and solar power, hydrogen produced from renewable sources, biofuels from crops, natural gas, nuclear power, and carbon sequestration to process to capture the carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuels and store it underground (“Global Warming Solutions, Stop Global Warming - National Geographic,” n.d.). There are many things can be done in our daily lives to reduce and prevent the climate change. 3R: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle should be applied, for example in using paper, plastic bags, and glass
environment is very essential in our day to day activity, based on that; it’s worth being kept clean and healthy at all time. The air we breathe in, the water and food we use on daily basis comes from the environment, so, our lives depend on it. In this essay, I’m going to briefly analyzed about environmental issues regarding deforestation in my community, situated in the republic of Liberia. Additionally, the root cause of the problem and what can be done to avert the problem will be made known to the
report to show the relationship of increased airline travel and climate change. They spoke about temperature increases all over the globe with 11 of the 12 years in the period 1995-2006 being ranked the warmest since the beginning of the recording of global surface temperatures in
There is no ideal way to overcome the problem of waste disposal, all options in waste management have their own impact mainly emissions from landfilling. Landfilling accounted for almost 5% of total global emissions of greenhouses gas that has an impact 20 times higher than carbon dioxide. The use of proper waste management can make a major contribution towards a sustainable future. Creating a strategy for the prevention of waste is the most important thing. A country without a strategy will not
Climate change- Natural phenomenon or Human induced? Introduction Climate change- often referred to, as global warming- is indeed a real and present danger to the environmental future of our planet. It refers to the increase/rise in the earth’s temperature. Although knowledge of this happening is wide spread, some countries are not as concerned as maybe they should be. Climates around the world differ from country to country, with a rise in temperature globally, different countries suffer different
There is a famous quote by Karl Marx which states, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” The history of mankind started from lives in caves. The first human beings used handaxes to hunt animals for food. As time passed, human began to seek for a more stable life, marking the beginning of civilization, followed by industrialization which led to the development in the field of technology. Now, the human history is facing a new chapter of evolution, which is the Fourth Industrial
Deforestation is one of the world’s most significant issues at our time. In the past 100 years more than 80% of the Earths natural forests have been destroyed due to deforestation. Dramatic changes have to be made to help prevent further damages to happen in the near future. This report will be focused on the reasons for deforestation in Canada, the negative/positive effects it has on ecosystems and what actions humans have taken to stop this. What is it and what are the effects? Deforestation
As in Carl Sagan’s article, Tomorrow’s Energy, “We live by burning humble creature who inhabited the Earth hundred million years ago.” We are killing the planet just by going to school or work. With the amount of CO2 burning in the atmosphere, the glaciers are melting. All over the world, sea-levels are rising. Cities like San Francisco, Miami, Venice, Bangkok, New Orleans, ect. will be under sea level. (Sagan) With our dependence on CO2, our personal, political and environmental cost will be unsustainable
The 11th Hour The 11 Hour, described and delivered by Leonardo DiCaprio, and composed and coordinated by Leila Conners Peterson and Nadia Conners, was made keeping in mind the end goal to persuade the world's populace to radically change its lifestyle. The planet is in a condition of emergency. An Earth-wide temperature boost represents a genuine danger to human presence. The critics of this first danger are viably depicted in the film. Through distinctively uncovered pictures, one has the capacity
changes over time. This time period ranges from the year 800 to the 20th century. The book mainly focus’ on the events that occurred in Europe due to climate change. The author’s main argument is to show how historical events were affected by global warming. He does this by dividing the book into four different sections explaining different scenarios. Some of the major events consisted of; the Irish Potato Famine, the Medieval Warm Period, and the year without a summer, and of course, the Little