Video Worksheet: Planet Earth “Pole to Pole”

Video Worksheet: Planet Earth “Pole to Pole” Part A: Define the following vocabulary terms using your textbook: Abiotic – Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms. Biotic – Relating to or resulting from living organisms. Herbivore – An animal that feeds on plants. Carnivore – An animal that feeds on other animals. Ecology … Read more

Environmental racism – ecological bigotry

When people think of racism, they think of the blatant times minorities were wronged by the greater opposing race. But, it is important to realize that racism in America has been embedded on every level including environmentally. With the consideration of tragedies like Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, it is ending up obvious that environmental … Read more

Ethanol as a renewable source of fuel

In today’s world, with global temperature on the rise, humankind is desperately in need of a way to convert a renewable source, such as light, into substances we require that are non-renewable, such as fuel. This situation started out with the industrial revolution, when burning fossil fuels to generate heat and electricity started becoming widespread. … Read more

Geoengineering

Problem addressing: Science has been existing for more than a century and has been progressing since, making our social and domestic life easier and more convenience. But in every progressing, there is the other side of it, a black mirror. Science has their limitation, and in the progress of science, we are creating a future … Read more

Economic, social & environmental costs of building the HZMB

The Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a new sea bridge and tunnel system across the Pearl River Delta which connects three areas: the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Zhuhai (which is part of mainland China) and the Macau Special Administrative Region. The project consists of five parts: the Main Bridge, the Hong Kong Boundary … Read more

Degrowth and green growth

Severe environmental crisis is no longer foreign to us-not some future to be feared and avoided so much as a present in which we are living. It has become a structural reality of modern life and accepted as such, even normalized. Awareness of the environmental crisis has grown partly as a result of the prominence … Read more

Recently evolved human specific methylated regions are enriched in schizophrenia signals

Introduction Schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder mostly characterized by hallucinations, has a high amount of genetic heritability at about 60-90% (Banerjee, Polushina, Bettella, Giddaluru, Steen, et al., 2018).   Despite key characteristics of schizophrenia including increased mortality and decreased fertility, the prevalence of schizophrenia still persists (Banerjee, Polushina, Bettella, Giddaluru, Steen, et al., 2018). Researchers have suggested … Read more

Affordable custom IoT end-points

Internet of Things (IoT) is a burgeoning field which is the next big thing in the world of automation. IoT devices usually have a universal application as they are not constrained to any one particular domain. With more advances in technology and the impact it can have on our daily lives, IoT can have various … Read more

Economic Analysis of Car Emission

The most significant effect of vehicle emission is climate change. This is because emissions from cars usually affect the natural climate due to additional gases in the air. In turn, these effects have great impact on the economy, both national and universal. Negative climate effects caused by car emission will eventually cause low food production, … Read more

A Facility for the Conversion of Rice Straw and Waste Paper into Bond Paper

“A biorefinery is the integral upstream, midstream, and downstream processing of biomass into a range of products” (de Jong & Jungmeier, 2015). In recent years, substantial steps have been taken into consideration to reach a bio based economy. Biorefineries incorporates the conversion of biomass into a variety of products. The innovation of conversion technologies offers … Read more

Fly ash and limestone waste – environmental impact, use in construction

Ecologically, fly ash and limestone waste are posing a great threat to the environment and due to their disposable problems their use must be limited. However they can be used in the construction of cement concrete pavements on partial replacement basis .Extraction of sand from different sources causes lowering of water level in the rivers … Read more

Leukaemia types, signs and treatments

Introduction: Cancer is when some of the bodies cell begins to divide uncontrollably and are unable to stop and spreads to the surrounding tissues. Many cancers develop malignant tumours. (National Cancer Institute, 2018). Unlike the majorities of cancers, leukaemia does not produce a tumour but results in the mass production of abnormal leukocytes. Acute leukaemia … Read more

Potential of magnetite as a viable method of cleaning up oil spills

All predicted and hypothesized trends were proved. The relationship from Part A, where when temperature decreases, the mass of oil collected increases aligns with Curie’s Law. From Part C, it can be assumed that the higher the mass of oil collected, the stronger the magnetic field. Therefore, Curie’s Law, where magnetisation is inversely proportional to … Read more