Anthropogenic

The problem with finding a solution to policy creation to combat the issue of global warming has been proven to be complicated and complex. Many ideas have been brought up within political spheres with regards to how best to go about this. Currently, the model of collective action is regarded as one of the more suitable ways to combat global warming. Collective action may help policy focused on global warming to an extent, however other ideas such as taking a polycentric approach to the issue…

Another small reason for hope is that as global awareness of anthropogenic global warming gains traction, governments will be more inclined to follow through with climate change agreements due to the pressure placed on them by their own populations. Unfortunately, the Montreal Protocol was only one success of many similar…

Monitoring ecosystem function and fluctuation is the primary interest of Dr. David Lewis, who examines variables associated with the Anthropocene, including: land modification, nutrient cycling, hydrologic perturbations, and climate change. Many anthropogenic activities result in heightened nutrient inputs into the environment (Foley et al. 2005), including land use. Land use legacies were compared in Phoenix between yards that were formerly farms and natural desert. The general hypothesis was…

are inorganic phosphate minerals, such as calcium phosphate rock that is mined for fertilizer, and organic compounds containing phosphorus such as ATP, a form of energy ubiquitous in cellular processes. Since the industrialization of society, anthropogenic contributions of phosphorus in the environment have increased significantly (Elser, 2007). The environmental impacts of phosphorus use…

considering the importance of ecotourism to the country’s economy. The majority of research conducted about turtle population in various locations in Costa Rica is quantitative information on the populations, as well as quantitative information on anthropogenic impacts on the population of marine turtles in varying areas within Costa Rica. The majority of the research on Costa Rican marine turtle populations suggests that poaching, as well as predatory dogs, are the most impactful…

stem from the world’s obsession with red meat. Grazing cattle are a major cause of erosion, land degradation, and even, according to most scientists, climate change (Steinfield 2006). The production of livestock is, without question, the most anthropogenic (environmental pollution originating in human activity) enterprise that humans engage in. It accounts for the use of 70 percent of agricultural land and 30 percent of the entire land surface of Earth. The expansion of livestock production is…

come with it. This essay will provide information about acidification such as what it’s known for, the affects, the future of acidification, what’s causing it, benefits and also solutions that may help. Acidification of the oceans is anthropogenic meaning that it originates from human activities. Today ocean acidification is one of the top environmental issues because the sea is becoming more acidic. The acid changes the chemical make-up of all the waters in the oceans, as well as…

Global warming, as one of the many facets of climate change is unequivocally the most pivotal climate, health, security and economic issue of the 21st century. The anthropogenic factors towards global warming are inextricable to the exponential increase in global mean temperature and its reciprocal effect on global climate systems (IPCC 2014; Keller et al. 2005; Rogelj et al. 2015a). Explicitly, international initiatives to maintain below a increase of 1.5˚C and far less than 2˚C above…

In the early 1970, millions of people in the United States began to fill the streets, parks, and cities to celebrate the nation’s first Earth Day. This, as well as passage of the Clean Air act and the Clean Water act had kick started the nation, and the western’s world new movement towards conservation and planet protecting. The start of the movement yielded many excellent laws such as the Marine Mammal Protection act, a law that protected marine mammals. It seemed like there was no end to what…

Consequently, modifications to common economic activities as of today causing immense costs to states and their national economies and societies. There is a consensus among scientists that all countries – some more, some less - will be affected by anthropogenic climate change unless worldwide emissions of CO2 gases will be drastically decreased over the next…