Essays on Sulfur

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

Many disasters have occurred in many parts of the world due to both deliberate or unintended human error and actions. Below are some of the most shocking incidents that led to mortalities.

London’s Killer Fog

The London Killer Fog of 1952 has always been judged to be based on the natural adverse weather conditions. Being that this incident happened during the winter period, many people re said to have thought that it was a weather-related incident. It was marred by cold weather and as usual; many people always resort to making ire to warn themselves. This incident has been chosen as one ...

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Summary Report 1

What factors contributed to the problem? Volcanic activity is a major contributing factor to the issue of climate change. The eruption of volcanoes leads to the release of large quantities of water vapor, ash, dust, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, these sulfur dioxide molecules will react with water vapor leading to the formation of sulfuric acid, which is then spread all over the world through winds. The sulfuric acid formed in the atmosphere can significantly affect the amount of solar radiation entering the Earth’s surface and thereby the ...

Question #1

Hazards posed when one interacts with hazardous materials available at the refinery and related facilities, including the by-products, incident fire and release of acidic gas. Crude oil consists of petroleum hydrocarbons. When the products are discharged into the environment through leakage, spillage, or combustion; physical, chemical as well as biological activities occur. The aliphatic compounds in crude oil react with oxidizing compounds like nitric acid, oxygen or heat; they burn to generate carbon II Oxide and water. Sulfur in crude oil burns in air to produce sulfur dioxide. At about 400 – 500 ppm, exposure to sulfur oxide is considered ...

Abstract

Carbon capture is an essential approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Different plants utilize various technologies in reducing carbon dioxide emission. Some of the conventional techniques employed include oxy-fuel, pre, and post-combustion carbon capture. These approaches have a high potential for capturing carbon dioxide. However, their massive initial and implementation costs have been a challenge to plants globally. Additionally, most of them are yet to experience large scale applications. Therefore, it is essential for research and development activities to be conducted. This can ensure a reduction in the cost of production. The carbon capture technologies differ in costs. This ...

Introduction

The cost of manufacturing ammonia using the Haber process plant constitutes the following components: the cost of energy, raw materials, equipment, labor and sparking substances (catalysts). Energy (gas or electricity) costs are incurred to maintain the temperature of the reaction. The Harber process is operated at very high temperatures, and pressures thus higher costs of energy are incurred. Some of the raw materials consumed in the Haber process such as nitrogen and hydrogen are recovered at the end of the process. The recovered materials are recycled back to the system to reduce the cost of raw materials. Starting and ...

Sulfur dioxide is considered one of the most harmful contaminant present in our environment today. It not only pollutes the land, but also pollutes water and air. The main reason for its contamination is the acidic nature it possesses. When sulfur dioxide combines with the surrounding water, it forms Sulfuric acid, which damages the soil, and hence affecting the plants which grow in this soil. On the other hand, Organic pollutants such as hydrocarbons are not very harmful because there are no acidic components in it. These pollutants decompose naturally and give of water, which causes no harm to ...

Assignment Questions

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) gets set up by the EPA by the Clean Air Act. The six principle pollutants entail the photochemical oxidants, lead, carbon monoxide, ground-level ozone, sulfur oxides as well as nitrogen oxides. Regulation of surface level ozone reduces the impact and other pollution damages on crops. Likewise, photochemical oxidants prompted particular action from the commission under NAAQS to develop standards that controlled coarse and fine atmospheric particles in the air. Also, the oxidants had the ability to poison agricultural foods just like lead. Therefore, the optimal level for lead is now at 1.5 mew-grams ...

The “new” moment in this article was the fact that the company needed to change working processes on its utilities to complain to the Clean Air Act. The Georgia Power’s Bowem plant looked like a “unique” object. The plant was quite big with its ability to “produce enough power to serve the residential, commercial, and industrial demands of 1 million people” (Harvard business school, 1993, p. 1). However, it was quite clean and had fewer emissions than smaller objects; it was a unique feature because of plant’s size and age. Amendments to the Clean Air Act were ...

A sustainable community is one in which regional ecological characteristics can be realized and can persist for many generations appreciating a healthy surrounding, better community life, and a productive economy. A city that is considered sustainable should be able to improve the well-being of its residents without affecting or causing harm to the natural world. Air contamination has emerged as one of the most critical problems affecting the realization of a sustainable community, especially in urban areas. My community, in particular, is a victim of this circumstance and strategies are being put forth to curb this problem. Air pollution ...

Fuel Cell Technologies in Passenger Cars

Fuel Cell Technology The last decade is characterized by the rapid development of research activity in the field of fuel cells, thus, creating the conditions for their uptake in electric systems. The basic fuel cells’ operating principle has been known for 150 years. However, a variety of technical and financial problems had kept them on the margins of technological applications (Brandon & Hart, 1999). The basic difference between a fuel cell and batteries is that while batteries store energy, fuel cells directly convert a fuel’s chemical energy into electricity by an electrochemical reaction (i.e. Without requiring combustion or movement ...

INTRODUCTION

Mongolia is located to the north of China and is said to host 10% of the world’s known coal reserves which is estimated to be equivalent to 162 billion tons. Coal export accounts for the largest chunk of total Mongolian gross domestic product (GDP) at roughly 22%. This is equal to approximately 80% of the county’s exports (Voroshilov 34). In the country, production and exportation of coal, specifically coking coal, is primarily undertaken by the Mongolian Mining Company (MMC). Coking coal refers to a type of coal that is absolutely essential to the process of steel production. ...

Extraction Stage

Extraction of copper produces both specks of dust and gaseous wastes such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide that significantly contribute to environmental pollutions, especially air pollution (“Copper Mining”). Whereas copper wire miners reduce this pollution level by trapping the generated sulfur dioxide gas for purposes of producing sulfuric acid, considerable amounts of sulfur dioxide still escape and take part in both air and water pollution. However, extraction methods that incorporate emulsion of liquid membranes and applications of microorganisms in removing copper from their underground ores have been currently established as the economical and viable ways of gathering copper. ...

Lignin Chemistry

Lignin History Lignin is a plant-derived biopolymer with several applications. It is considered an effective alternative to chemically synthesized plastics that pose serious environmental problems during manufacture and disposal. Lignin is often obtained as a byproduct in paper and pulp manufacture. Lignin has to be dissolved to obtain cellulose from wood. In 1838, Anselme Payen discovered that wood contained cellulose, and oxidizable coatings (later called lignin) that bind the cellulose together (McCarthy and Islam, 2000). This coating material could be removed from wood after acid treatment and washing with an aqueous alkali solution (McCarthy and Islam, 2000). Later, several ...

07th of April 2016

Air pollution impacts the human health and the environment in various ways - by direct and immediate threat (smog, etc.) to the slow and gradual destruction of the body's various life-support systems. In many cases, air pollution negatively affects the structural components of the ecosystem to such an extent that the regulatory processes are not able to return to their original state and thus the homeostasis mechanism fails. The atmosphere is the air shell of the Earth. Air quality involves the totality of its properties, reflecting the level of exposure to physical, chemical and biological factors on humans, plant ...

SUMMARY

Global warming is a serious issue that threatens the survival of future generations. Various methods are being devised to reverse the effects of global warming such as the use of green energy. Motor vehicles running on fossil fuels produce greenhouse gases which are a major cause of global warming. Therefore, it’s almost impossible to address the issue of global warming without considering emissions from the transport industry. Electric vehicles are a viable and environmentally friendly alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles that combust fossil fuels. The vehicles are powered by a rechargeable battery that drives an electromagnetic motor. ...

Industrial pollution is a key contributor to a wide range of environmental issues that we face today. Both the structure and scale of today’s industrial production present serious ethical problems from an environmental perspective. The global scale of industrial production coupled with the large amounts of hazardous materials generated imposes substantial risks on the society and natural environment. Industrial companies are considered the prime cause of environmental degradation. This is because these firms exploit natural resources on a large scale and release highly toxic substances and wastes. Industrial pollution is, therefore, a critical ethical issue that needs to ...

Calpine cooperation was founded in 1984 and currently the cooperation is the largest in America. The corporation generates electricity and thermal energy from natural gas and geothermal resources. With a fleet of around 84 power plants, the company generates around 270000 megawatts of electricity and through wholesale operations and retail business; the center serves in over 21 states and Canada. The corporation has taken a lead to ensure a cleaner energy for future use is in place. The focus of the center is to provide its esteemed customers with clean, efficient and reliable electricity and thermal energy. With this ...

Abstract

The Chinese drywall refers to the drywall mad in China and imported into the U.S. in the commencement of the year 2001 all through to 2009. The housing spike in 2006 occasioned by hurricanes led to shortage of construction materials in the country necessitating the importation of the said materials in huge amounts. However, the drywall was not without adverse implications. This paper critically looks into the problems associated with the drywall. More so, it generally examines the traits that characterized the numerous law suits filed by the victims of the drywall problem against distributors and suppliers of the ...

Purpose

This experiment sought to determine the value of the surface tension of water and paraffin oil from the downward pull on a horizontal ring fastened to a spring.

Apparatus

The following materials were used in the experiment: Platinum-iridium ring equipped with stirrup (circumference L=4cm)

Spring

Paraffin oil Distilled water Petri dish Weight pan Striker Level Jolly balance with adjustable platform Scale to determine the paraffin oil density Suitable weights Bunsen burner Tweezers Introduction Surface tension refers to the energy required to expand a liquid’s surface area (Ozment, John, and Conrad, 391). Liquid molecules are attracted to one another by adhesive ...

07th of April 2016

Air pollution impacts the human health and the environment in various ways - by direct and immediate threat (smog, etc.) to the slow and gradual destruction of the body's various life-support systems. In many cases, air pollution negatively affects the structural components of the ecosystem to such an extent that the regulatory processes are not able to return to their original state and thus the homeostasis mechanism fails. The atmosphere is the air shell of the Earth. Air quality involves the totality of its properties, reflecting the level of exposure to physical, chemical and biological factors on humans, plant ...

Introduction

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

in the industrial and infrastructure sector

Abstract

In most parts of the Arab countries, the limited resources of water pose adverse constraints to both the social and economic development, while also threatening the people’s livelihood. The available surface water keeps on declining, and the ground water over-pumping that goes beyond the natural recharge rates has continued to cause great negative impact in the lowering of water table. Over-pumping of ground water also increases ground water salinity, ground water depletion, and ecological degradation (SCENR 5). The outcome prompted the Qatar government to start regulating its water resources as a measure ...

According to EPA (2016), environmental management involves the development of systems aimed at reducing environmental impacts of various activities. In the Brundtland commission report (WCED), sustainable development has been described as development aimed at meeting the current needs of the present generation. However, as the current generation focuses on meeting their own needs, their activities should not compromise the capability of future generations to also meet their own needs. Available evidence suggests that the future generation would have challenges meeting their own needs if the current generation fails to adopt sustainable practices. The sustainable development incorporates the triple line: ...

RE: The Clean Air Act Amendment

There is no doubt into our commitment to comply with the new regulations on the use of coal in our plants. However, there are underlying complexities that need to be addressed. While there remains the need to control industrial emissions to sustainable levels, particular challenges are experienced. Installation of pollution-control equipment is one of the projected solutions to this long-standing issue that requires agent redress to sanitize our air. The Act creates compelling reasons that make its implementation indispensable (Davidson & Joseph 57-75). Given this, it is critical to underline the business perspective of the decision to either purchase the ...

Instituion

1. What is the potential impact of supersonic transports (SSTs) on the ozone layer? An alarming ozone loss has been reported in the past decades, and studies showed that this global problem is attributed largely to human activities. Advancement in technology resulted in the development of high-speed air transport that are economically competitive compared to other forms of aircrafts. There is, however, the associated risk that supersonic transports can impact in the destruction of the ozone layer due to the large amount of atmospheric pollution that it emits. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology carried a study on the possible ...

Structural Steel

Structural steels are the variety of steel customarily used for construction such as buildings, bridges and as reinforcements to concrete. It is used because of its strength and ductility (ability to deform substantially prior to failure). The form, shapes, and size of structural steels are dependent on the specific function that it will serve. There are several standards that must be followed when producing structural steels; these standards also include the specifications for the steel’s mechanical properties, chemical composition, specific cross section and shape profile (American Institute of Steel Construction np). Structural steels have various chemical elements which ...

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One of the most important assets of the industrial application these days is the Fluidized bed reactors. When gasses, solids, and liquids contact simultaneously, a large number of industrial process reactions are involved. All these operations need a multiphase reactor to be carried out. Since a variety of multiphase chemical reactions can be carried out in a Fluidized Bed Reactor, it is interesting to learn about its functioning, various types, application, advantages, and disadvantages. Initially, fluidized bed reactors were built for the petrochemical and oil industries. Now, they are widely used for producing Gasoline and other fuels, plastics, polymers, ...

Manganese

What function does it perform, in critical metabolic events in human biology? Manganese acts as a co-factor to nearly all classes of enzymes such as hydrolases (phosphohydrolase), transferases (phosphotransferase), ligases, lyases, oxido-reductases, kinases and decarboxylase. It also helps in the synthesis of mucopolysaccharides, proteoglycans and glycoproteins. It can also mediate reactions as a metalloenzyme (Medeiros & Wildman, 2015; Gropper & Smith, 2013). While manganese can be replaced by magnesium in some of the catalytic reactions, two reactions in the synthesis of connective tissue pathway, namely, the activation of xylosyl transferase and glycosyl transferase or galactosyl transferase, are specifically manganese–dependent. These ...

Organism # 6

Molecular Biosciences 101 Section # Purpose Materials and Methods Gram Staining: Three circles were marked at the bottom of a clean glass slide and they were labeled as gram(+), gram(-) and unknown respectively. The three labeled circles were then inoculated with microorganism 6 using an inoculating loop. The bacterial smears were then air dried and heat fixed over a gentle flame. The slide was then flooded with primary stain, crystal violet for a minute by placing it on a staining rack. Excess crystal violet was washed off with a gentle stream of water. Thereafter, gram iodine was added and ...

Pollution has become a nuisance in the current times due to the advance of technology and change of lifestyles. Day by day, the pollutants continue to destroy the environment, nature, and air. As a way of controlling the menace, organizations and nations are laying down strict rules towards it governance. The main purpose is to create an equilibrium among the organizations and companies affected and control it. The United States Environmental Protection Agency is the governing body responsible for air pollution. Its recent strike on the county due to the failure to meet the National Ambient Quality Standards might ...

The Pros and Cons of the Oil Industry

Energy availability plays an essential role in the sustainability of any society. In fact, Liu (2015) argues that lack thereof affects the productivity of a nation and could result in mediocre development. 84 percent of the global energy consumption is comprised of non-renewable energy (Sheng, 2013). Precisely, petroleum and other related products. As such, this consumption pattern poses a threat to the environment since the non-renewable sources are harmful to the climate but are also exhaustible. However, the utilization of petroleum has had constructive impacts on the industrial development over the years. Its popularity in the automobile industry has ...

Structural steels are the variety of steel customarily used for construction such as buildings, bridges and as reinforcements to concrete. The form, shapes, and size of structural steels are dependent on the specific function that it will be used on. There are several standards that must be followed when producing structural steels; these standards also include the specifications for the steel’s mechanical properties, chemical composition, specific cross section and shape profile (American Institute of Steel Construction np). Structural steels have various chemical elements which give its properties. It is very important that the components in making structural steels ...

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

Chauhan, K. V., & Rawal, S. K. (2014). A Review Paper on Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Ternary Nitride based Coatings. Procedia Technology, 14, 430-437. doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2014.08.055 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212017314000917 The paper reviews the nanotribological researches that are required to create basic understanding of the interracial phenomena on the lesser scale in the nanostructured polymers employed in the storage if magnetic systems and for other commercial applications. In many fields of the electromagnetic and coating applications such as the use in the automobile and the aircraft sectors, the wear and the friction of the moving parts is a critical aspect to be put ...

One of the most common environmental pollution observed in many parts of the world is the formation of haze. This phenomenon is predominantly visible in those geographies where the air pollution is on the higher side, which may be multiple times more than what has been believed to be safe. Essentially, haze which appears as a blanket of smoke over a wide area occurs when the tiny invisible pollutants suspended in the air absorbs and scatters sunlight thereby reducing the clarity of our vision to a great extent . Air pollution, the primary factor behind haze can be either natural ...

Air PollutionThe air, water, noise, water, thermal and other forms of environmental pollution have an adverse impact on the quality of lives. The pollution is majorly as a result of activities carried out by human such as the industrial production of chemicals. In the modern days, motor vehicles are primary sources of pollution. The increased number of cars on the road lead to a rise in environmental pollution. Although they cause noise pollution, the main form of pollution caused by the motor vehicles is air pollution. Motor vehicles are very essential in transportation, and they contribute significantly to the ...

What is the chemical formula for ozone gas?

Ozone is present in the troposphere, a part of the atmosphere. Ozone consist of 3 molecules of Oxygen. The chemical formula for ozone is O3. Ozone is also called as tri-oxygen since it consists of 3 molecules of oxygen bound to each other by covalent bonds. The structure and formula of ozone were identified in the year 1865. However, it is less stable than Oxygen and blue in color.

How does ozone form in the stratosphere?

Ozone is found in both, the stratosphere and the troposphere. The formation of ozone in both these layers is distinct. Stratospheric ozone is formed in two simple steps. Initial step involves ...

I liked one topic sentence towards the end of the essay, where you aptly set the focus of the paragraph. Consider this: “Another health risk of eating pork meat is due to its association with many epidemic diseases.” Here, you clearly tell the readers what you would discuss in the paragraph, that is, diseases caused due to eating pork. This supports your view/position against eating pork.

Now, let us consider the last sentence of the introduction as the thesis: “To determine that pork is healthy to eat one must examine the different between pork meat and other ...

Innovation Designing For a Sustainable Future

Introduction Innovation refers to the deployments and applications of newer processes, ideas, and devices that are better, and designed to cater to, and meet, new requirements, inherent needs, and needs of the society. This is achieved through more effective processes, products, technologies, services, and ideas that are prevalent and can be made use of by governments, society, and market. We often confuse innovation with invention that is associated with the creation of ideas or methods while innovation is involved with better and effective use of those methods and ideas for the betterment of humanity. Innovation also differs from ...

The predominant academic agreement is that gunpowder was invented in China, but no one scholar in the whole world could tell us the exact date of the creation of gunpowder. However, I researched different articles and found out that there are several major versions of the origin of gunpowder and each version assumes different time it was firstly received by people. According to some authors, for instance Joseph Needham, China used gunpowder in rockets and fireworks in the VII century B.C. (9), another theory tells that gunpowder came to Chine and Arabia in the 1st century from India and ...

The amino acid is a hydrophobic and aromatic essential amino acid. The compound is relatively non-reactive because of the benzene ring in its structure. Since it is nonpolar, the amino acid does not dissolve in water. Due to its hydrophobic nature, the amino acid is buried in the hydrophobic core of protein structures. However, the aromatic side chain in the structure of the amino acid affects protein structure by staking with the aromatic side chains of other amino acids. The side chain of the amino acid is relatively non-reactive and as such is not often involved in the functions of ...

A theoretical approach is proposed in order to link the strong environmental management to the improved supposed future financial performance as examined by the stock market performance. Therefore, the linkage to the firm’s performance is tested empirically with the help of a financial event methodology as well as the archival data of the firm-level environmental and financial performance. This enabled the researcher to measure the positive returns for the strong environmental management as directed by the environmental performance award. It was found out that the linkage between the environmental management and the financial performance may be useful to both practitioners and ...

Abstract

Present day climatic change is the direct result of human influences, which have so far crossed the bounds of variations of natural. The true source of global climatic change is man-induced alteration in atmosphere’s composition. These issues result mainly from emissions associated with uses of energy resources, more or less due to local and regional scales. Urbanization and changes in land use are also an important aspect. Though progress has been made in techniques of monitoring and understanding climatic change, there are still quite a many scientific, technical and institutional obstacles for precise planning to adapt to and mitigate ...

INTRODUCTION.

The 21st Century represents a culmination of human development in different respects. In the natural resource sector, there have been massive establishments of modern petroleum industries, and the subsequent development and expansion of these industries are certainly among the significant success stories of this generation. Another significant development observed in this generation is the development and change in the environmental front, first observed in America then Western Europe in between late 1960 and early 1970’s. The environmental front poses unprecedented threats and challenges to the petroleum industry.

Exploration and extraction of petroleum causes detrimental impacts on water, soil, ecosystems, ...

With the world population expected to hit the 9 billion mark by the year 2050, food production and security have become major issues of concern in social circles, both locally and internationally. As a way of responding to the ever decreasing ratio between the population and the viable arable land, the US government has come up with various strategies aimed at improving plenty supply of food for the American citizenry. The most notable examples of such strategies are the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the steady supply of fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. These two approaches, coupled with ...

Introduction

A Public good is that which is non-exclusive that is, it is available to all irrespective of who paid for it. Non-rivalry meaning that, the use of the good does not cause any rivalry amongst the users of the good. Free riding explains that the good is for the generally defined public and no specific owner thus, there are no means and end to privatize the good (Winston, 2006 p.23).

Roads to some extent are closing to be public goods as it satisfies the all the other characteristics except for non-rivalry. Reason being that when roads get congested rivalry ...

Introduction

Currently, coal-fired power plants account for more than 80% of carbon dioxide emissions in the electric power industry of the United States and 33% of all the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. Consequently, reducing carbon dioxide emissions that come from the coal plants is the focus of most proposals that intend to cut on the greenhouse gas emission. The options to do this include capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide that emitted by the coal power plants, replacing the coal power plants with the low or zero carbon dioxide sources of power like the nuclear and wind energy.

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Introduction

Pollution of the environment is one of the oldest problems in the history of civilization. Man has long been considered the environment primarily as a source of resources, seeking to achieve independence from it, to improve the conditions of its existence. While population and the scale of production was small, and very extensive natural spaces, to achieve the goals we were willing to sacrifice some of the untouched nature, exactly as some degree of purity and water. This process in our relatively closed, not unlimited world cannot continue indefinitely. For example, it is estimated that each year for every person ...

Global warming has evolved into a demure problem in the present-day world. The problem is very serious, as it concerns a possible lift of temperature and climate alter. Climate warming is a slow and gradual upsurge in the medium temperature on our planet that there is currently. Climate warming is a fact, with which to argue is pointless, and it is therefore necessary to take a sober and objective approach to its understanding. The Earth is warming and this has a tragic effect on the glaciers of our planet. The temperature surges, the ice begins to melt, and the sea level begins to rise. This ...

There is no doubt that nearly 99 percent of all atmospheric sulfur dioxide is as a result of human activities. The chief sources of sulfur dioxide are industrial processes, for instance, those employed in the production of sulfuric coal, gas, and oil (AGDE, 2005). Additionally, some mineral ores have sulfur as a component, and when they are purified, sulfur dioxide is produced in the process. Another significant source of sulfur dioxide is fuel combustion by motor vehicles (AGDE, 2005). Looking at these sources, countries that do not process coal or sulfuric mineral ores like Canada suffer because of the sulfuric ...

Certain elements involved in the geochemical and biogeochemical cycling are of great concern due to their limited availability both naturally or through industrial manufacture of the compounds involved in the cycles. Some of the processes involved are chemical reactions with other elements or substances. Some of these reactions are irreversible chemical reactions. This implies once the reaction has taken place, the elements are removed from natural cycle and they cannot be replaced again. As such, the more the cases of irreversible reactions, the greater the rate of reduction of these elements from the environment. Ultimately, there could be less ...

Acid rains have been in the mid of attentions since the Rio Earth Summit. This is an example where anthropogenic impact combines with the nature forces. “Acid rain” is a broad term referring to a mixture of wet and dry deposition (deposited material) from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids” (What is Acid Rain?). Originating from the large number of causes acid rain “is created when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are discharged from industrial plants that burn fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. These compounds react with water, oxygen, and other atmospheric ...

Discuss the hazards posed by the interaction of the hazardous materials present at the refinery and adjacent facilities, including the resulting by-products of the incident fire and acid gas release. When handling chemicals, protection and care should be very paramount. In this care, there are various hazards that are posed by the materials. If handled carelessly, the materials such as sulfur and its compounds are capable of polluting the environment. Sulfur iv oxide is capable of leading to acidic rain. Such rain affects the people residing in the surrounding residences. It also affects the plants, and animals (Meyer, ...

The environment is under different types of threats. Environmental pollution has been a key issue of concern in the last two centuries. The sustainability of human activities is something that the government has tried to look at in a detailed manner. Air pollution has been one of the most dangerous pollution in the environment. The human activities have contributed much to air pollution. The impacts of air pollution in the environment are massive and hazardous especially to the future generation the human activities especially industrial emission and automotive emission has been the main source of air pollution (Ackerman and William 1468). ...

The rain, when it falls, brings along itself the polluted water, which is obtained from the polluted environment. Acid rain is harmful to the environment as it contains too many harmful components in it. Acid rain is a polluted rain. When the air gets polluted due to industries, emission of carbon dioxide, and the emission of harmful gases from vehicles, these all combine together and create air pollution. This air pollution thus creates polluted clouds and eventually the polluted rain falls. This polluted rain is called acid rain.

According to the scientists, air pollution is the main reason of acid ...

Introduction

China’s air pollution crisis is currently a topic of concern at national and international based. It is indicated that the growing stages of pollution, more than 24 times the WHO-suggested limits, make long and short-term health threats containing of high sterility rates, and make threats to both the internal city areas and external neighboring state’s solidity. Growing fears on the impacts of pollution grows a new query: will China’s air crisis directed to more enclosed cities.

Discussion

Nowadays pollution arises from day to day. Air pollution is very awful for our well-being so illnesses increase gradually. In the past, ...

Abstract

Crude oil, also known as petroleum, is one of the most important natural resources. It is a fossil fuel that is non-renewable and has different components such as hydrocarbon compounds and other materials like oxygen, sulphur, nitrogen, salt and water. It is normally extracted from the ground, under the seas, and on land and is then transported to refineries. Most of the substances are removed in the refinery, and the oil is broken down and blended into useful products (McCants, 1989). Some of these products include medicines, plastics, fabrics, dyes, cosmetics, and transport fuels. Transportation of crude oil is done ...

Is it fair to restrict the growth of developing countries because of climate change?

Climatic change is a fundamental problem that is affecting developing nations, as well as developed nations of the world. However, as Nath and Behera pointed that developing nations are likely to be faced with a greater incidence of the outcome of climatic change than developed nations. This is because developed nations have the resources to deal with the outcomes of climatic changes and are already setting up mitigation strategies with respect to it. The earth has limited carrying capacity and therefore increased population growth is likely to do more harm than good. Restricting the growth of developing nations can be ...

Q.1 The legal issues are part of the business in the modern times, and the companies have to demonstrate greater level and degree of care in order to preserve their stake in the deal. The larger corporate players in the business world often trick the smaller ones into entering a bad deal so the Little Oil Company (LOL) seriously qualifies as smaller company in the featured transaction. The Big Tex Oil Company (BTOC) has to help the formerly mentioned organization in order to make the intended and planned project into a corporate success of historical nature. However, the confidentiality ...

Peace that people enjoy nowadays uninterrupted is, of course, not a new phenomenon. However, what is interesting is that the humanity has lived only several hundred years without warring for whatever reason could bring large armies face-to-face in a lethal confrontation for questionable reasons. Besides soldiers, the brute force of conflicts, the main tools of war have always been weapons indicating the state of technological advancement of nations, being the litmus paper and the benchmarks of progress. Thousands years ago, there was no such concept as a long-lasting peace, and the weaponry was a lot more different than it currently is, being used ...