Category: Environment 1339

Food Web and a Food Chain within the Food Web The producer(s) in the food web Wiregrass is a producer because it makes its own food. Producers form the first level of any food chain. Producers of their own food are also called autotrophs, which are primarily one-celled organisms or plants. A significant number of…

Greenpeace Canada Overview Table of Contents Introduction Summary of Values Latest Environmental Activity Impact on Human Health Personal Reflection Conclusion References Introduction The organization, which will be the focus of this report, is Greenpeace Canada. It is a subsidiary of the largest non-governmental environmental organization in the world. It can be accessed online by following…

The Importance of Valuing Nature In her work Krimmerer shows the need for humans to advance their language and devise words that can show their gratitude for nature. Kimmerer argues that humans adopt different pronouns to refer to other species ki and ki. The ecological compassion that exists in peoples indigenous languages has also been…

Eruption of Toba: The Key Issues Introduction No volcanic eruption is believed to cause more or similar effects on the Earth relative to the Toba super-eruption. The Young Toba Tuff (YTT) is the latest series of about four eruptions that constitute the Toba volcanic event. YTT is believed to take place about seventy-four thousand years…

Human Impact on Seismic Activity Modern science is actively arguing that human activity extensively damages the environment. That results in climate change, global warming, and an increase in natural disasters. One of the underexplored disasters is the human impact on seismic activity. Gibbens (2017) suggests that people often perceive earthquakes as unforeseeable phenomena they cannot…

How Tsunami Works: Causes and Process What is Tsunami A tsunami is a sequence of long and high waves generated when there is water disruption in the ocean. The disturbance can originate from different sources such as meteorites, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and earthquakes in the sea (How a tsunami wave works, para 1). However, the…

Human Impacts on the Natural Habitats Table of Contents Resources Human Beings Use Places Human Garbage Goes Effect of Driving on the Environment Effect of Buying Food on the Environment Human Activity Effect on the Natural Environment Minimizing Human Effect on the Environment Reference Resources Human Beings Use The standards of living that human beings…

Noisy Neighbors in Los Angeles Sound is one of the environmental influences for all living organisms, including humans. Machines, propagating systems, and transport systems are easily argued to be the grassroots sources of loud sounds (Morillas 214). In nature, loud sounds are rare, and the noise is relatively weak and short-lived. The combination of sound…

Critique of Silent Spring Book by Rachel Carson A 1962 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt publication, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is considered one of the essential publications that began the international grassroots environmental movement. This movement sought meaningful involvement in the imposition of practical solutions to prevalent environmental concerns. The book mainly focuses on the negative…

The Need to Care About the State of Planet Earth Introduction With the hives of economic activities going on around the globe, the rate of environmental degradation is pretty high. The use of plastic bags, mining, and lack of proper environmental protection policies has been critical causes of environmental pollution. Although the impact of environmental…