Natural Disasters Essay

In today’s society, climate change is an indisputable fact. While a multitude of individuals disagree over the extent to which it is induced by humans, climate change is a real threat to all inhabitants of planet Earth Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela Doughman co-authored the book Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchild which discusses the severity of climate change. In the introduction “Introduction: Making Climate Change Understandable,” the authors explain the…

non-living surroundings to have the ability to sustain themselves. This goal is incredibly important to capitalize on because the environment and the ecosystems that thrive around us is what gives the earth resilience to future natural disasters, as well as provide humans with natural resources that…

Within recent years, the impacts of this global increase in temperature has caused devastating effects to the natural world with record high temperatures being set daily as well as increasing sea levels. When global temperatures and sea levels increase, the chances of any natural disasters increases as well. Natural disasters have the potential to wipe out millions of people worldwide in floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. In a study done by the CBO, imposing a carbon…

Exploration has many effects not only on organisms, but also the atmosphere. . By exploring for natural resources such as oil and gas, we contribute to global warming. Burning fossil fuels depletes the ozone layer and encourages global warming. Findings show “Air pollution near ground level, and acid precipitation, are already causing widespread injury to humans, forests, and crops” (Grossman & Bryner). Another impact on the atmosphere and on the elements of life can be seen in the uranium New…

For generations upon generations people around the world have asked the question, “If god is good, why is there evil in the world?”. On first observation of this simple question one sees what seems to be a fundamental flaw in the Christian belief. John Hick attempts to solve this life- changing question and prove that it has no effect on the essential belief of God. He defines this “Problem of Evil” in the following dilemma: “If God is perfectly loving, he must wish to abolish evil; and if he is…

Should oil drilling be allowed off the coast of North Carolina? This question has sparked mass controversy not only in North Carolina but around the world. With population growth at an all-time high and demand for natural resources increasing rapidly, the race to energy security for our nation has escalated. In 2015, the Obama administration, declared the consideration of allowing offshore oil drilling off the coasts of Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The U.S Department of…

benefits, we will also be able to better handle catastrophes such as droughts, floods, hurricanes, as well as other natural disasters. Technology has advanced greatly since the 1800’s and it’s safe to say that technology will continue to advance at a similar pace. Also, as wealthy countries become wealthier, they will be better able to repair their home country after these natural disasters take place. So, even if something bad such as a decrease in food supply were to happen as a result of…

Inconvenient Truth The documentary "Inconvenient Truth" presented by the ex-vice president Al Gore argues that the increase of carbon dioxide floating in the atmosphere and other issues is the cause of Global warming. He also mentions that there have also been plenty of environmental changes through time that will continue to harm people and the earth. There are several topics which Al Gore talks about in the documentary, such as greenhouse gasses, climate change, and global warming. The…

Hudson River School, and Katherine Lee Bate who wrote “America the Beautiful”. Without the beauty of nature, these famous works would not exist, nor remain as renowned today’s society. This charity donates it’s collection of funds to help protect the natural beauty of the world for the masterpieces of future artists. As a worldly community, we need to protect the environment and the beauty of nature so that future generations might also be inspired to create such masterpieces. Nature is…

driving force behind evolution is natural selection, which occurs under environmental pressures leading to speciation or changes within species. It favours the traits most adept to surviving in an environment’s conditions and weeds out those that are not through the four aspects of natural selection, survival of the fittest, reproduction, genetic variation, and over population, are affected by environmental changes. Different environmental pressures, the aspects of natural selection will be…