Is the air that we are breathing killing us? In this speech you will learn all that you need to know about air pollution. First I will give you the causes of air pollution, then I will list the effects of it, and finally I will tell you how we can prevent air pollution.The average person takes about...

My Essay is on global warming. Because of pollution and getting rid of all the trees our ozone layer is getting thinner and thinner. Our ozone layer protects the Earth from ultra violet radiation and the thinner the ozone layer gets the more radiation comes through. Ever since three years ago at t...

There has been great discussion and controversy over something that has recently been proposed to Canadians. This something is the Kyoto Accord. The Kyoto Accord is a doctrine that was put together to help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore reduce the global warming phenomen...

Global Warming is something that has been going on now for a long time. Over the years scientists have been telling people, that all the pollutants that we put in the air were doing damage to the earth and the ozone. Some scientists disagreed with that statement and because of that there was nothing...

There are many ways to produce electricity but unfortunately not all of them are clean and safe. Luckily here in Canada we have clean and safe alternatives to things like the burning of fossil fuels. We are the largest producer of hydropower in the world. Hydro energy is electricity made using water...

Humans are the dominating species on the planet. Since their appearance animals have become an endangered species and some of those species are already gone. Humans are the main reason for the extinction of some species, but now when pollution is high and tends to raise the humanity has become an ...

1. Identify current trends, scale and likely future sources of carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, particles and photochemical oxidants..... AGA notes that considerable background material is already available on this issue including the State of the Environment Report and o...

According to Robert J. Samuelson, "Every environmental ill is depicted as an onrushing calamity that-if not stopped-will end life as we know it" (Samuelson 462). Pollution may or may not lead to the end of the world, but I find that highly unlikely. The problems with the environment hav...

Global warming is a very dangerous problem in our world today. Responsible, and potentially responsible, for new diseases, health problems, and land loss, this problem deserves more attention than it is currently receiving. Presently, scientists believe that human activities are responsible for...

Thousands of years ago, the earth was beautiful, skies were clear and smog-free, the ocean was rare with toxins, and man did not suffer much from pollution. However, the industrial revolution came into effect, as technology brought the world into a new era of possibilities. This new era also broug...

Global warming is an increase in the earth\'s temperature due to fossil fuels, industry, and agricultural processes caused by human, natural, and other gas emissions. This results in an increased emission of greenhouse gases. Short-wave solar radiation sinks into the Earth\'s atmosphere and warms it...

The Kyoto Protocol: Conflicting Views The Kyoto Protocol was born from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio on environment and sustainable development. Over the years, the Kyoto Protocol has been contentious at the least with the major activists being the European Union and environmental organizations. ...

Global warming is an increase in the earth\'s temperature due to fossil fuels, industry, and agricultural processes caused by human, natural, and other gas emissions. This results in an increased emission of greenhouse gases. Short-wave solar radiation sinks into the Earth\'s atmosphere and warms it...

Did the climate of the earth become appreciably warmer in the 20th century? What evidence suggest that this can be linked to human activity? There is widespread fact that the earths temperature has increased 0.3 – 0.6 C in the past 100 years. Some changes in the physical features of the ear...

Ever since man came bustling out of the last Ice Age, 11 thousand years ago, armed with sharpened sticks, he has had a nasty habit of destroying the nature, without mentioning the fact of its population growth at non-sustainable rates. The world we know today will perhaps not support life if humans ...

There are many issues involving the world we live in, one of which is energy. The world uses great amounts of energy each year. As the world is growing the total energy consumption is also increasing rapidly. It is said to rise by "59% from 1999 until 2020, from 382 to 607 quads." This ...

Resources are the things that we can extract from the earth. Industries, which extract the earth's resources, include mining, forestry and oil extraction. Present-day civilisation is based upon a massive utilisation of non-replaceable minerals and fuels such as coal, oil and natural gasses. Oth...

No matter how bright a solution may seem, it may only be drawing near the eye of the storm. A problem cannot be completely resolved without creating more. Such is the effect of the Kyoto accord. At this point in time, the Kyoto treaty should not come to pass because of its overwhelming negative effe...

Have you noticed that the summers have been getting a little warmer? Have you noticed that the winters are not as long as they used to be? Or that the winters are not quite as cold? Have you wondered why? It's due to the greenhouse effect. What's the greenhouse effect? The green hou...

The Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect is an increase in the atmospheric temperature caused by increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases act as a heat blanket insulating the Earth's surface absorbing and trapping heat radiation which normally escapes from the earth. They inc...

Environmental EconomicsPART ONE1. The word environment is a general term for all external conditions, influences and forces that affect and modify the life and development of all organisms.2. Our standard of living is measured by the quantity of resources used. The environmental standard of living i...

A modern city in the western world depends largely upon the generation and consumption of energy. We use wood and fossil fuels to supply our vast cities with energy but do not consider the environmental implications that are involved. We are depleting the earth of these fuels faster than they will ...

The Kyoto Agreement or Protocol is an agreement produced to lower global warming in a period of years. This agreement was not produced for all countries to sign, only the countries that largely contribute to the problem of global warming. The Kyoto agreement is a small step in what could be a lar...

Global warming is caused primarily by human activity such as burning fossil fuels, chemicals, and other pollutants that are later released into the earth\'s atmosphere. These gases affect the chemical composition of the atmosphere causing increased warming (EPA, 1999). This warming trend disturbs th...

Our planets climate is predicted to change because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases – primarily carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Although scientists yet haven't agreed on exactly how earth's cli...