Essays on Vegetation

HadCM3 stands for Hadley Center Coupling model version three. This global climate model (GCM) was developed by the Met Office Hadley Center for Climate Science and Services in 2000, and was used as one of the major GCM ever since, starting from the Third Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001. The model includes two elements – HadAm3 (for atmospheric modeling) and HadOM3 (for oceanic modeling), therefore forming a coupling assessment model. The GCM was a further development of the previous model HadCM2, also developed at Hadley (Bloom, 184).

Model description

The model includes 2 elements for the ...

Herbicides play a significant role in ensuring healthy growth of plants. In Canada, approximately seventy herbicides are utilized in the forestry sector. They have been used since the nineteen forties. The herbicides assisted in rapid clearance of weeds leading to increased production in the forest sector. However, utilization of these herbicides has adverse effects on wildlife and environment. It is essential to ensure these effects are minimized. This paper gives a summary on the utilization of glyphosate herbicide (Vision). Additionally, it discusses various adverse effects resulting in its utilization. It also provides an examination of the benefits of herbicide ...

Rising sea temperatures

Rising sea temperatures are disturbing the ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef, and if it continues, it will cause major disturbances in the coastal region. Temperature regulates the distribution and the variety of the marine life species, and it also maintains the growth of the coral reef. Over the years, these have grown and evolved with time. When a certain limit of the temperature is exceeded, it can cause the tiny algae inside to be expelled out which causes the coloration of the corals to change. The corals die because of this as they suffer from a lack of ...

Several centuries ago, St. Anselm wrote a prayer titled Proslogion. One of the key and thought-provoking aspects of this prayer is St. Anselm’s attempt to prove that God exists. Indeed, the prayer is comparable to Descartes’ argument because it results from an understanding of God’s perfection. Descartes maintained that God must certainly exist due to the fact that he could clearly perceive God and His perfection is such that Descartes could not have devised it on his own. St. Anselm’s argument is similar to that of Descartes because it has the properties of a priori argument. ...

End-of-life care refers to the provision of care to patients with incurable terminal illnesses and patients who are in a permanent vegetative state, and that type of care is one of the most commonly debated ethical issues in contemporary health care for two reasons. First, because of the development and advancement of medical techniques and technologies, physicians and nurses are now able to prolong the patients’ lives, but those interventions do not always improve the patients’ quality of life or maintain their human dignity (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). Second, the human population is aging, so the prevalence of terminal illnesses ...

An ecosystem shapes the kind of species of animals and plants that lives within it in some ways. For instance, a Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem is one perfect example of an ecosystem inhabited by various kinds of animals and plants (Ewers et al., 2015). In particular, the tropical rainforest ecosystem is in the tropical regions of the globe mostly associated with warm and at times hot climate. Animals that are adaptive to this climate and as well as adaptive plants and vegetation characterize the ecosystem (Gagic et al., 2015). The tropical rainforest ecosystem has influenced the environment in some ways. ...

Oral history interview entails collecting information from individual about their past. It encompasses recording their feelings as well as thoughts about their future. The information tends to dig deep an individual's past life and experiences (Neuenschwander, 2014). Oral history interview is the best methodology for collecting information about the past either on social or cultural life. The information could be obtained from a family member, close friend, a relative or person in the community as one tries to understand their past event experiences (Dogan, 2015). Also, in communication, it seeks to understand how information is conveyed from one person ...

Introduction

Mega-Events such as the World Cups and Olympics are so huge that it requires almost creating a temporary city for the massive event, with power, toilets, waste, water, and transport, among a host of other things. Such an event is inherently environmentally unsustainable, as it produces masses of waste and consumes unnecessary resources. While having no event is the most environmentally friendly event, there are many reasons countries hold why mega-events. However, it is beyond a doubt that those conducting the event have a social and environmental responsibility to reduce their impacts. This is true for all events, whether ...

Abstract

The spread of urbanization and industrialization has widened the bridge between human beings and nature. It is despite numerous studies illustrating that bio-aesthetics; a factor of nature has positive outcomes that include economic, psychological, spiritual, and functional outcomes. It is therefore imperative that targeted efforts be undertaken in order to improve the bio-aesthetics of various public and private spaces. The Mysore City Authority has identified the need to improve bio-aesthetics within the city through the development of parks. However, measures have to be undertaken to improve residential bio-aesthetics as well. It is especially the case considering that the number ...

Urban Parks in Central Business District

Vegetation is a key element in the continuation of life. It provides clean air, ground cover, and food for living things. Moreover, it plays the role of balancing the earth’s atmospheric temperatures. However, the urbanization of nations brought about depletion in forests as the workforce required more energy and fuel resources to propel its activities. In other places, the presence of arid areas made it hard for its inhabitants to reclaim lost land and improve. In the last one decade, there are concerns raised by different environmental bodies showing their concern towards depleting inhibitive conditions on earth, prompting ...

Introduction

One of the largest areas of the world where pastoral nomadism and irrigating agriculture had been predominant throughout the history is Central Asia. There existed a set of aspects of geography and ecology of Central Asia that influenced the emergence of pastoral nomadism and irrigation agriculture in that territory. In this paper we will attempt to explore some of the causes and effects of pastoral nomadism and irrigating agriculture in Central Asia, taking into consideration its ecological and historic settings.

Ecological reasons

First of all, let’s speak about some of ecological reasons of the appearance of pastoral nomadism and irrigating ...

Theoretical/Conceptual Framework of the Research Problem

2017 Supporting Problem Statement: Theoretical / Conceptual Framework Introduction Further effort is directed at the examination of additional literature which has been conducted into the topic and problem statement namely, the theory pertaining to business managers in Nigeria who lack understanding of the business development process needed for successful growth in the quarry mining industry in Akamkpa, cross river state of Nigeria. Furthermore, research is conducted to further understand the nature of this case study into mining and quarrying activities in the Akamkpa region in terms of its research approach, design and method. This expanded research investigates how the ...

Introduction

In the past, humans practiced hunting and gathering as a way of finding food. They would hunt down animals for food and feed the different communities. Over time, as the human population grew. The growth in human population meant that there was an increased demand in food, thus leading to an increased number of animals to hunt down. It became impossible for the humans to solely depend on animals for food. Another result with the increased human population was increased demand for land. The humans turned to cutting down or burning vegetation. In the process, some animals were burnt ...

Art, architecture, and design are very important clues for historians to figure out what exactly a civilization, culture and society valued. Architecture, in particular, is a very important part of a larger material culture which may be used by historians as clues to figure out what impact these decisions had on the larger culture and the way each society organizes itself. In this sense, it is almost nearly inescapable that each piece of art or building will not in some way or another influence our thinking regarding how each of these societies is organized. This is true everywhere around ...

Visual Impact Assessment- Airport Terminal

The consequences of visual transportation projects may either be a short or long term. The short-term impacts include visual degradation of debris, equipment, and staging the construction zone (Sinha & Labi, 2011). However, the facilities for construction influence the entire quality of the area through additional of physical elements on the landscape. The potential view catchment where there will be a visibility of the new airport terminal should extend longer distances to offer a direct view of the port due to the partial and complete screening effects of different elements of the landscape. According to the anticipation on the visibility, ...

INTRODUCTION

There was a time when the world was almost entirely covered by forests, marshes, mountains and rainforests however, as human societies became more and more industrialized and the population continued to grow more and more natural environments were cleared to accommodate housing needs of people, the grazing lands for animals, room for human industries, and the obtaining of natural energy resources, like coal and oil. This is a reality for many states in the United States. That being said there are many people who have never spent a single day surrounded by authentic nature. It was in the 1860s ...

An industry entails the production of services and goods by availing utilities to customers or transforming inputs into outputs. The outputs of industry are either used by other manufacturers for further production or by consumers in satisfying their desires. Operations in a particular industry might be the generation, extraction, production or transformation of goods and services at a given price level. There three categories in which industry can be subdivided based on the nature of products in subject or the process of producing it. These types of industries entail: i.)Primary industries This industry entails creating utility by hauling ...

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 ...

Ecological service is the process by which the environment within which we live provides us with the reliable resources that are necessary for the human survival in the habitat within which they are situated. The availability of such resources in the environment such as clean air, clean water, food and any other materials that are necessary for the entire survival of the human race in their habitat is what the concept of ecological services entail. The assessments of ecological services include the ways in which purification of air is done, maintenance of the entire biodiversity process, decomposition of waste ...

Introduction

Human activity on the natural resources causes threats to the land sustainability either directly or indirectly. This paper examines soil erosion, genetically modified grains and overpopulation as the main threats to land sustainability.

Soil erosion and how it impacts the global food supply

Soil erosion is the washing away of the earth’s topsoil by agents such as wind and rainwater, and it occurs mainly due to human activities. Agriculture is the primary cause of soil erosion. When people clear natural vegetation to create framing fields, the topsoil is exposed to erosion agents such as the wind. Deforestation is also a leading contributor of soil erosion. As people cut ...

Search and Rescue (SAR) is a practice done to salvage people from disasters. This practice is done by professionals who are specialized in particular disasters, for instance, following a hurricane or earthquake. These professionals serve to protect life to the best of their ability in each and every operation they encounter. As such, they need as much information before venturing into a potentially life-threatening disaster area. A mechanism is, therefore, required to provide all the necessary information to the SAR professionals. An excellent solution is this scenario would be an unmanned aerial vehicle that can record and relay real-time ...

Prediction of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Population with Normalized-Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Prediction of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Population with Normalized-Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Introduction

With the escalation in cost production and environmental concerns, researchers have in the recent past focused in investigating resourceful means of increasing yields while reducing fertilizer use. Arnall & Godsey assert that the seeding rate and hybrids that promise the highest crop populations is continuously sort by corn cost cultivators worldwide (2013). Nielsen et al. notes that the crop populations are tied to the end yields. Corn populations have greatly increased in Indiana over the past thirty years to make about 340 plants ...

Biomes/natural Vegetation: Needle-leaf Evergreen Forests

Needle-leaf evergreen forests are largely comprised of straight trunked, conical shaped trees that have comparatively shorter branches with narrow and small needle like leaves. These forests are composed of conifers predominantly. Where the needle-leaf forests are evergreen, they provide continuous deep shade to the ground, therefore, the lower layers of vegetation are either absent or sparse (Veregin 2005). Only a thick carpet of mosses can be found below the needle-leaf biome. There are very few species that can be found, however the large tracts of the vegetation have one or two species. According to the World Vegetation Map, this ...

Once revered as a zone of hardwood forest, the vegetation of Ohio has currently reduced from what it used to be but still boasts of possessing a wide range plant species. Nonetheless, the vegetation remains significant in the Eastern North America despite currently being impossible to form an elaborate picture for the actual appearance of the forest. This can, however, be blamed on human activities that did not see it fit to preserve primeval vegetation section for austerity purposes in the future. The vegetation though is still with diverse natural vegetation with significant forest regions that sometimes can be ...

Question 1

The ever growing rise in global temperatures is a threatening characteristic to the entire universe. The information about past global climatic condition can be used to establish information about the effect of climate change, carbon dioxide variation and effect of the earth biosphere on world's climate. Several discoveries in the Arctic and Antarctic region have shed light on the drastic climatic change that has occurred in these areas. The Antarctic region has experienced severe climatic change over time. Recent discoveries in drill cores obtained from Antarctica's sea floor have indicated a warming phase in the climate around 52 million ...

Abstract

Environmental pollution is among the hotly debated topics in the field of environmental studies. Contamination of this kind ranges from that of water, soil, and air. Industrialization and large organizations have been reported to be the primary sources of pollution across the world. Chevron, a leading multinational energy corporation, has in the recent past been accused and charged for heavy soil and water contamination through oil spills. Such environmental pollution has substantial consequences on the human health, safety, and well being. Van Duzer et al. (2015) assert that one of the most affected nations through the company’s activities ...

The eco-festival 2016 held at Kingsborough Community College on May 12 was one of my best experiences in college. In attending the festival, I was able to gain deeper insight on eco-justice and all the activities that pertain to the impact of animal agriculture on the planet and our health. This essay is a reaction paper on one of the events during the festival that I attended which focused on the impact of animal agriculture on health. The event which was held at MAC Lighthouse was moderated by experts and scholars from the college who focused on how animal ...

Going Green with Technology.

Many people are trying to find ways to save on grocery bills and electric bills. Some find it easier as well as less expensive to just plant their own crops rather than buy them. But not everyone has a beautiful home with a full front and back yard. Even now of these days those parts of the establishment are rather small and giving less room than they would three decades ago. What about the people who live in apartments and condos? They would also like to have similar experience but don’t have the room to do it. There ...

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

Reflection Paper for Civil Engineering Senior Project

The definition of sustainability according to World Commission has been found to lack specificity. However, the triple bottom line (TBL) has been widely used to act as a starting point towards identification, monitoring, and development of actions forming three facets of sustainability: the environment, economy, and social equity (Stenzel, 2010). Every project designed has an impact on at least one of the following factors: the environment, the society, or the economy. When designing a project, there is a need to take into consideration the impact of the project on the environment, the society, and the economy. In the context ...

Global warming and climate change are two different terms that have been used over the years to describe different phenomena. Global warming refers to a subsequent increase in the global average temperature (Black & Weisel 5). On the other hand, climate change refers to global climate changes due to increasing average global temperatures brought by changes in rain patterns, increased drought and heat waves. These future projections in the change of global rainfall patterns can be derived from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports over the years. The argument that the use of term global warming has been ...

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 ...

There is a major environmental degradation to the Chinese natural tourism spots. The discussion examines a few natural features, and how they have undergone degradation due to the poor government’s conservation efforts. Environment and the environmental conservation are very big issues in China today.The prospect and value of environment is slowly degrading in China, and this is expected to escalate even further since people do not see the importance of environmental conservation (Pan Par.7). In other country, there are always some rules to help environment protection and people know they need to keep the environment clean ( National Park ...

The correlation between climate and vegetation is evident in Africa, where, despite the rapid destruction of natural vegetation by humans and animals, there are still vast areas of natural vegetation. There are two main zones in Sub-Saharan Africa.

AREAS OF EQUATORIAL FOREST

The rainforests cover just under 1000 km in latitude and approximately 2250 km from west to east, from the Cameroon coast and Gabon to the eastern borders of Congo - Kinshasa (to the mountains flanking the Rift Valley to the Ruwenzori, the Virunga Mountains and Ugoma (northwest of Lake Tanganyika). The equatorial forest has a wide variety of trees (very high ...

Introduction

West African region comprises of several states that are found in the western part of the African continent. These states occupy the vast Sahara Desert and is normally referred to as Sahel. West African has gone economic and political revolution since the twentieth century. After the colonial period, several cities in West Africa were converted into independent states.

The region comprises of the states in the Maghreb region, and they occupy a total of 6,140,000 square kilometers

Much of the region depends on Mediterranean politics, and this has made the region to be politically powerful The region witnesses the economic resource imbalance that has resulted in poverty index in the region. Thus, most of the people are economically ...

Article Responses: Coastal Areas

Article 1

It is essential to note that salt marshes and estuaries provide more resources and services than any other ecosystem. They provide edible animals, plants, fiber, thatch, fuel, and fodder. They also offer protection from storms, act as nurseries for fish, and provide biogeochemical filters (Gedan, 230). The aim will thus be to look for evidence concerning the above provisions in salt marshes.

Environmental

The collection will involve taking temperature measurements in the salt marshes, types of plants that are found in the region, water levels and purity, etc. The temperature in the areas is expected to rise while ...

The Middle West has always held the notion of being at cultural crossroads. In the Middle West the prairie is contextualized as an idea and also as a reality. The prairie spirit existed as an idea that could be fundamentally expressed through the direct use of plants native vegetation. The reality of it came when it was presupposed that the native vegetation would be planted and grouped to come up with a naturalistic composition of the ecosystem (Miller 13). Culture and race played a significant role in the settlement of the Middle West. Majorly the people who settled in ...

Environmental Management System (EMS) is a constantly evolving concept, aiming to regulate human activities in order to prevent the nature from degradation. Each EMS has generic components like policy, planning, procedures and controls, training and education, communication, assessment and improvement (Williams, P.W. and Todd, S.E., 1997). According to Todd S.E. (1996) evolution of sustainable tourism “from concept to practice” can be divided into three stages: stage one includes the development of principles on environmental management, stage two concerns sustainable practice like greening programs in tourism industry, stage three is environmental auditing. The highest point of sustainable tourism evolution should ...

Abstract

Land and rockslides are natural disasters that threaten people living in the Sultanate of Oman. In this paper, the fundamentals of disaster management are identified from their causes. First, the aspect of slope stability is covered. The involvement of this information follows the need to appreciate the vulnerability of mountainous regions to mass movement. The causes of mass movement are also explained. Further, the risks of rock and landslides are expanded with the intention of directing the focus of the paper. To be objective, the paper progresses to a review of the measures employed by the government of Oman ...

Abstract

Adequate clean water is essential for the health of every living thing on this planet. Humans create tons of pollution, effect the weather patterns that cause droughts, and there is a history of over-use of the aquifers in the form of wells and pollution from fracking which are detrimental to the survival of all living things. Global climate change, especially since the Industrial age began, has affected the entire planet in various ways. There have been larger storms as a result of climate change. There are serious droughts because of climate change. The ice caps are melting because of ...

Introduction

Through their activities, commercial organizations generate waste that contributes to climate change. Although effort is being made to limit human impact on the environment, the commercial waste is still one of the major problems for the environment that results into climate change. Electric energy is an important resource that is wasted across most commercial organizations. Further on, the wasted resources facilitate climate change. This paper argues that commercial organizations’ wasted electric energy contributes to the climate change.

Body

Commercial organizations are the institutions that carry out activities that imply selling products or services. Their activities developed for satisfying market’s ...

1. Introduction Global warming consequences have been mainly focused on the impacts they have and will in the future have on the global human population. The less focus is on the impact on the animal and plant species that are even more vulnerable, since they cannot adapt to quick changes as humans can. They are not the main culprit for the climate changes and yet they will suffer the most. One of the animal species that is being threatened by the global climate change are also polar bears that inhabit the polar region. They are playing an important role ...

Problem Identification

The World Wide Fund for Nature is a recent report indicated that deforestation is one of the major impacts of anthropogenic activities ("Environmental Problems in Australia"). It is characterized by cutting down trees and other aspects of vegetation without taking initiatives to plant more trees as replacements. Certain stakeholders have argued that it is quite hard to imagine a scenario or a period when about 90 percent of the earth’s surface was covered by vegetation. This imagination has raised tremendous debates with stakeholders making attempts to inquire the reasons for rapid deforestation rates. However, it is apparent that ...

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

Mining activities can pose serious environmental and health implications. Although, these environmental and health hazards can be mitigated and effectively managed through sound engineering and environmental practices, these environmental and health issues associated with mining operations could not be totally eradicated. In general, there are three major players in the mining industry: the company, which include the employees and the stockholders; the regulatory bodies, which include the government and other national and international environmental organizations; and the community, which are not directly related to the mining industry, but is impacted by its operations. Each one of these stakeholders has ...

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: ...

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Abstract. The installation of water table control in any soils is a key tool in the efforts to improve the soil environment for better and effective growth of vegetation. In addition to this, water table control installations also regulate or manage the irrigation water and drainage. This systems help in storage of water for future use as well as ensuring the rainfall is effectively used. This study looks forward to exploring the effects of a poorly controlled water table and how the damages involved can be done away with.

Introduction

Drainage is a very important component of land development and ...

Introduction

There are about 33 countries that have implemented payment schemes to facilitate the conservation of biodiversity (Duchelle et al 13). For example, in Brazil, rubber tappers have engaged in an agreement with the government where there are provided with payments for their conservation efforts (Duchelle et al 14). Another example is in Guyana where the Conservation International has obtained a conservation concession from their government to promote the conservation of 20,000 acres of forest. The payment scheme as a strategy to facilitate biodiversity conservation is also currently applicable in the United States where farmers are paid for protecting ...

The earth’s habitat is rapidly changing owing to human activities that have compromised the stability of ecosystems. In this regard, the degradation of the environment has been attributed to irresponsible use of natural resources and the lack of consideration of vital components essential for a stable ecosystem. One of these human activities is deforestation. As a result of the increase in the human population, incredible strain has been placed on the available resources, in order to accommodate the growing number of individuals. As such, the environment has borne the adverse effects, as currently witnessed in climatic changes such ...

Source: Vervroegen

The image above is dubbed “Before it is too late.” It is sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature as an avenue of communicating some of the issues that are pertinent to its cause and issues with which everyone should be concerned. The image shows two sections of the earth on either side of a divide that is covered with tree vegetation. When perceived wholesomely, the two sections resemble the human lungs with the divide in the middle mimicking the trachea. However, the section on the right-hand side of the image shows depleted vegetation, which mimics a damaged ...

Thesis of the Presentation

Vo Trong Nghia's presentation is cast on an idea of green. It shows that it is possible to have a little bit of green in every home provided the right designs are there. Most of his designs come with a touch of vegetation in his attempt to make the idea resonate.

Is there an Ideology Behind this Presentation?

Short answer, yes, there is a theory that Vo Trong Nghia bases his designs on, and that is architecture in harmony with nature. "Green Our Earth" is the first item displayed in his presentation. It is in the initial part of the lecture that he shows a picture ...

Question 1: what is?

Playa lake- is a depression within the interior of desert basins and it forms adjacent to coasts in semiarid as well as arid areas. The depression is covered by water which filtrates into the ground or evaporates periodically to leave salts, sand or mud deposit in the depression. Pluvial Lake- this is a lake formed due to glaciation process when large ice sheet create a bigger depression as it melts. This depression is filled with water to for this lake. Ventifact- this is a rock blasted due to sand blowing effect. It is characteristically faceted and has a parallel ...

Jane Hardman

Cambridge University Studying a lot of information which is connected to climate changing in the Australian Alps, It was surprising for me that tourism has an important impact on it. I understand that business industry harms nature in the all possible ways, but I didn’t think over tourism industry, especially the ski tourism. Winter is the most intensive time for visitation of the Australian Alps. We can notice it, studying the total number of visitation days in 2009 which is equal to 2,538,891.When there is no snow, tourism is also based on nature activities in the ...

People’s existence on earth has been an enduring riddle, but many cultures have had a try or two at answering it, spawning myths of all kinds. Myths are narratives that are symbolic in nature and attempt to explain the origin of a group of people and the source of the existence of the world we live in today. Most myths recognize the existence of a supreme being from which the earth was created and also fostered the existence of the first human beings on earth who eventually generated the whole human race. This paper explains the myths of ...

Source: Vervroegen

The image above is dubbed ‘Before it is too late.” It is sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature as an avenue of communicating some of the issues that are pertinent to its cause and issues with which everyone should be concerned. The image shows two sections of the earth on either side of a divide that is covered with tree vegetation. When perceived wholesomely, the two sections resemble the human lungs with the divide in the middle mimicking the trachea. However, the section on the right-hand side of the image shows depleted vegetation, which mimics a damaged ...

INTRODUCTION

Global climate change consequences have been seen all around the world. Consequences of global climate change are connected and interlinked. The rising of global temperature is causing the global shrinking of glaciers and melting of ice. This is further causing the rising tides and land erosion with the ocean acidification and the destruction of ecosystems. All the consequences are changing geographical range of different species and destroying the ecosystems with putting the species at risks because they are not able to adapt to changes. The oceans are getting warmer which is causing more severe and unpredictable weather patterns with ...

Given the thought engines discussed in class, Engine 1 was more appropriate in the flexibility of ideas. From a random picture, it is easy to generate many different ideas with different topics to discuss. The picture gives an overview of the major and minor idea, and it can go further in explaining and give a point of view. From the ideas that are generated, one can easily decide on a particular topic to discuss and follow any direction. Flexibility can be seen in such engines as the mind is not closed or directed in a particular path (Ritter, Simone, ...

Economic issues of global warming are the most controversial and crucial nowadays.

In the nineteenth century, the volume of CO2 in the air was much less than today. Recently in the world rate of accumulation of this gas in the atmosphere has become unprecedentedly high. The majority of scholars consider that this problem is directly connected with economic growth. The inevitability of a number of difficulties that arise in connection with this process is the main problem along with the need for a relatively short period of time to adapt many economic activities to a rapidly changing climate and other components of the environment. Pessimistic forecasts the possible effects of anthropogenic ...

Natural Hazards: Droughts

Drought is a period recorded with less rainfall for a specific region compared to its past rainfall data, which might affect surface water flow, groundwater reserve, crop production and food availability. Impacts of a dry spell vary based on its duration as well as local people’s demand for food and water (National Drought Mitigation Center [NDMC], 2016). If the proportion of vulnerable population exposed to drought conditions were higher, then the impact of drought would also be high even if it lasted only for a short duration. In spite of being a natural hazard, the risk of its ...

2016-02-12

Introduction As we know, the “Critical Zone” is the zone that extends from the vegetation outer limits to the lower limits of groundwater. This zone is important for all life on the Earth. It provides most of the ecosystem services on which societies depend. In this case, erosion processes are dangerous enough for the Critical Zone and they must be timely identified.

Discussion

The erosion is a quite dangerous geological process, as it leads to rather unfortunate consequences (for example, structural failure, displacement, shrinkage of the foundation, and some others). This process leads to the destruction of the rocks (soils) ...