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.
What if we were given a choice: a million dollars or clean air? Most if not all of us would without a doubt choose the former. This is exactly what Naomi Klein says in her book This Changes Everything. As she writes, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary … Read more
If you are to purchase a car, will you choose an electric car? Electric car industry is in an unprecedented irresistible trend. Many traditional car manufacturers have shifted their concentrations towards the research and development of electric vehicles. Mercedes-Benz has just announced that “Mercedes will offer electric versions of every single model it makes by … Read more
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon and was discovered in 2004 by scientists using graphite and scotch tape. It is composed of carbon atoms linked together by covalent bonds, where each carbon is bonded to three other carbon atoms, creating hexagonal shapes(Refer to top of figure 2). The covalent bonds between the carbon atoms are … Read more
Introduction Almost 28 years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established. The main focus of this panel, created by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), was to combine scientific research on climate change (Agrawala, 1998). The IPCC consists of 3000 scientists and creates reports on the … Read more
According to Hunter and Marshall (42), the plight of the tiger is mirrored by the fact that it has topped almost every annual list of the world’s most endangered animal species for the last 10 years. The list, which is compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), provides a comprehensive insight into the current numbers, … Read more
As of 2016, 2.5% of Americans identify as being vegan. A vegan is a person that follows a diet in which they will adhere from eating all animal-derived foods and ingredients. (Sass) The number of people becoming vegan is on the rise. With this increase, the amount of skeptics and people against vegans are growing … Read more
The Ruston Way waterfront has seen many changes during the course of my lifetime alone, from the demolition of the Asarco copper smelter to the current and ongoing construction of Point Ruston, the area looks very different than it did in 1989. It is not just the Point Ruston area of Ruston Way that is … Read more
There has been much discussion on the issue of whether in flooding. For the purposes of this essay, flooding will be defined as an increase of water and makes some damage and whose causes this problem is two thing, first by physical causes and human factors (BBC, 2014). According to BBC (2014), the flooding can … Read more
Introduction With a rise in diseases and a lack of finding efficient medicines due to deforestation and other environmental factors, we’ve now had to look at previous unconventional medicines, which had effect. The oldest piece of evidence that shows drugs being used to treat patient’s dates back to 5000 years ago, it refers to over … Read more
Possums are a major pest in New Zealand and are still an ongoing problem. This report will be focused on possums and why they are considered as “pests”, the damage they have done and what’s being done about it. (Predator Free NZ, 2016) Possums do a lot of damage to native habitats, animals etc. Although … Read more
Australia’s marine environment is, with a 13.86 million square kilometers, the world’s third largest marine jurisdiction. It serves as a home for a high biodiversity of marine species, many of which occur nowhere else in the world. In addition to that it also provides an important ecosystem services to certain aspects of the marine industries … Read more
Australia is trying to come up with a plan to deliver an affordable and environmental friendly energy system as we have one of the highest solar radiation than any other country. As the world is becoming more populated and damaged over time, it is constantly changing and creating more environmental impacts. Non-renewable energy is especially … Read more
Introduction Ecology, the study of reoccurring interactions between non-living and living organisms in a specific environment, (Coleman, 2017). That being said, fresh water habitats and all the related ecosystem services would be considered fresh water ecology. To figure out how those systems function and to be able to predict certain interactions with abiotic factors for … Read more
Introduction On February 6th, 2013, one of the biggest subduction caused earthquakes ever recorded in the Solomon Islands area occurred. The Solomon Islands are located in the South Pacific in the Oceanic region. They lay over the boundary line of the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates, this particular spot along the boundary is a subduction zone, … Read more
In Malaysia, the current energy systems that we use today were designed more than 80 years ago and have been only incrementally modified since then. The systems worked very well all this time but that was when the efficiency and durability were less important. The systems also were not really environmentally friendly and need to … Read more
