Environment Essays and Term Papers

Hanshin earthquake is 7.2 on the Richter scale. The epicenter is 34.6 N 135.0E Awajishima Island, 20 miles south of Kobe and the focus of the earthquake was at North latitude 34 degrees, east longitude of 135 degrees and 16 km of depth (vathena).…

number of things we see and use every day. They range from Aeroplanes to soft drink cans. Aluminium is the most common metal found in the Earth's soil. Bauxite The first step in the production of Aluminium is to mine the ore, which is called Bauxite.…

problems. Examples of these world problems include terrorism, desertification, overpopulation, deforestation, pollution, and world hunger. Of all these world problems the two that should currently be focused on are deforestation and pollution. Millions…

that CFCs damage the ozone layer. So why is the debate still raging? When the winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry appeared at the flower-filled Stockholm Concert Hall in December 1995 to receive their awards from King Carl XVI Gustaf, they were…

for nothing? Anyone would say, "Of course!" Then why do people think that animals feel happy in zoos, which are the same as prisons? I remember once I visited Los Angeles Zoo, and I compared this zoo to what I saw in my country. I noticed a huge…

feel that I am for the argument. It is a good source of energy that we must continue using. In this document I will convince you too, that Nuclear Power is good. Nuclear power plants provide about 20 percent of the world's electricity. Some countries…

supply poses as a potentially serious health hazard to the human inhabitants on earth. High nitrate levels found in well water has been proven to be the cause for numerous health conditions across the globe. If we intend to provide for the future…

of the lower atmosphere and surface of the planet by a complex process involving sunlight, gases, and particles in the atmosphere. The amount of heat-trapping atmospheric gases, called greenhouse gases, have greatly increased since the mid-1800's,…

smell is well developed in most bats. It is used to find and identify certain foods and to recognize roost mates and young. Fruit eating bats can find their food by the smell of the ripening fruit. Nectar seeking bats gather pollen on their snout,…

southern Oregon, watershed dynamics and use are significant to its surroundings, as many issues and problems have come from misuse of streams, rivers, and lakes. Upper Klamath Lake is one of the largest in the region, and is the setting for the Upper…