Environmental Issues in India The environmental issues in India become more serious every day and she is turning into a bit of a mess on this front but with over 1 Billion people most of which in dire poverty‚ it’s hardly surprising. The recent boom in its industries‚ little or no environmental education‚ infrastructure nearly at bursting point not to mention the huge deforestation that’s going on. If you think your country has some problems then you are about to be a bit of a shock because I’m
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TOPIC NUMBER 2 “Every 20 minutes‚ the human population grows by about 3000.” (www.overpopulation.org‚ 2013). This shows that humans give huge amounts of ignorance concerning the overpopulation issue. Overpopulation causes negative impacts such as on the population’s health‚ education‚ unemployment and towards the world’s global environment. The first problem that overpopulation causes is health of the population. Overpopulation means more children in one family‚ and when each family has
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Coral Reef Bleaching Coral reef bleaching‚ which is the whitening of diverse invertebrate taxa. The cause of the whitening is “from the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic pigment concentrations in zooxanthellae residing within the gastrodermal tissues of host animals.” (P.W.Glynn) The reason why coral reef bleaching is such a concern is because the “consequences of bleaching large numbers of reef-building scleractinian corals and hydrocorals.”(P.W.Glynn)
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evaporate‚ which leaves the coral above the water. The coral will not be able to breathe above the water and will eventually die. Fishermen may also use spear guns‚ which can damage the coral‚ commercial poisons‚ and sometimes dynamite for fishing. Overfishing in the coral reef area can cause damage to food chains around the reefs
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“Asian Carp and the Effect on the Great Lakes” Statement of the Issue Asian carp are a threat to the Great Lakes if they invade them. They could destroy the Great Lakes ecosystem by overpopulating the lakes and disrupting the food chain. Asian carp are large fish that can weigh up to 100 pounds and grow to more than four feet long and will consume an excess amount of food and leave the other fish with very little to eat. With these carp in the water sport fishing will be affected along
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A keystone species is defined as one that has a critical role in determining and maintaining the overall relationship of plants and animals within an ecosystem. If a keystone species is removed or declines‚ the nature of the ecosystem will change dramatically. Sea Otters — A Classic Keystone Species The classic tale of a keystone species is that of the sea otter‚ which was once found in abundance along the West Coast of North America. The story goes something like this: 1. European and
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Hao Wu English 115 1058 words 26th Nov 2010 Food Resources with Overpopulation Human population has grown very faster than the last century; there are about more than 5 billion people on our planet now and a projected population of over 10 billion by 2100‚ Overpopulation is becoming one of the most important problems which human civilization should face to. There also have another issues with the population is food sources. This two global issues facing the world’s population today and in
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core competence‚ Hong Kong Disneyland offers a special dish‚ shark fin soup‚ in its Fairy Tale Wedding packages‚ which arousing great controversy among the environmentalists. The environmentalists concern that the demand of this dish will lead to overfishing‚ which is going to result in the decline of the world’s largest shark species. As for response‚ the company informs the guests the harm of this dish in hopes of reducing the orders at the beginning. Later‚ it replaces this dish with non-shark fin
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generations the environment will be exploited i.e. cutting of forests which lead to soil erosion• Hence measures must be implemented to reduce inequality and poverty.• Big companies often exploit the environments to make a profit like destroying forests‚ overfishing and polluting.• Therefore measures to increase the empowerment of citizens to raise issues against the interests of big business is critical to ensue sustainability. • 14. Sustainable Development• Equity: – Refers to the commitment on the part
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This research examines the effects that humans have been inducing on the ocean and how the pollution produced is affecting the form of life present there. There is plenty of evidence that the oceans have deteriorated at the hands of humans‚ but recent investigations show that deterioration‚ especially at the sea coasts‚ has increased significantly in the last years due to increased industrial discharge. Common synthetic pollutants that reach the ocean include pesticides‚ herbicides‚ chemical fertilizers
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