Climate Change and the Paris Agreement Climate change is the greatest threat facing the planet today. The massive nature of the problem saw nearly 200 countries come together in Paris to develop a road map that would see most of them increase their efforts to cut on greenhouse gas emissions. The...
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In 2005: Blow the Whistle In 2005, Rick Piltz resorted to blowing the whistle concerning a cover-up where Philip Cooney intended to thwart reports concerning global warming from reaching the members of the public. As a way of ensuring that he prevented the deceit concerning Carbon IV Oxide level in the...
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Nature has awlays been viewed different in the society since the historical eras. The understanding and perception of nature is usually determined by the belief of individual groups including envrionmentalists, economists, and religions. In his own interpretation, Slavoj Zizek considers nature as whole that exists in its enterity of which...
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Intense debates have arisen in the struggle for understanding climate change. The author of this article tries to address his thinking about climatic variations. He refuses to concur with the facts that surround climate changes claiming they are an apparent myth. The history of a scientist like Jean Baptiste who...
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In his article, Sustainability, Christian Weisser describes the role of sustainability in the contemporary society. He defines the concept as the act of conservation of resources so that they can be utilized in the future. The author assesses various aspects of sustainability including its components, comparison with environmentalism, and its...
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The environment is an important aspect that ensures peaceful coexistence of the human race and nature. This paper will consider the various aspects that humans are exposed to on earth that assist as well as hinder their survival. 1. What is meant by desertification? Describe how the process of erosion leads...
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There exists a debate on the suitability of bottled and tap water. Numerous arguments are in place with each aiming to justify one over the other. However, what is indisputable is the apparent misunderstanding and the inability to determine and predict customers consumption patterns and trends accurately. The paper aims...
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The Amazon is the biggest rainforest in the world; its size is larger than the combination of the next two largest rainforests, which are in the Congo Basin and Indonesia. It hosts the largest river basin in the planet and the largest number of species of both plants and animals....
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Effect of Climate Change on Subalpine Fir Growth and Mortality Due to changes in climate and increasing physiological stress, forests exhibit unique growth and mortality. This piece of writing examines the effect of climate change on Subalpine Fir growth and mortality and how changes in precipitation will affect the predictions. The...
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Glaciation refers to covering of land by glaciers. Indirect impacts of glaciations include subsidence of crustal and rebound, changes in sea levels, rivers and valleys, and creation of proglacial lakes through ice dams. Subsidence of crustal and rebound happens in the main areas of ice accumulation leading to rising of...
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Food waste: Causes and Solutions Food is a basic need that no human alive can do without it. However, in today's world, up to 800 million people face hunger. Surprising enough, the food we produce is sufficient to feed them twice over. In addition to being torn worlds apart from the...
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We noted that disaster had detrimental consequences to not only humankind but also animals and plants life. Disaster is a great threat to the development of an economy. It is catastrophic and leaves long term and short term effect once it strikes. In North Korea, a nuclear disaster that was...
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