Light rail – the answer to road congestion?

On December 30, 1940, after months of lobbying by the Automobile Club of Southern California’s, the Arroyo Seco Parkway opened. It’s success eventually spurred the network of freeways that exists today in Los Angeles and California. But only after a few months, locals began to realize  the adverse effects of the parkway. The increasing use … Read more

The beginning of the Anthropocene

Though many would prefer to turn a blind eye, there is no denying that humans have been leaving a distinct impact on the planet, particularly within the last couple of centuries. The beginning of the Anthropocene has been widely debated, with many suggestions of when global human impact became great enough to consider the beginning … Read more

The Agricultural Transformation of the World

In the initial human stages humans passed a need for hunting and gathering in order to remain existent. People would form in tiny congregates with specific jobs on trapping specific game and would be in endless mobility with their sustenance. Succeeding hunting and gathering arose the continuous practice of agriculture and the domestication of animals, … Read more

Relationship between environmental pollution of heavy metals and alpha particles in rice consumed in Najaf, Iraq

Abstract This study focuses on the emission of alpha particles rates (EAPR) and heavy metals concentrations (HMC) in rice samples from Najaf markets using nuclear track detector (CR-39, UK) and a Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer-6300 AA, Shimadzu, Japan, respectively. This new study is showing the pollution in the environment obtained by AP and HM and … Read more

Periodical ecological study of Sursagar Lake and Sama Talav at Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Introduction The study of the relationships between living things and their environment is known as ecology. Ecology, as a science, deals with interactions of all organisms within the environment. These interactions not only Encompass between-species interactions (e.g., plant-animal interactions), but also interactions between individuals Of the same species (e.g., sibling relations; competition for mates; etc.). … Read more

Health impacts of high temperatures on the South African population

According, to the (Department of Environment Affairs,2013) climate change impacts on human health are very complex and are embodied by many cause and effective pathways, interactions and linkages. Furthermore, South Africa is facing difficult public health challenges which are intensified by negative socio-economic conditions such as packed informal settlements with very little or poor service … Read more

Development of Installed Wind Turbine Energy

Introduction (CHAPTER1) In the human life every work is inter connected with the utilization of electrical power in the today   s technological world. The concentration in the green house gas effect (GHG) will heat up the earth   s atmosphere. The vital resource is fossil fuel utilization which accounts for 80% of the utilization of power … Read more

Pros and cons of renewable energy sources

Solar cells Using solar power has an advantage as it is not harmful to the environment because the energy that is used comes from the sun. It is also sustainable, which means it does not runout unlike fossil fuels or any other non-renewable resources. It reduces the amount of greenhouse effects released in the atmosphere … Read more

There is more than one source of morphological variation in tadpoles

Environmental variables linked to ponds characteristics and land use influenced the occurrence of tadpoles in the Brazilian Cerrado, with a strong phenotype”environment association in tadpoles. The most common tadpole morphological change was in body and tail shape, and in some cases we detected deviations in eye, nostril and mouth positions. It is known that physical … Read more

Examining the Raw Materials in an iPhone 6

The first generation of Apple’s iPhone was introduced in 2007, and since their initial release, the iPhone has transformed over eleven generations, each version unique in its design, features, and environmental impact (Eadicicco). As newer iPhones are released, consumers are trading in and large amounts of electronic waste are created as a result. With now … Read more

Lemon verbena – environmental threats

Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora H.B.K.) from Verbenaceae is one of the most important aromatic plants which is cultivated mainly due to the lemon-like aroma from the leaves.1 It is indigenous to South America and is cultivated in northern Africa, southern Europe and north of Iran.2 It has been used in treating asthma, spasms, cold, fever, … Read more

Influence of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on plants

Metallic titanium or TiO2 are regarded both as growth enhancers and further investigation as biofertillizers (Frazier et al. 2014). At 200mg/L concentration TiO2 NP showed increased activity of all antioxidative enzymes (Song et al. 2012). The FTIR data of the cucumber fruits from TiO2 NPs treated plants showed significant amide, lignin and carbohydrates but nanomaterials … Read more

Importance of environmental effects of climate vulnerability on livelihoods in fishing areas

Abstract: The climate change has been predicted in some range of time as direct or indirect issue impacts on the ocean and freshwater capture fisheries, with the  involve of fisheries-dependent economies, coastal area communities and fisherfolk. These predicted impacts present and applies these concepts such the vulnerability, adaptation and adaptive capacity. The capture fisheries are … Read more