Essays on Natural Environment

Tropical Cyclone Winston, a category 5 cyclone caused havoc in Fiji February 20th, 2016. Winston reached peak intensity hitting Fiji with winds of 306Km/h and a minimum barometric pressure of 884 mbar, the strongest cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record. Winston was first detected…

Air Pollution Air pollution is caused by the waste we produce, and the energy we use (carbon, fuel) and is bad for a number of reasons. It’s toxic and poisonous, and causes many infections, diseases and sickness such us lung cancer. It damages humans’ health,…

There is no denying that climate changes drastically as the civilization of human beings keeps prospering. It is considerably severe that the impending consequences of global warming might evolve into the greatest challenge for us to encounter, yet practical to start taking actions to mitigate…

In the past, nano-sized particles are produced accidentally from the forest fires and volcanoes by-products, and various processes carried out in industry at high-temperature including combustion, grinding, welding and vehicle combustion. Nowadays, the wide use of Nanomaterials in medicine (e.g., molecular targeted therapies, diagnostic imaging),…

Everyone is taught during childhood not to litter. Whether it’d be a lecture from a teacher, or a scolding from a parent, the public are very much aware of the negative impacts of throwing trash anywhere but the desired means of disposal. So why is…

Many people are concerned with eating GM foods. However, the FDA doesn’t require testing and labeling of these foods so you don’t know what you are eating. This conflict should be watched because people and countries could be majorly affected by GMOs. Research shows that…

“There is over a 95 percent probability that Earth’s current warming trend has been caused by human activity since the mid-20th century.” Across the world people are experiencing the effects of this warm-up from, ice on lakes breaking up earlier, to rising sea levels. In…

Salinity is one of the significant issues which ultimately leads towards loss of yield among important crops. For all significant crops, average harvests are a fraction – anywhere amongst 20% and 50% of record yields; these losses are because of drought and high soil salinity….

Currently, waste management systems are being implemented in efforts to increase the amount of polystyrene recycling and “to reduce emission of greenhouse gases” such as carbon dioxide in the environment (Gutierrez, 2016). Because polystyrene is a non-renewable polymer, its disposal causes environmental pollution, which is…

Negative Impacts On Technologies Advanced technologies are potential threats to devastate the living environment. Although technologies has helped human beings to adapt an easier way of life, however, in the long term it might not be as beneficial as people realize. Many technologies have led…