Essays on Environment

The California Legislature and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) The California Legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in August of 2014. The Act's aim was to collaboratively develop and enforce integrated groundwater management policies at the state and regional levels in California. The SGMA needs the establishment of...

The transportation industry is rapidly evolving as a result of factors such as technology, climate change, and changing market demands. In this respect, one of the big challenges in Canada concerning the country's transportation services is the use of renewable and creative transportation (Alexander et al., 2016). In 2015, Canada's...

Atmospheric disturbances are changes in the natural state of the atmosphere that affect the surface and may indicate severe weather. Storms, secondary circulations, cyclones and anti-cyclones, tropical disturbances, thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and snowstorms are examples of atmospheric disturbances. “A hurricane is a severe, tropical cyclone with winds greater than...

James Cameron Directed Avatar James Cameron directed the film Avatar. On December 10th, 2009, it was announced. It is a science fiction film about humans who colonized Pandora in order to continue exploiting rare minerals such as unobtanium. Their scheme to extract the mineral endangers the Navi species because...

Deforestation refers to human activities that cause forest destruction, such as tree cutting, forest fires, and charcoal burning. Global warming and climate change have been attributed to the actions. Industrialization, especially in developing countries, is one of the major factors leading to significant tree cutting and forest clearing. Trees are...

The primary goal of this film is to explore the drama movie Forest Gump s disabilities. The year this film was made was 1994. (Groom 34). This movie is based on a novel that was published in 1986. Disabilities and prejudice are two of the major themes explored in this...

The introduction of new or foreign substances into an ecosystem that affects its biological and physical characteristics is referred to as environmental pollution (Levinson et al. 237). Environmental pollution has been a problem in modern society since the 19th century, posing a variety of threats to both plants and animals,...

Contemporary Concerns and Social Media Wanini (2016) describes contemporary concerns as those causes that begin to arise every day as the world participates in its activities. These concerns may include climate change, income inequality, and economic crises. When reading the two novels, 'Sharing is a Trap' and 'Get over it,' one...

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...

The food we consume may be a determinant of our health. The food that's available to us could also be having more harmful side effects than positive ones, both to our health also because the well-being of oceans and land providing it. Equally, climate variation contributes to extreme weather that...

Plants Plants can be labeled as the organisms within the biological kingdom Plantae. They are a kind of species which are considered to manufacture their food thru photosynthesis, and they have a limited motility. They are a vast range of organisms which include; trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, forbs, mosses and vines....

Water in most parts of the world has become a scarce resource with an increasing population. In this scenario, some companies have taken the initiative not only to generate profit but also to provide the affected community with clean water or people who need clean water for beverages and other...