Biomass

arable land that can be used for planting trees. In this case, Ridley should consider the fact that tree are important in attracting rainfall, and therefore, reduce the greenhouse effect. The move by governments to encourage the establishment of biomass facilities should be seen as a positive initiative that reduces the reliance on wood, which is contrary to what the author is postulating. Manufacturing industries have been key contributors to the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere…

be because of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They retain heat. One of the greenhouse gases that have the biggest effect is Carbon dioxide which is released into that atmosphere through cell respiration in living organisms and combustion of biomass and fossil fuels. It is then removed from the atmosphere by photosynthesis…

intervention and follow up in all the stages is essential for enhanced and optimum methane production. 3.1.1 Enzymatic hydrolysis Enzymatic hydrolysis is the process where the fats, starches and proteins contained in cellulosic biomass are broken down into simple compounds (Rai, 2004). Polymers are transformed into soluble monomers through enzymatic hydrolysis. These monomers become substrates for the microorganisms in the second…

Nutrients deficiency and higher competition for nutrients in the soil is a major problem in most ecosystems. In order to overcome this deficiency of nutrients, plants have developed symbiotic association with beneficial microbes and endophytes (Clark and Zeto 2000). Endophytic fungi have been reported to transfer soil limiting nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus (Govindarajulu et al. 2005; Guether et al. 2009; Behie and Bidochka 2014) to their host plant whereas fungi received…

Elimination of life threatens Horn of Africa Somalia like most African countries is suffering from environmental degradation and desertification, the country suffers from both natural and manmade environmental issues. High levels of deforestation and overgrazing cause desertification and soil erosion. Productive land is destroyed by irrigation. The country has a growing population, people who depend on Agriculture as a way of making a living alongside raising livestock. There is very low…

geothermal, and hydropower. We are globally the world’s largest energy consumer making up only about 4.6% of the words population but using a huge 25% of the primary global energy. In contrast lesser developed countries used renewable resources such as biomass-water, wood, and cow dung- for their energy consumption, which satisfies a large 40% of their energy…

Everyone has heard of the impending doom of global warming. Over the last decade, most people have verbally expressed that it was a myth. Now, with the extreme transmutations in our climate, people are finally opening their eyes. The elevating temperatures and extreme weather patterns, pose the question, how could this have transpired? Well, let me tell you. Global warming is defined in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as: the elevation in the earth’s atmospheric and marine temperatures…

energy, only produced 400,000 megawatts of renewable energy sources. Solar power is the newest in the renewable energy portfolio. Solar panels are expensive and only produce a small amounts of energy and usually it is limited to a single household. Biomass is any waste including plant waste. When it is processed in large amounts it creates methane gas, which can be used for energy. Nuclear energy is another source of energy but the cost outweighs the outcomes. It costs a lot of money on the…

does it mean to the billions of humans all around the world? To start, renewable energy are resources that can be used multiple times, replenished quickly, and never runs out or dies (Salata, 2015). Some examples of renewable energy are solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower. Non-renewable energy are resources that are used once and that is all, fossil fuel such as coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of non-renewable energy. Furthermore, it takes millions of years for the Earth to…

Nitrogen and phosphorus are the major limiting nutrient elements in a variety of aquatic ecosystems and are altered by anthropogenic activities; such as row crops, feed lots, and humans (Elser et al. 2007). Larger inputs of nitrogen cause an abundance of phytoplankton and macrophyte production (Ferree and Shannon 2001).The purpose of this study was to examine nitrogen and phosphorus levels at Ada Hayden Lake in the comparative context of their effect on phytoplankton abundance as well as…