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 makes the largest influence to civilization’s impact on the environment? How can we better understand the relationships between our population, resources, and environmental influences? These could have been some questions Paul R. Ehrlich (an American entomologist) and John P. Holdren (a physicist) could have had before they came up with the IPAT model in … Read more
Ecosystems: A) A grizzly bear could survive in Biosphere 2 for several years, but I don’t believe a grizzly bear could survive 10 years in those conditions. The Biosphere 2 is a closed structure and the ecological adaptions are made all by humans, except for those things that are inevitable. In my research about grizzly … Read more
Due to the extensive urbanization trend in the United States, much of the environment will be and has been impacted. To analyze differences in urban and rural environments, we tested the presence of microbes on Maple tree surface roots in an urban environment, the University of Tennessee- Knoxville, and in a rural environment, Dean’s Woods. … Read more
Besides the inherent environmental problems underdeveloped societies face due to poverty; as countries become more industrialized, shifts in production techniques and levels of output often cause degradation of the surrounding environment. Environmental pollution has existed for centuries but only started to be significant following the industrial revolution in the 19th century. As global GDP has … Read more
Emissions of greenhouse gases that result from human activity have increased by 35 percent from 1990 to 2010. Carbon dioxide (CO2) which is caused by burning fossil fuels for energy, is currently the biggest contributor which accounts for about three-fourths of total emissions, has increased by 42 percent over that period of time. (epa.gov) CO2 … Read more
Sharks are apex predators and they play an important role in the ecosystem by maintaining the species below them in the food chain and serving as an indicator of ocean health. Sharks are involved in balancing ocean life, they remove the weak and the sick as well as ensuring species diversity by keeping the equilibrium … Read more
The article I read is a study of the glacier melt in the central region of Chile. Titled Assessing Glacier Melt Contribution to Streamflow at Universidad Glacier, central Andes of Chile, written by Claudia Bravo, Thomas Loriaux, Andres Rivera, and Ben W. Brock. This specific region of Chile relies heavily on the Andes’s water supply. … Read more
Transportation Engineering is one of the smaller known types of engineering but in fact it affects anyone who has a vehicle and moves form point a to point be. The actual definition of this is the movement of passengers and goods form one place to another with that comes the implication that humans are in … Read more
A marine invasive species is a foreign organism that has been introduced into a new environment and then threatens the biodiversity of the area by disturbing the normal on goings of that habitat. Whether this be through the predation or outcompeting of other native species, invasive species have the potential to critically damage species numbers … Read more
Abstract This research proposal goes in depth about the effects that media framing has on people’s opinions on global warming. Typically, mainstream media is where most people with easy access to technology gets their information from. It is seen to make a difference in changing people beliefs according to prior research in this area. The … Read more
Frontal Waters for the Growth of Engraulis Anchoita Larvae Do Souto, M., Spinelli, M. L., Brown, D. R., Pájaro, M., Diaz, M. V., & Capitanio, F. L. (2018). Benefits of frontal waters for the growth of Engraulis anchoita larvae: The influence of food availability. Fisheries Research, 204, 181-188. The authors investigate the relationship between the oceanographic characteristics … Read more
Healthy temperate reefs worldwide are dominated by highly productive kelp forests, which provide complex habitat for diverse fish and invertebrates (Steneck and Johnson 2013). These systems in turn provide significant economic (fishing, tourism etc) and intrinsic (recreation, enjoyment etc) benefits to the communities of people who live adjacent to them (Bennett et al. 2016). The … Read more
Environmental impacts Due to the construction and development of the hydroelectric projects, the terrestrial ecosystem in the northern Manitoba area has experienced remarkable changes in natural resources, as well as in the structure, composition, and ecological function of the land. Hydro’s projects caused the decline in natural resources such as native plants and wildlife animals. … Read more
Plastic straws are said to be one of the most unnecessary plastic products used daily. In the article titled, “Plastic Straws Suck,” David Suzuki writes “In the U.S. alone, people discard 500 million straws every day, or more than 180 billion a year.” Unfortunately, using plastic straws is a norm Americans have grown accustomed to. … Read more
Economic incentives work. For instance, it has been seen that emission charges force the firms to control some contamination since it benefits the firm to lessen its emissions until the point that the peripheral expense of decrease is equivalent to the emission charge. This, truth be told, limits the expense for the firm. Likewise, such … Read more
