Anthropogenic

of the watershed, which help to absorb floodwaters (2) flood insurance encouraged people to build in an area that is prone to flooding. Although the author points out the anthropogenic factors related to the disaster, most perceived the flood as a natural event. These two themes are prominent throughout the chapter: anthropogenic structures (such as levees) impacting flooding and the economic repercussions of living in a flood-prone area.…

temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people burn fossils. The greenhouse gases allow sunlight to pass through the atmosphere and reach the earth’s surface. Climate change is a cause by both natural and anthropogenic. Climate change has always been something that happens in the world but it seems as if…

had. Research has shown that the lake had been shrinking long before the increase in carbon dioxide and the effect of global warming. The Lake has been present for thousands of years and has undergone multiple stresses even before the rise of anthropogenic carbon dioxide. Evidence shows that the lake has shrunk to its current size or even smaller throughout the past thousands years multiple times due to common abrupt changes in the area. The current low levels of the lake are due to…

environmental, political, economic and globalist contexts. This approach also makes clear the differences and links between natural climate changes and human-induced climate changes. In other words, interdisciplinary ways of seeing can reveal how anthropogenic and natural alterations of the environment work together, and assess potential risks for people and their habitats. The approach then brings to the table different disciplines, stressing dynamics that link natural and social worlds…

Many people wonder why there is so much controversy on the topic of global warming. That is because of the public’s concern and debates over whether global warming is anthropogenic (man-made). Ever since mass media became globalized (media technologies that reach a large audience all across world), many feel that the topic on global warming is biased because of the major impact the media has on the public (it is written, published, recorded, reported, and televised). Almost the entire world is…

percent every decade, and an acceleration of this trend has become evident in the past 5-10 years. Roughly half of the decline to date has been linked to anthropogenic forcing (namely greenhouse gas emissions), where the rest has been attributed to the variability of the ice-atmosphere system.…

dependent on the ice to be able hunt to get their energy source and survive in the Artic. Unfortunately, the quantity of the floating ice in the Arctic region is diminishing every year. This ice loss is caused by the global warming and some factors of anthropogenic origin. These animals are becoming sick as a result of the pollutants that get to the Artic Sea. Polar bears obtain all of these pollutants through the food web.The population of the polar bear is in danger and it continues to decline…

According to the recent studies, Shrimp aquaculture is considered to be one of the most environmentally destructive forms of modern agriculture affecting mangroves directly [83]. Aquaculture destroys the mangroves to create shrimp ponds, reduce the ground water levels, and cause pollution to the surface water from the pond effluents [100]. Lack of long-term conservation and management of natural resources are the greatest shortcoming of shrimp aquaculture [40]. Researchers have noticed that the…

major freeze, weeks ahead of normal. Man, we could use a big fat dose of global warming!" This quote demonstrates Donald Trump's satirical remark on global warming; however, this very quote exemplifies the misunderstanding of many opponents of anthropogenic climate change. By definition, weather is the study of short-term conditions of the atmosphere and climate is the study of long-term conditions, patterns, and behaviors of the atmosphere, which may or may not affect a region’s local weather.…

Climate change is broadly defined as any variation in climate over time whether due to natural variability or due to anthropogenic activity IPCC, (2001a). As developing countries are highly dependent on agriculture, there are growing concerns that this change in weather variability will further threaten the food security of already vulnerable rural households in developing nations and pose a serious challenge to development efforts. In light of this unending threat, it is imperative that a…