Environment

California is one of the States in the U. S. that is well endowed with natural resources. However, the existence of demand for the natural resources from the different stakeholders has led to conflicts of interest. The conflict of interest is further fuelled by environmental ethics. Egocentric ethics that are...

National parks are some of the most special places in America. The National Parks Program was begun by Teddy Roosevelt a century ago, and Yellowstone National Park was considered the first and most impressive of the parks. That program was designed to protect the most important places in America from...

Making up a mere .2% of the world’s freshwater supply, streams hold an important role in our ecosystems. All 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams that stretch across the U.S. vary in temperature, turbidity, biodiversity and overall quality of the water. These variables not only affect the specific body...

It is almost impossible to separate the scientific, economic and political implications from the massive social impact that climate change is already having on our global population. This is the ultimate concern for me; the wellbeing of all people and the likelihood that huge numbers of people will have to...

Given the range and impacts of American values, multiple theories apply regarding why these concepts are not consistently, or even often, evident in American behavior. Symbolic interactionism, for example, may explain how varying interpretations of justice create circumstances in which the concept itself is altered; even as all people within...

When disasters occur, they claim many lives and property. In this view, it is important for governments to plan for recovery operations. The department of emergency management is concerned with helping the communities that have been affected to return to a sound economy, habitable dwellings, as well as restored employment...

IntroductionInclement weather is a rough, harsh, or severe weather. In other areas, the weather is very stormy. People who are in such areas are sometimes severely affected by the weather, hence requiring help. A wilderness is also referred to as wild land. This is a natural environment that has not...

Snake River is the longest river in North American, and among the 10th longest rivers in the U.S.A (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, 1989). It flows out of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. The river bends across the entire southern part of the State of Idaho. Human impact on...

The most efficient means of defining environmental justice is as a legal framework ensuring fair and equitable treatment to everyone affected by environmental issues, laws and social concerns. Beyond such a broad-based definition is the narrower extension of the meaning given to environmental justice which covers specific factors such as...

IntroductionAs human beings living on the same planet and being ultimately dependent on the natural produce of the earth for sustenance, all people bear a responsibility in the way the elements of the environment and natural systems are used and managed. From a Christian perspective, the first chapter of the...

Although the main goal of recycling technique is to protect the environment from further pollution, there are also many social and financial benefits of this type of waste disposal. This, this essay will explore the benefits related to recycling and different methods of how to encourage people to recycle. The...

The endocrine system is the system within the human body (and in animals as well) that regulates, amongst other things, sexuality through the production of hormones. This system is important, therefore, not only to health and well-bring, but to the very survival of life and the species itself. However, as...

The development and substance of a good clinical environment are one of the most crucial factors towards the achievement of patient safety. There are various factors that compromise a high quality and safe clinical environment. Some of these include various distractors that change the formation of the environment putting patients...

There are several laws of thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics is with regard to the Conservation of Energy. This law describes how energy behaves, in that it cannot be created and it cannot be destroyed in an isolated system. In other words, energy is moved between related systems, but...

According to the article from Discover Magazine, there is significant evidence that North America is overdue for a giant earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone west of Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest. According to reporter Jerry Thompson, the enormous fault line has been calm for three centuries. However,...

The humankind’s disregard for our planet, environmental sustainability and the diversity of species in fauna and flora has been the cause of many ecological catastrophes. Even though an exhaustive list would contain numerous disasters of large scale, it is useful to highlight several most shocking examples of human carelessness for...

The development of cognitive processes is largely affected by the environment that surrounds a person. As such, environmental factors can impede the development of some cognitive processes and trigger the development of others (Lundahl & Hull, 2014). In order to understand the way economically depressed and high-crime environment might potentially...