Marine invasive species and its effect on biodiversity

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

Literature review on 6 conservation papers

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

Temperate reef ecosystems are undergoing rapid changes

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

Manitoba Hydro’s activities – environmental and social impact

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

Are plastic straws necessary in restaurants?

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 to reduce emissions

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

GMOs benefits and concerns

Genetically modified organisms, commonly known as GMOs, are any living thing whose genetic code has been changed in some way. Scientists and farmers have been cross breeding plants for centuries, but genetically modifying organisms is a more targeted process. How GMOs work is relatively straightforward: a scientist inserts a gene into the DNA of a … Read more

Overfishing

Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species cannot reproduce in time, causing those species to either become depleted or very underpopulated in that area. Overfishing has spread all over the globe and has been going on for centuries. Now the question is, … Read more

Analysis of ‘The Environmentalist Case In Favor Of GMO Food’

Introduction The world population has been extensively growing, with a maximum annual growth rate of 2.1%, peaking in 1970 (Roser & Ortiz-Ospina, 2013). Ever since this year, the annual growth rate has declined. However, the population keeps on growing, and with this growth the demand for nutritious foods is rising. A controversial possible solution is … 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

Forming the human connections between bacteria in the gut to mental health and behavior

Bacteria from your stomach tells you what to feel. That’s not a sentence you hear every day. A groundbreaking study correlating gut microbes to mental health and human behavior has opened up a whole new world in the approaches of current pharmacological methods. Gut microbes and humans have always been in a symbiotic relationship as … Read more

Links between pharmaceutical wastewater and antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Introduction Wastewater treatment plants are designed to clean water from solids and microbes making the water safe again for use. Sewers and other collection sites gather the water from homes, businesses, factories, farmland and deliver it to the plants for treatment. These treatment plants clean the wastewater and discharge the cleaned water into streams or … Read more