Atmospheric Issues SCI/275 August 25‚ 2013 Professor Ed Mata Atmospheric Issues In today’s society there is much pollution that can cause an individual to become very sick or death can occur from the many atmospheric issues such as ozone depletion in our society. There are many things that contribute to ozone depletion in our atmosphere as well as indoor pollution such as radon which can cause certain cancers and certain deaths. There is also a lot of indoor air pollution which can cause
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Marine Habitat Destruction Anita Rouse SCI/275 07/24/2010 Jean-Paul Simjouw‚ PhD Marine habitats are in grave danger due to humans and Mother Nature. Hurricanes‚ typhoons‚ storm surges‚ and tsunamis are factors in which contributes to the destruction of marine habitats and are caused by Mother Nature. Human’s destruction to these habitats is much worse due to the fact that Mother Nature’s destruction is mostly temporary‚ while humans leave more of a lasting footprint on the habitats because
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Importance of Energy Conservation Modern conveniences have shaped our lives. Energy and its many uses help to keep humans safe‚ feed‚ and mobile. These modern abilities have also created a strain on our environment and the natural resources that make this existence possible. Currently electric for our community is generated by coal and our water is processes by electric. Our fossil fuels are on the brink of extinction‚ making the actions we take now more vital than ever. Creating an implemented
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Assignment: Risk Assessment By Jennifer Josey April 7‚ 2012 Instructor Erin Rust Summary Malathion has been introduced to our City Council here in Wilhelmville. We as a community are looking for a pesticide to kill these insects destroying our crops‚ however in reviewing information found and presented to us and our council we have a split decision. Below is what we have been presented with by concerned citizens of the community. When presenting this information to the members of the council
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Checkpoint: Local Environmental Issue Michelle Winters SCI/275 Environmental Science July 2‚ 2010 I live in the beautiful small town of Eagle Point‚ Oregon. Our small community has a beautiful creek which runs right through our town; and although many people would say that our biggest environmental issue would be that our creek has an e-coli warning‚ I believe our communities biggest issue
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http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html Environmental Literacy Council (2008) Fossil Fuels. Retrieved November 23‚ 2010 from http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php/21.html Holechek‚ Jerry (December 2001). A Growing Population‚ Rangelands & the Future. Retrieved November 23‚ 2010 from http://uvalde.tamu.edu/rangel/dec01/holechek.pdf National Wildlife Foundation (n.d.) Fueling the Fire. Retrieved November 23‚ 2010 from http://www.nwf.org/GlobalWarming/pdfs/FuelingTheFire.pdf United
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Final Project: Mitigation and Solution Strategies By: Edward Kowalski Sci/275: Environmental Science David W. Jones April 29‚ 2012 My chosen topic is Energy Conservation. The problem with energy conservation is that our entire technology-driven society is built on the use of fossil fuels. Fossil Fuels are considered non-renewable resources. It took millions of years or the Earth to form the coal‚ oil‚ and natural gas supplies that we’ve been using for about the last 160
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Atmospheric Issues Kristin Barker SCI 275 University of Phoenix 03/31/2013 April Croxton The following paper is meant to inform you about a serious threat facing the world today. This threat is known as Global Warming and has been a controversial topic which has been making headlines across the world in recent years. Throughout this paper we will discuss the possible causes and effects of Global Warming and the ways we can work to prevent them. According to Google
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Conserving Biodiversity in the Himalayan Rangelands A term paper Nawraj Sapkota Roll no. 25 Tribhuvan university Central Department of Environmental Science Kathmandu‚ Kirtipur 2010 Supervisor: Mr. Prabin kishor Sharma Contents Chapters Page no. Executive summary 1 Introduction
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Your Name SCI 275 Appendix D Air Pollution Chart |Issue |Sources |Health/Environmental Effects | |Carbon dioxide (CO2) |Burning carbon-containing |The buildup of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases | | |fossil fuels accounts for most |warms the atmosphere by absorbing some of the outgoing infrared| | |human-made
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