Category: Environmental Issues

Tree plantation, the transplanting of trees in a schematic way, is considered one of the most elegant and eco-friendly activities that every single man can take part in. It is momentous for the environment in a very serious way. The environment is being polluted each second and the world is already under the threat of…

The important scope of the right to access water Section 27(b) of the constitution gives every individual a right to access sufficient food and water together with section 3(1) of the Water Service Act which provides that everyone has a right to access to basic water supply and basic sanitation, are interlinked with other rights…

The aim of The memorandum is to address water conservation issues. The government engineer’s business actively collects data for common use regarding water conservation programs. Government and federal support are available for several improvement programs. As the leading use of water in the government is irrigation, the number of these programs targets supply efficiencies. One…

Water pollution is one of the biggest ecological problems. Water is one of a human being’s basic needs in daily activity. Over the years, the population started to rise, and water sources became polluted. Water pollution occurs when large bodies of water are polluted with toxic substances and bacteria, including groundwater, seas, rivers, and reservoirs.…

The Effect of Deicers on the Environment The United States utilized approximately fifteen billion kilograms of road salt during the winter of 2013-2014. The removal of snow has evolved over the years from mechanical approaches such as shoveling and plowing to heating to chemical methods, including deicing substances (U.S. Patent No. 4664832A, 1984). Deicers, which…

The first World Climate Conference was held from February 12th to 23rd in 1979 in Geneva. It was one of the first international meetings on climate change. NASA states, since the late nineteenth century, carbon dioxide and human-made emissions were, and still are being released into the atmosphere which has taken a toll on the…

The availability of water proved to be of critical concern as the American Western frontier began to become settled and its natural resources became developed. While California was under Spanish and Mexican rule, and later when the first Americans started heading westward, the initial newcomers circumvented this problem by setting up homesteads and settlements near…

Significance and Impacts Natural resource depletion is one of the crucial current environmental problems faced worldwide. Fossil fuel consumption emits greenhouse gases responsible for global warming and climate change. As of now, the global population is 7.2 billion and growing. However, at the current demand, Earth’s resources are only enough for 2 billion people. If…

By 2050 the total population is projected to be around 9 billion people (FAO, 2017). The challenge the world’s population will face in the future is to guarantee food security for everyone. This means, to provide produced nutritious food, that is accessible for all people (Campbell, et al., 2016). As agriculture uses large parts of…

This course has really built my knowledge on most of the vital issues related to environments, I learned a lot of environmental issues. Throughout this course, I was disappointed by our leaders on how to deal with environmental issues, it is important to be aware of our environment and know how we can contribute to…