The Paris Agreement

Introduction In December of 2015, the Paris Agreement was accepted as a global initiative toward the large climate change problem we are facing today. The Agreement is a climate change policy that’s main goals are to attempt to lower the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere and keep the global temperature warming to … Read more

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris)

Sea otters, scientifically named Enhydra lutris, are best known as the “weasels of the sea.”  These mammals were found in several different areas including Alaska, the Pacific Coast along California, and Japan. It has been estimated that there were 150,000 to 300,000 of them in the early 1700’s. These numbers remained fairly accurate and steady … Read more

Eating disorders

Eating Disorders (ED) is one of the most common psychiatric problems faced by females (Walters & Kendler, 1994), and there has been a significant increase in EDs overtime. There are different types of EDs including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge- Eating Disorder. This essay aims to explore the risk factors for developing these disorders … Read more

Removing microbeads and other plastics from the environment

Microbeads are the small plastic balls most commonly known about because of their exfoliating purpose in facewash.  They are also used in other beauty products like toothpaste and deodorant.  In recent years, the issue of the effect that microbeads have on the environment has been addressed.  These plastic spheres travel from our drains to oceans, … Read more

Smart cities

What is a Smart City: A Smart City is a urban area that uses information and communication technologies to increase efficiency. While a specific definition varies, the mission of smart cities is to optimize the city operations and functions to improve quality of life for its citizens. There are different ways in which a city … Read more

The plastic bottle industry

The whole world wants to go green, but how is it possible when people are ignorant of minor harms? Humans bear the greatest cause of environmental pollution. Particularly, human beings heavily use plastics which they later dump, yet they are non-biodegradable and if burnt, pollute the air. A quick look at people seated on a … Read more

Cotton and carrots – planting/sowing in a commercial enterprise

Part A: Planting For the 2 different plant species grown in Australia, gather and present the following information on planting/sowing in a commercial enterprise: Name of the Plant Time of Year for planting (best months or season in what region) Soil Preparation Required (you may list equipment required) Depth that seed is planted Density of … Read more

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Kilauea and its Halemaʻumaʻu caldera were recognized as the sacred home of Pele, the volcano goddess. Because of the gentler eruptions of Hawaii than those of most of the volcanoes on Earth, the edges of active vents are accessible, and people are allowed to come pay their respect to Pele. The early Hawaiians respected her … Read more

Modify the structure of rice straw using steam explosion pretreatment techniques.

Biogas is an important renewable fuel that is used as a source of energy for heating, electricity generation and transportation fuel in recent years. Biogas is produced from a wide variety of organic waste, agricultural residuals, and wastewater treatment sludge and energy crops (Kabir et al., 2014; Teghammar et al., 2012). Rice straw is one … Read more

Pollution rate of Sungai Gombak basin and sources of pollutants

This study is done to find out the current situation of pollution rate of Sungai Gombak basin and also to identify point sources and non-point sources of pollutants that contribute to pollution of Sungai Gombak. Study was aimed to determine the concentration of basic water quality parameters including temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, ammoniacal-nitrogen (NH3-N), … Read more

Development and sale of electric cars – EU regulation

• Has the EU  the authority to impose rules and regulations in Czech Republic? The European Union uses various instruments to record European laws and regulations, to co-ordinate policies of member states or to advise Member States. Legal instruments can be divided into two categories, binding and non-binding legal instruments. Implementing legal instruments are covered … Read more

Causes and effects of water and air pollution

There have been many advancements in our world since the mid-19th century of Industrial Revolution, although it has been an economic advantage, it has not produced any positive effects in the environment. The main sources of air and water pollution are mostly from human activities. It has introduced many new environmental problems and sources of … Read more

Ecological security and contamination

In late decades, numerous natural issues have expanded as the consequence of human exercises and impromptu administration of the innovative advancement those impedance biological communities. In this way, a question between the significance of preservation and safeguarding of biological communities to ensure condition and the need to fulfill human wants by forfeit nature has emerged … Read more

Environmental approach in architectural design

Environmental cautiousness, assessment of positive and negative influences in architecture, has become strongly embedded in the design process, with sustainability becoming integral to the decision making. While the discussion about the environmental approach in architectural design become vivid towards the end of 20th century. Different approaches trying to improve the environmental performance were developed over … Read more