Category: Environment 1339
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Storms, Forests, and Coastal Beaches as Places of Interest
Storms and forests as John Muir’s point of interest John Muir observed that human beings and the environment are highly interdependent in the universe. Noting that human beings rely upon their natural environment in surviving and living a blissful life, Muir got attracted to the beauty of storm and forests in their natural settings. He…
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Earth System Science: Natural Hazards in Alexandria
Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Conclusion Work Cited Bibliography Abstract The city of Alexandria is located in northern Egypt. The city has been one of the major ports in the Mediterranean and many tourists travel to the beautiful city. Geographically the city is located on the coast of Egypt and a major portion of the…
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Rail Road and Environment. “Sounds” by Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau in the passage entitled “Sounds” describes lucidly how a peaceful village is transformed due to the developments that occurred after the arrival of the railroad. The statement -“The rays which stream through the shutter will be no longer remembered when the shutter is wholly removed…” gives the precise meaning of the entire…
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Tsunamis in Australia: Causes and Adverse Effects
The recent climatic changes and the global warming have been accompanied by many evils, which in this case include the occurrence of tsunamis and the el-Niño scenario in different parts of the globe. The drastic climate change and global warming are widely caused by human factors like, increased use of fossil fuel which adds the…
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Why Do We Need to Decrease Fuel Consumption?
Today, air pollution, global warming, overpopulation, and other issues start revealing the catastrophic consequences of the vast progress humanity reached within the last few centuries. This essay draws attention to the invention that roughly harms the environment – fossil fuel. National Geographic counted that nearly 90% of air pollution and global warming issues are caused…
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Wind-Electric Turbines in Sri Lanka
Introduction Sri Lanka struggles to attain energy security, and this is to the detriment of various sectors of society, with particular impact to small-scale farmers. Developing countries do not have access to the type of resources that industrialized countries take for granted. Although it is important to establish cost-efficient energy generators, there is also the…
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The Problem of Wildfires in California
The problem of wildfires in California has been getting out of control due to the lack of opportunity to embrace such large areas and establish appropriate management of the key contributing factors. However, the problem still remains manageable. According to the study by Fu et al., the problem of wildfires can be handled by introducing…
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Eco-Friendly Approach to Sport Events
Sport unites people not only at major events, games, and competitions. Possessing great influence, it is actively used to draw attention to world problems. The most important role in this field is played by the International Olympic Committee (Greenwell et al., 2019). It actively participates in solving urgent issues of nature protection, which in turn…
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Access and Benefit Sharing of Natural Resources
Introduction The issue of access and sharing of benefits derived from natural resources has led to many debates on the international arena. Dross & Wolff (9) are of the view that many countries in the world today are enthusiastic about this access and sharing of the benefits. This is given the fact that the national…
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Researching of Protected Areas
Even though most population resides in cities, people affect nature significantly, causing various environmental problems. That is why multiple policies, procedures, and interventions emerge to limit this negative impact, and establishing protected areas (PAs) is among them. Thus, the given essay will rely on credible data from scientific sources to comment on why PAs exist,…