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Ozone Depletion and the Greenhouse Effect

This six page paper details the Greenhouse effect that has resulted in the depletion of our ozone layer and numerous ecological im...

Irrevocable Consequences and Nuclear Destruction

In five pages this report discusses a nuclear war's result regarding radiation contamination and its ecological and biological con...

Tourism Industry of Switzerland

In seven pages this paper examines Switzerland's massive tourist industry and the government ecological policies that control it. ...

Global Implications of Disease Pathology

In five pages this paper discusses disease pathology and its global implications with effects of human transfer of disease and eco...

Florida and the Issue of Alligator Control

In a report containing five pages the dangers alligators pose to humans as well as themselves are explored along with a discussion...

Ecology and Biology of Zebra Mussels

in Lake St Clair -- the connecting water between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. By late 1989, zebra mussels had spread west into Lake...

Economics and Environment

credited with coming up with the fourth law of thermodynamics in that whenever matter contacts matter, some will be made unavailab...

A Review of Berkes' Perspectives on Ecology

very essence of what it means to be a human being. These representations illustrate how and why a person acts the way he or she d...

Environmental Collapse and Kathryn Phillips' Tracking the Vanishing Frogs and Michael Harris' Lament for an Ocean A True Crime Story

mystery to what is underneath our declining environment. There is, in fact, one common factor. That factor is man himself. "Lam...

Environmental Restoration and Mitigation's Ecological Value and Aesthetics

a land owner is allowed to develop ecologically sensitive land if there is an agreement to mitigate this development elsewhere. ...

History and Ecology of the Chimpanzee

hominids" (Anonymous, 2002). Chimpanzee hunting ecology is intermingled with their history as a species, in that their inherent a...

Is Organic Food Really Better

This paper looks beyond the popularity of organic food and towards the more applicable issues. Ecological balance is one of the m...

Green Buildings and Sustainable Design

The built environment has a significant impact on general ecological environment, causing damage and pollution with the construct...

Definition of Ecological Footprints

consideration how rich countries use trade and technology to import resource they do not possess (Holtzman, 1999). Other factors...

Texas' 11 Ecological Regions

marshes. 5. Coastal Sand Plains - This is a most unique region in that it is adjacent to the Laguna Madre: "the only coastal, h...

Social Ecology v. Deep Ecology

18). As this suggests, the central concern of deep ecologists is to encourage the development of a sense of identification with na...

Canadian Arctic and Toxins Bioaccumulation

many threats, perhaps one of the greatest is the slow bioaccumulation, or bioconcentration, of toxins in the Arctic primarily from...

Plastic or Paper/A Research Proposal

the origins of the bag materials. Paper is renewable; plastic, of course, is not. All products based on fossil fuels are suspect...

Westward Settlement and Environmental Effects

Americans from the land). In addition, during the early part of the century and by Congressional Act, the U.S. forbid fore...

Endangered Species Conservation, Cultural, Economic, and Political Constraints

interacts with another, as well as what governs overall cultural behavior. According to Berkes (1993), "traditional ecological kn...

La Nina, El Nino, and Ecological Impacts

the number and severity of cyclones, disruptions to fisheries and destruction of coral reefs, flooding, mudslides, death inflictin...

Article on Teen Birth Rates Analyzed and Critiqued

they posit that in order to reduce teen birth rates, it is imperative that there should be further comprehension regarding the sig...

The Impact of the Growing World Population on the Supply of Fresh Water

cycle, nitrogen cycle and water cycles have been disrupted or destroyed, and those are just the cycles that are known. It may not ...

Consequences of Overusing Natural Resources

the relationships among species in some ecosystems by weakening links in the food chain. Many species could be at risk"(Grossman 8...

Secondary Succession and Farmland

in ecosystems, which is the overall environmental unit that functions (Homestead.com, 2004). This can be seen in terms of ...

Biology, Ecology, and the Impact of Humans

were far too exciting for people to be distracted by the damage that was being done on account of toxic manufacturing residue as i...

Tourism and Environment in Australia

an increase in family vacations, and the need to address the requirements of children (Rickets, 1991). Finally, there has been ...

Keystone Species, Bimodal Distribution, and Competitive Displacement

occur even if resources were not limited. However, other regulatory factors such as temperature, humidity, food quality and so on ...

Bottled Water

a very powerful aspect of the entire plastic industry. Or, as noted by the author in offering the words of another, "Bottled water...

IOM Ecological Model/Bioterrorism

On further examination, the cause of death is determined to be smallpox. As the World Health Organization (WHO) completely eradica...