The Effect of Humans on The Environment AIR The Greenhouse Effect/Global Warming What is it? The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that Earth experiences. What causes it? Global warming is an increase in the earth¡s temperature due to the use of fossil fuels...

Modern civilization depends largely on energy. Without it, our lives would be reduced to the level of a caveman\'s. We would have nothing to power the equipment we rely on to get on with our daily lives. Life would in a way come to a standstill without energy. Without wood, we would not even be able...

As the scientific world progresses and the over-consumption of fossil fuels continues, scientists, environmentalists, and businessmen alike seek alternate forms of energy production and usage. One such alternative is viable through fuel cells. Fuel cells can power cars, trucks, and buses without emi...

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association reports there was a 67% increase in the solar industry from 2009 to 2010 in the United States. In addition to 67% sales increase, the U.S. solar equipment was installed in 2010 a total capacity of 956 megawatts, and the same year, a total generati...

Hydrogen: The Energy Source of the FutureThere have been many stories in the newspapers, on TV and on the radio about the state that our planet is in, and most of the time they are not too positive. We hear about pollution, and global warming most frequently, which are both caused mainly by the bu...

Every year in the world there are many meteorological phenomenons, and these phenomenons destroy whatever they have in their way. I\'m talking about hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, and earthquakes which are the main causes of disasters. All of these phenomenons have been increasing and have be...

What: In 1997 the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) established new ozone standards. The EPA also placed special restrictions on twenty-two states in the Ohio Valley and Midwest regions to prevent emissions from coal-burning power plants from being carried into the New England States by...

Global warming is one of the foremost problems facing our planet today. As pollution rises the ozone layer breaks down, and as the temperatures go on a constant rise glaciers and ice-caps melt. Many people have their doubts about the global warming "theory", however proof of this "t...

Acid Rain The concept of acid rain is often misunderstood by the vast majority of the world, however, most realize that it is a problem. The burning of fossil fuels has released pollutants into our earth's atmosphere. Once airborne, the pollutants form acidic compounds by combining with w...

Are alternative fuels working? When attending school to be certified to fix state emission failures, instructors tell stories about emission subjects. One in particular that comes to mind is about a couple that tried to end their lives. The instructor showed a paper clipping, from what paper I d...

Since the discovery of petroleum in the 1860s, fossil fuels have become the foremost source of power in the world. For over a century after their inception, their availability was very seldom called into question. The oil crisis of 1973, however, brought this issue to the forefront. With the widespr...

INTRODUCTION The world has never been short of wind. For thousands of years, it has turned windmills, flown kites, cooled houses and filled sails. Now, technological advances are breathing new life into our use of wind power as a clean, renewable, cost-effective means of generating electricity. ...

It was not only the people of the United States of America but the whole world was awakened when the documentary slide presentation turned film, An Inconvenient Truth by former Vice President Al Gore was shown in theaters on the 24th of May, 2006. The film persuasively contrives the science of glo...

Recently, the carbon tax issue has been gaining increasing attention in Australia due to its function of reducing greenhouse gas as well as its extensive economic impacts on a range of industries, such as tourism and hospitality. The conceptual meaning of the carbon tax is "a levy applied to...

In 1973 OPEC held the world hostage. They arbitrarily put the world in gasoline crisis causing everyone to come to a complete stand still. One of the outcomes of the oil crises of the seventies is that the United States decided that they could not put all of our "fuel" eggs into one &quo...

INTRODUCTIONA major challenge for mankind is an informed respose to unprecedented urban growth and the intelligent mangement of urban settlements. The 20th century began with perhaps a dozen cities of 1 million resisdents; it will end with several hundred cities of that size, including about 30 urb...

INTRODUCTIONA major challenge for mankind is an informed respose to unprecedented urban growth and the intelligent mangement of urban settlements. The 20th century began with perhaps a dozen cities of 1 million resisdents; it will end with several hundred cities of that size, including about 30 urb...

1. PopulationNow the population of the world has reached 6 billion in 2000. And it is estimated to have 10.5~11 billion of population until the population of the world will stabilize. This means that the world will need to provide food, shelter, cloth for the addition of 5 billion people. But this i...

Technology vs. EnvironmentIn today's world, humans are in a very relaxed cycle: they eat, they watch television, they sleep. What most people do not realize are the health risks they are taking every day when they do their daily tasks. Humans are becoming more and more reliant on machines to do simp...

The Greenhouse EffectThe greenhouse effect is an increase in the atmospheric temperature causedby increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases act as a heat blanketinsulating the Earth's surface absorbing and trapping heat radiation which normallyescapes from the earth. They include carbon di...

Meghan McDonaldMcDonald 1Mr.HrkalOAC World IssuesDecember 18th, 2000Global Warming Now, for the first time in Earth's history, humans may be a decisive factor in future climate change. The actions we make towards the temperature of the earth and the depletion of the ozone layer are irreversible. A w...