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.
A look at the issue of drinking water pollution in the United States and beyond, including issues of funding, industrial pollution, the role of the EPA and protecting yourself from contamination. Tap Water Contamination – What Could it Really Contain? According to a recently released report from News21, nearly 20% of the United States, or … Read more
Delhi has put the spotlight on air pollution. But while Delhi chokes, we need to realize that poor air quality is the grim reality of many other cities in our country, which have pollution levels much higher than the safety standards set by WHO (World Health Organization). Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to … Read more
Environmental issues are constantly a topic that is being brought up in every industry. With global warming increasing and natural resources decreasing, this is an issue that the hospitality industry should take more seriously. There has been some change in the industry that include being more environmentally friendly, but ultimately hotels could do better. My … Read more
Extreme sudden-onset weather events, primarily from flooding and large storms, displaced more than 38 million people worldwide in 2010. The devastating floods in Pakistan, caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains in July and August accounted for 20 million. The rains flooded nearly a fifth of Pakistan’s national territory which affected more than 10 percent of … Read more
Deforestation is the clearing of a forest for industrial use. It is used globally for many different things, whether making room for houses, agriculture, or timber harvesting. There is also natural deforestation from disasters such as forest fires. As the global population grows at a rapid rate, there is a desperate need for more land … Read more
Discussion This experiment was conducted to test the effects of increased salinity on freshwater organisms collected from the Los Angeles watershed. We hypothesized that the sample jars with the lowest salt concentrations would contain the greatest number of organisms, and the jars with the highest salt concentrations would contain the least amount. Looking at our … Read more
A single person in the United States today generates “4.4 lbs of waste daily” (Kraft), compared to the meager “2.7 lbs of waste” produced in 1960 (Griffin). Recycling has long been a controversial topic in our world, with pro-recycling lobbyists fighting for the environmental benefits mandatory recycling provides and the opposing party stating that recycling … Read more
Are you melting like the icebergs in Antarctica? Have you ever wondered why it is getting hotter and hotter? And how water is not as clear? There are many ways we are polluting our environment but one that cause my attention is Fracking. Fracking is a process of drilling deep down into earth and flush … Read more
The group was assigned several tasks with several goals leading to an overall goal of composing and determining a soap (or detergent) that will help clean birds affected by an oil spill, and will help prevent the buildup of soap scum. The more specific goals from this project included testing the solubility of fats, oils, … Read more
1. Introduction: Currently, there is a continuously growing necessity worldwide for wastewater treatment. The water contamination is one of the major perilous issues that is facing the world today. According to The United Nations estimation over 1.7 million deaths all around the world annually, are arising from the utilization of unhealty water [Health Organization, 2015]. … Read more
Dear Honourable Catherine McKenna, Environments all over the world are slowly getting less sustainable. This can be through pollution, deforestation and other harmful events humans and animals cause daily. One of the most harmful being, electronic waste. Electronic waste or e-waste is a term used when electronics stop functioning or become unwanted and end up … Read more
Animal agriculture is the “single largest contributor to every known environmental ill known to human kind” according to Demosthenes Maratos, Communications Director at Sustainability Institute of Molloy College. Yet, while we all know the risk things like showering too long, leaving the lights on in the room you are no longer in, or driving your … Read more
Introduction Microbial source tracking is a process of identifying a particular source (such as human, cattle, or bird) of fecal contamination in water, which is generally measured through fecal indicator bacteria, like Es- cherichia coli (E.coli) or Enterococci. The basic assumption of microbial source tracking is that there are characteristics unique to the fecal bacteria … Read more
The goal of sustainability initiatives are to enact fundamental sustainability principles while navigating three converging crises— climate change, natural resource depletion, and an impending end of the fossil fuel era. Yet, it turns out, our biggest obstacles are our own rates of consumption. It is predicted that 75% of the built environment will be either … Read more
INTRODUCTION Thevetia peruviana is a plant of tropical, a fast-growing small tree and because of its beautiful flowers and slender leaves very decorative effect. Its flowers have different colors, yellow, white and orange. The tree blooms, the leaves are linear-lanceolate, glossy and green almost all year round. They are coated with a waxy layer to … Read more
