. His heliocentric views brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church since was considered to be challenging the then pope Urban the eighth’s authority. He was then arrested, tried and convicted of heresy upon which ...

The “Coyote” by Allen Steele is a thrilling science fiction literal work. The work employs imagery and proper descriptive language. The novel is also unique and avoids the conventional styles such as incorporating chapters but instead presents the work in chunks. It also employs the first and third person narrative style. This is a great portrayal of the liberty that Allen Steele uses in his style of writing. The Allen Steele’s work also illustrates a fabulous portrayal of diverse and very rich personas (characters) in their attempt to dominate a new planet. As I read the book. I noticed the uncanny ...

Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring gas which is produced by the plants, animals and microorganisms. This gas is continuously being exchanged between the atmosphere, land and ocean’s surface in a balanced way (Mader 2011).

Various human activities which began after the industrial revolution that took place in the 1800 has contributed significantly to the buildup of CO2 in the atmosphere. About 3 to 6% of the CO2 in the atmosphere is due to human activities. Although it is less when compared to the emission of CO2 by natural causes like volcanic eruptions, the balance of emission and absorption of ...

Mars is being explored by the space vehicle Curiosity rover. It has the size of a car and is equipped with the most advanced technology for space exploration. The vehicle is powered by a radioisotope power system that will provide energy for about 14 years. Curiosity has six wheels and a sophisticated suspension system so as to drive across the Martian landscape. It is equipped with state of the art computers, navigation and telecommunication systems, high resolution cameras, an infrared laser, a x-ray spectrometer, a radiation detector, a microscope and a multiple joint robotic arm which is able to manipulate rock samples. In addition, Curiosity has a ...

The Goals Of Sustainability are as follows:

- The common greenhouse gases which affect the global climate are carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. The appropriate amounts of these gases are required for maintaining the right temperature in the environment for the existence of life. However, if there are no gases the temperature would drop to 0°C or even below and if there is too much of these gases the temperature would become very hot. So a balance between the gases is necessary for the existence of normal life on the earth. Normally, all the greenhouse gases are transparent which ...

Atmospheric circulation may be a very large-scale movement of the air where thermal energy is disseminated on the earth surface. These changes in atmospheric circulation from year to year are due to some factors. Several of these factors are tropical cells, and other pressure systems and mid-latitude depressions.

Global Atmospheric Circulation may be a result of the heating of the Earth by the produced energy from the Sun; nevertheless, this heat may be unevenly distributed transversely on the surface of the earth. Tropical and Equatorial regions receive a large amount of solar energy than the Polar Regions and the mid-latitudes. The tropics ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 name "Milky ...

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. It is ...

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 present ...

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 ...

- 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 project ...

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 ...

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 global ...

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 ( ...

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 robots. He resides in a society ...