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.
New and emerging infectious diseases pose a major threat to humanities health. In the current world we live in today, humanity faces many challenges that are more often than not, a direct consequence of our own doings. The relevance of discussing new infectious diseases and the role man plays in promoting them, is more important … Read more
Introduction Environmental pollution by mining has become a global phenomenon. In present days, degradation of the environment is increasing at an alarming rate. The major cause of pollution is urbanization and industrialization. Increase in production and the opening of new mines does generate pressure on environmental attributes. This research work is based on a study … Read more
Journal Questions: For today’s class, frame your own journal questions on the topic, and discuss/answer them. The two obvious, easy sources for these questions are the readings you chose and the readings that others raised during the class session. Article 1 – The Burning Truth Behind an E-Waste Dump in Africa Millions of mobile phones, … Read more
Article 2 – Ships must kill off the beasties in the ballast water | New Scientist What is Ballast water? Ballast water is water carried in ships’ ballast tanks to improve stability, balance and trim. It is taken up or discharged when cargo is unloaded or loaded, or when a ship needs extra stability in … Read more
Dear Professor xxx: I have attached the analytical report on the Flint, Michigan water crisis below. By doing this report, I have not only learned about the water contamination problems in Flint, but also much of the history of the city. I would like to thank you for allowing me to give me the opportunity … Read more
Question Sheet One (ex1_sheet1.doc) GG2024 Exercise 1. Reconstructing Past Flood Events When citing sources: Cite the exact source of the information (i.e. the author(s) and year) and then reference it. Cite the author(s) in the text. And then list the reference in a bibliography using the Harvard System of referencing. e.g. in a journal: author. year. … Read more
1.0 Introduction The aim of this report to analyse the state of renewable energy and the use of it as the main provider of electricity rather than fossil fuels. An analysis of the costs and advancements in the sector shall be done to view whether it is the smartest choice to switch to renewable energy … Read more
LITERATURE REVIEW ASR can be classified as both hazardous or not hazardous waste. The stringent landfill legislation related to ELV treatment will limit current landfilling practice and impose an increased efficiency of the recovery and recycling of ELVs. Primary recovery techniques recycle up to 75% of the ELV components and the remaining 25% is called … Read more
Human activities are the major cause of air pollution today. These activities have been known to release contaminants into the environment, which endangers the inhabitants. Poor air quality has been the price paid for urbanization; Population, Industrial activities, Agriculture etc. According to WHO, in 2012 about 6.5 million deaths which is 11% of global deaths … Read more
Light pollution and invasive alien species are both posing a threat to many ecosystems around the world. Understanding the effect both factors have on native ecosystems is important for preventing loss of native species. In the United Kingdom, street lighting is being changed from narrow to broad spectrum without much knowledge of how this will … Read more
Introduction Conflicts between wildlife and agriculture are increasingly challenging agriculture and wildlife agencies (Krebs et al. 1998, Miller et al. 2013, Miller and Sweeney 2013). Policy to address human-wildlife conflicts is often controversial (Messmer 2009). Developing policy to manage interactions between wildlife and agriculture has been identified as critically important (Jones et al. 2013), yet … Read more
ABSTRACT. It’s an olden practice to use vegetable oil as a working fuel in diesel engine. It was R. Diesel who first introduced vegetable oil as a fuel in his compression ignition (CI) engine. In past few decades vegetables oil have emerged as an alternative fuel. Vegetable oils are either non-edible or edible. Few of … Read more
Introduction Starbucks is an international coffee company with coffee shops in over 50 countries and over 15,000 coffee shops in the US alone (Starbucks, 2019). The coffeeshop industry has come under fire for regular use of single-use packaging that is often not recycled and littered in our natural environment. Therefore, the focus of this essay … Read more
Introduction: “Packaging can be theatre. It can create a story” – Steve Jobs The Indian packaging industry scenario is one of great intrigue. Being introduced to this niche industry at an early age motivated me to dig deeper into it. The industrial bags manufacturing industry in India is mainly divided into two unequal parts: Paper … Read more
INTRODUCTION Use of soil information to boost achievements of UN-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require interdisciplinary approaches placing soil scientist in a unique position to provide adequate and reliable soil data. Soils functions have direct link to the ecosystem goods and services whose vigour gurantee provision of food, adequate and clean water, resilience to climate change … Read more
