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Global Warming
Global Warming
There is enough evidence available which highlights the existence of Global Warming. We should now take steps to counter this menace before it is too late. Global warming is too much carbon dioxide, methane and ozone in the earth's atmosphere. The cost of fighting global warming ...
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Hydrogen Sulphide
Introduction
Hydrogen sulfide is a colourless, poisonous and flammable gas with the smell of rotten eggs. It can be detected by smell at very low concentrations ranging from 0.01 - 0.3 parts per million. Detection by odour is not reliable because at high concentrations (e.g. 100 ppm), hydrogen sulfide deadens ...
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LEAD POISONING IN TRUMPETER SWANS
Lead Poisoning in Trumpeter Swans
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The past few winters were too dangerous for trumpeter swans in what come county. Here they died from lead poisoning. Because of eating shotgun pellets, they were introduced to harmful lead levels. These were enough for them to take their lives. Now, ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Climate Threat
Climate Threat
Rainforest Destruction
The English naturalist Charles Darwin, who went on to devise the theory of evolution, was greatly impressed by his first sight of the Brazilian rainforest in 1832:
'The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy green of ...
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Abstract
The rapid changes in climate mean that the geography of future will not be the same as the geography of yesteryears. The global warming issue of today is seen as the result of the many variations in earth's climate and temperature over the years. The melting of ice, glaciers and ...
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Ecosystems: Boreal Woodlands
Ecosystems: Boreal Woodlands
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Boreal forests are concentrated around the northern cap of the globe and represent 29% of the global area covered by forest. Contribute significantly to determining the global climate of the earth and the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere and, like the rest of the forest, ...
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Particulate Matter
Particulate Matter
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The term "particulate matter" includes a wide range of organic or inorganic substances when released into the air from natural and artificial sources. The combustion of fossil fuel-generated traffic (a major source of particulate pollution in cities) can produce various types of particles: large particles, the release of ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Ethics
Ethical Relationship to Land
The earth is in continuous frame of rapid transformation with the advent of technology. These alterations have quickened as human preceded from a hunter/nutrient collector to an associate of a farming community and eventually into the industrial era. Many of the current technological alterations ...
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Factors Affecting Global Warming
Factors Affecting Global Warming
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The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the factors that are responsible for global warming and its impact on the inclination of the infectious diseases. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, evaluation of the impact of Co2 emission on inclination ...
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Alternative Fuel
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Biodiesel fuels is one of the most attractive alternative fuels to reduce both emissions and petroleum based fuel consumption resulted from diesel engines. Therefore, the effects of biodiesel fuels on long-term engine operation and deposits in engine are considerably important, when biodiesel was evaluated as the alternative fuel for ...