Essays on Earth

It was only later that I realized it was all a huge lie. For all those years, I thought he was gone for good. I knew at the back of my mind that we would never see each other again. As a result, I spent those months weeping alone in my...

The world was filled in 14.8 billion acres of woodland 8,000 years ago; today, due to erosion, only 8.6 billion acres remain. Human degradation has resulted in high rates of deforestation over the past 50 years. Agriculture (64 percent ), forestry industries (18 percent ), fuelwood collection (10 percent ),...

The Impact of Genetically Modified Foods The development of science and technology has been hailed as one-way man has tackled problems dealing with the earth. One technology that has had an immense have an impact on on crop production has been the development of genetically modified foods. It includes the modification...

Deforestation and its Environmental Impact Deforestation is the process by which forested areas or trees are transformed to produce land for other human activities, such as settlement and agriculture. The Planet has a forest cover of about one third, which offers various environmental benefits, such as regulating the cycles of hydrological...

The Soil and Its Properties The soil is the topmost layer of the earth's surface, the outermost layer of the crust, and has properties that dictate a multitude of influences, such as water flow, percolation, and the types of plants that can thrive. These characteristics include soil texture, water holding ability,...