Essays on Environment

Today, the crisis that has posed the greatest concern on the planet earth is the overpopulation issue (Ehrlich, 2002). The threat of overpopulation and the constant rapid increase has greatly impacted and is still projected to severely impact the affairs of the various state nations, developed and developing, the poor...

Growing human population has forced man to come up with various innovations and civilizations that attempts at making life comfortable. Overpopulation has led to over exhaustion of natural resources and human has been using these civilizations to supplement for such shortages. This overexploitation of earth resources has made geologists to...

World Population Growth and Resource Sustainability Over the decades, the world population has ever been on the rise, with no sign of slowing down. According to York (14), today there is an estimated more than seven billion people as a result of the fast growth rate. This is a mind-blowing revelation...

The 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina has gone into history as two of the most critical incidents to have ever occurred in the U.S. On 11th Sept 2001, AL Qaeda hijacked four commercial airliners and crashed into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon (CBC, 2011). The incident became the most...

Fire and its Destructive Nature Fire will always make us warm when our body temperatures fall but, it is still destructive if it happens from an unexpected cause. At times I leave people crying as they do not know how they will save their burning items. I have also caused death...

Negative Impacts of Tourism on the Environment Nations with tourist attraction sites have benefited from the income that tourism contributes to the economy through employment, foreign exchange earnings, and growth of service sectors (Postma and Schmuecker, 145). However, tourism may also result in adverse outcomes in the environment, communities, natural resources,...

The principle of causality The principle of causality best explains the connection between a cause and an effect. Causality is a universal connection of phenomena through which one thing (the cause) under certain conditions results in something else (the effect). Deforestation Deforestation is the permanent removal of earth’s forest done in small and...

In the speech referred to as Environmental Statement Chief Seattle expresses his concerns and those of the native people regarding the environment. After the governor of Washington territory intentions to buy the people’s land, Chief Seattle was worried about the degradation that would befall the land. Divine Connection with Nature At the beginning...

The sinking of the Titanic The fateful day of 15 April 1912 recorded one of the worst transport accidents of all times. The ship, with 2224 people on board hit an iceberg and sank. The accident led to the death of 1503 people, making it the disaster the biggest in the...

Palmetto Bay Park I visited Palmetto Bay Park which sits on 25-acre land located in Miami, Florida just off US-1. The park was initially called Perrine park but was later renamed to Palmetto Bay Park in 2006. The park is surrounded by a serene environment full of trees, green grass and...

Are plastic straws necessary? Plastic straws trace origin in 1888 when Marvin Stone, a Washington resident, wrapped a paper around a pencil and glued it together to form a straw. From there, Stone’s invention was improved. Plastic straws are now found everywhere and are mostly discarded on land or in...

A garden refers to a well-planned outdoor space that people cultivate and plant trees, flowers, fruits, and vegetables. A garden includes both natural and artificial materials to prepare the ground for cultivation. For a garden to be referred to as a garden, it consists of soil, sunlight, water, fertilizer and...