Environmental studies essays

The focus for this chapter is the transition away from heavy oil based fuels used for maritime transportation towards the utilization of liquefied natural gas as a replacement. Current and forthcoming International Maritime Organization environmental regulations such as fuel sulphur content limits, nitrogen oxide emissions limits, and the creation of Emissions Control Areas in which … Read more

I chose to tackle the problem of water quality in Witbank where my focus will not be on the quality of tap water but rather on the quality if water in the Olifants River and the Witbank Dam. The quality of water in both the Witbank Dam and the Olifants River is poor. My intentions … Read more

1. Introduction 1.1. Potential Environmental Impacts of Textile Waste Textile industry emits large quantities of pollutants in form of liquid discharge, solid wastes and air pollutants to the environment. The industry has been always regarded as a water-intensive sector, the main environmental concern is the amount of large amount of effluent discharged and the chemicals … Read more

Abstract Waste management is a successful instrument to minimize generated wastes, and improve environmental conditions. In spite of the large share of developing countries in the textile industry, limited information is available concerning the waste management strategies implemented for textiles on those countries and their environmental impacts. In the current study two waste management approaches … Read more

  1. Introduction Recently, there is a lot of considerable research works has been proceeded and implemented to meet the scientific challenges for protecting environment and ecosystems. The main concern of industry is to improve and employ a variety of bio-based polymers to eliminate or prevent contributions to air, water and land contamination. The role … Read more

Abstract Redtide is a marine phenomenon and not a natural phenomina that poses great risk to the economic and health livelihood of people in ‘coastal areas’.PSP or (Paralytic shellfish poisoning) develops when an individuals or a person consumes molluscs containing ‘toxic dinoflagellates’ and suffers neurological or gastrointestinal manifestations.Four redtide, incidents in the Philippines are presented. … Read more

TECHNO – ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS FOR WIND POWER PROJECT ABSTRACT This paper presents a methodology for the selection of “Wind farm site and Wind Energy Generator WEG)” based on the Technical and Economical analysis. The prime objective of power generation is to satisfy the customer needs economically with emphasis on safety, reliability and quality. Wind energy … Read more

  Background Inhalation of pollutants and the impact on the CNS Diesel exhaust (DE) largely consists of diesel exhaust nanoparticles (DENPs) (1). DE forms an important contribution to the total particulate matter in air pollution, and therefore poses a major threat for human health (8). In the past, human exposure to DE has been widely … Read more

The knowledge of land use and land cover is important for any socio-economic planning of a region. The term land use means the use of land for human activities like residential, commercial, recreational etc. while the land cover term relates to the various types of features like urban buildings, lakes, forests, meadows, snow cover etc … Read more

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction: History and Development Internal Combustion Engine remains the most dominant method of world transportation since its invention in early 19th Century. Extensive research and technology development by engine manufacturers concentrate on two main methods available to improve engine thermal efficiency: one is to improve cylinder indicated efficiency by optimizing the … Read more

The automobiles play an important role in the transport system. With an increase in population and living standard, the transport vehicles as well as car population is increasing day by day. In addition to this there is steep increase in the number of two wheelers during the last two decades. All these are increasing exhaust … Read more

For some of the wildlife of Belfast, particularly the red fox and hedgehog, it was difficult to compare the number of sightings recorded as a whole with current wildlife population trends of Northern Ireland. According to Burns (2013) conservationists know the least about the species trends of Northern Ireland than the rest of the UK. … Read more

1. Introduction In most parts of Nigeria, people have embraced residing or living around waste as part of their natural habitat (environment) and this have existed over period of years. However, the country have long established laws and formal governmental structures to address the serious environmental problems, but only a few have been successful in … Read more

The present study explores four adsorbents prepared from watermelon rind as a lignocellulosic material for developing efficient adsorbents for cadmium removal from aqueous solution and environmental real samples. Batch adsorption experiments were performed to study the effect of physical and chemical treatments on cadmium adsorption properties of the powder. The isotherm analysis revealed that the … Read more

In the last few decades, the environmental impact of food production and consumption have become a phenomenon of growing concern under different perspectives and with several related consequences in term of malnutrition, food safety, CO2 emissions and deforestation (Baroni, et al., 2007; Gustavsson, et al., 2011). Environmental degradation is not a new concern among the … Read more