Environment Essays and Term Papers

Global Warming         The greenhouse effect, in environmental science, is a popular term for the effect that certain variable constituents of the Earth's lower atmosphere have on surface temperatures. It has been known since 1896 that Earth…

instead it is a look at hard facts for and against fear of global warming. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during…

it is very hard to keep the peregrines from becoming extinct. Here are three ways to prevent that from happening: First and foremost, there should be NO pesticides used at all. DDT and DDE are the main ingredients in the endangerment of peregrine…

the earth's weather and climate. The earth's surface absorbs the sun and radiates it back into space in the form of infrared radiation. This process is referred to as the greenhouse effect. About one percent of the earth's atmosphere is composed…

which is found naturally beneath the Earth's surface by drilling wells, and it is usually called crude oil. The color of petroleum can be colorless, which is usually for gasoline, and heavy black which is high in asphalt content. It…

more than 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the upper Hudson and PCBs continue to leak out of two GE plants." PCBs are chemicals used for a wide variety of industrial purposes and are linked to but not proven to cause reproductive problems, low birth…

fisheries cannot only be viewed through the lens of the environmentalist. While science clearly indicates that modifications to current commercial fishing practices must be made, to do so without thoughtful consideration to the impact of such modificatio…

has risen by 1degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years, with an expedite warming over the past 20 years. There is genuine evidence that most of this warming over that past 50 years is due to human activities. Human activities have changed the…

the societies within them. It is a reference to a lack of economic and industrial development within an area which as a result helps to hold back the area or society from developing. Under development takes place all over the world. It is just as prevale…

world of highly dense populations and forever growing technologies. People rely daily on the use of cars for example as means of transportation to and from their work. People travel far distances much more than they used to a century ago due to…