Our free environmental studies essays cover a wide range of topics relating to looking after our planet. In this section you’ll find example essays on the theme of climatic change, biodiversity conservation, terrestrial and water ecology, environmental pollution and management, and many more.
Seventy percent of the planet is covered in water, out of that 332 million cubic miles of water on this planet only 2.5 of water is considered fresh. Out of that 2.5 percent of freshwater on Earth the Surface water most often used by humanity and animals consists of systems of rivers, lakes, and mountain … Read more
Abstract Every person every day wears clothes, therefore the sustainability of fashion is very relevant if we want to have a better tomorrow. The sustainability of fashion includes the source of clothing, the production of it, and the disposal of it. There are many options for a greener tomorrow, but easy, cheap access to environmentally … Read more
We use energy to do work. Energy lights our cities. Energy powers our vehicles, trains, planes and rockets. Energy warms our homes, cooks our food, plays our music, and charges our phones. Energy powers machinery in factories and tractors on a farm. Without energy, there would be nothing. There would be no Sun, no wind, … Read more
Introduction Nuclear power has always been a difficult compromise between the benefits and costs of using it. The benefits are simple compared to for example energy produced by fossil fuels; it uses just small amounts of radioactive material to produce high amounts of power with no direct pollution of the atmosphere. Because it uses small … Read more
Automobile companies such as Tesla, Chevrolet, Ford, Nissan, and BMW are on the forefront of the manufacture of Electric Vehicles. While some of the automobiles being manufactured are entirely electric, a great number are manufactured as a hybrid with the ability to operate on both gas and electricity alternatively. The manufacture of electric vehicles is … Read more
A broad survey of industry indicates that the Chemistry. Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) development for a vaccine exceeds 50M USD and consumes more than 80 person-years in human resources. Despite the difficulty of quantifying costs, one risk-adjusted estimate of R&D costs is 135-350 M USD. In addition to that, André suggested in another report that … Read more
How solar cells work: Solar energy is radiant energy from the sun. Solar energy in the form of heat and light sustains life on earth. Solar energy can also be collected, stored and put to work by converting it to pollution-free thermal energy and electricity. However, less than 1% of the world’s total electricity production … Read more
Following World War II, increasingly potent pesticides became available for civilian use, and few people stopped to consider the consequences of using such chemicals. In her revolutionary environmental treatise, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson exposes the dangers of pesticide use and documents human impact on the environment, igniting the environmental movement. Carson emphasizes the unnecessary nature … Read more
The German automaker, Volkswagen, was involved in a scandal for fraudulently cheating government regulators regarding the compliance of pollution emission standards. On September 18, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Violation of the Clear Air Act against VW and Audi for equipping their 2009-2015 diesel vehicles with software to bypass … Read more
Iris Van Herpen is a Dutch contemporary fashion designer that specializes in Haute Couture. She received a degree from the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem and later interned with Alexander McQueen. Her internship with McQueen really influenced her style of design and her ultimate fascination with creating pieces based on their story rather than … Read more
In the midst of one of one of its most severe droughts on record, the state of California is faced with an unprecedented issue: its supply of clean and potable water is hovering over insufficiency. Rates for potable water throughout local and state-wide agencies have increased at alarming rates. How, then, we are left to wonder, … Read more
Plants play an important role in ecosystem processes (Aerts & Chapin 2000; Lambers et al. 2000; Díaz et al. 2004). In the last decade, there has been an ongoing effort to understand the role of plants in ecosystem functioning and to predict how plants could respond to natural or man-induced environmental changes (Díaz & Cabido … Read more
As the Natural Resource Defense Council stated, “Our rivers, lakes, aquifers, and coastal waters aren’t unlimited resources that can handle whatever we take out or dump in. These waters need protection.” Over the past few years, the issue with water pollution has been increasing, even with the “Clean Water Act” that was passed to help … Read more
Over millions of years, thousands of species have evolved from one single prokaryotic cell. Some have developed shells, some have developed walking legs, some have developed wings, and all of these developed for one common purpose: survival. All these adaptations have a specific purpose and have been refined over the years, due to environmental changes, … Read more
Intro: Have you ever been immersed in nature and just as you are realizing how beautiful the world is, your appreciation is ruined when you notice garbage? Try and think of a time, I know I have many memories of this happening. My surfing takes me to some of the most inaccessible beaches in the … Read more
