Benefits and drawbacks of biofuel

Introduction It is no surprise that there is a growing concern in today’s society regarding climate change. One of the world’s largest contributors to this issue is vehicle emissions and air pollution. When the average consumer fills up at the pump, they often do not take the time to think about the production, consumption, and … Read more

Insect diversity as a result of deforestation (focus: Philippines)

The continuing destruction of forest and its conversion to other land use is considered as the major threat to the abundance and diversity of insects in the Philippines. This entails negative impacts to the processes in the ecosystem affecting their roles as natural pollinators, undertakers, leaf litter sweepers, garbage collectors, soil conditioners, natural fertilizer producers, … Read more

Coral reef bleaching – issues and challenges

The occurrence, variety, and proportion of climate change on coral reefs are rising to the level that they are being globally endangered. Estimated increases in sea surface temperature over the following 50 years due to global warming, beat the circumstances under which coral reefs have developed over the past 500 million years. Corals are thermally … Read more

Toxic waste in Bangladesh

Committee: United Nations Environmental Programme Topic: Toxic Waste Country: People’s Republic of Bangladesh A. Hazardous waste is any chemical that is potentially harmful to  the environment and the living things that surround and get exposed to it. The chemicals and waste make a significant impact on an economic and environmental level. For example, one major event … Read more

How are antifreeze glycoproteins utilized by Antarctic Notothenioid fishes to avoid freezing in polar oceans?

BIO 205  Detailed Outline Detailed Focus Question: How are antifreeze glycoproteins utilized by Antarctic Notothenioid fishes to avoid freezing in polar oceans? Where are they synthesized and distributed and how do they allow the Antarctic Nototheniids to survive in polar oceans? Introduction: Marine invertebrates and fishes exhibit a variety of environmental adaptations to survive in … Read more

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and how it affects Australasia.  

In 2007 Fedorov explained that ocean-atmosphere coupling is one the most important concepts of climate dynamics. He said that in order to predict changes in global temperature patterns, the understanding of the ocean-atmosphere coupling is critical. Within the ocean-atmosphere coupling there are ocean-atmosphere oscillations. These oscillations are natural climate fluctuations that take place on a … Read more

Benefits of an organic diet

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld Every person has the opportunity to decide what lifestyle they want to have, whether they want to eat nutritious meals and be active and energetic or they choose not to put much effort and determination, so they eat … Read more

Environmental politics

When considering environmental politics, distributional politics and sustainable development each has different objectives and ways of reaching them. Environmental politics tends to have a focus on the effects that the industrial realm has on the environment. This includes all of us, all other organisms, the natural world and future generations. It is far less concerned … Read more

Maintaining the Great Barrier Reef’s prestige

An ecosystem refers to a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. An example of an ecosystem susceptible to vulnerability and resilience is the Great Barrier Reef which, is an under – pressure environment that has displayed this as a direct result of human induced modifications and natural stresses. Vulnerability refers to the … Read more

Review of ‘Before the Flood’ documentary

Before the Flood is a documentary from 2016, Directed by Fisher Stevens and written by Mark Monroe, following Leonardo DiCaprio as he goes around the Earth looking at the current and even future devastating impact of climate change. The issue of climate change denial, particularly among corporations and the government is explored heavily and how … Read more

Deterioration of global environmental health

Since the 1800s, Planet Earth’s average global temperature has risen almost one degree celsius and more than 500 species have become extinct. Unlike topics such as economic globalization, women’s struggle for equality, and religion and modernity, environmental issues do not just affect humans, but also all other living organisms on planet Earth. The decisions made … Read more