Biosphere

Many people know of the idea of Carbon footprints, but do not think of the wider concept of ecological footprints. This measures not only carbon emissions but includes energy use, water use, and waste production of a person, or population. This is measured against the ability of the environment to supply these needs, many times leading to a deficit (Global Footprint Network, 2015). The world population uses 1.6 times the resources available of the planet (Global Footprint Network, 2015) and with…

Global warming and climate change can both refers to the observed centuryscale risses in the average temperature of the Earths climate system and its related effects, although climate changeing can also refers to any historical change in climate. Multiples lines of scientific evidences shows that the climate system is warming up . More than 91% of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1975 has gone into ocean warming; the remainder has melted the ice, and warmed the…

This study examined the effects of physical factors on diversity in freshwater environments by observing invertebrate diversity in riffles and pools in a freshwater stream. It was hypothesized that differences in invertebrate diversity between riffles and pools would be due to physical factors in the environment. To test this hypothesis, invertebrates were collected from each environment and classified by their taxa, and Shannon-Simpson indices were produced from these data to analyze the…

Our world has evolved dramatically in countless ways throughout the centuries. People are more civilized; few decades ago Internet or text message did not exist and the easiest way for folks to communicate was through writing letters to each other, which would take days for the other to receive the message. However, now we live in a world where were suppressed with technology. Albert Einstein, one of the most paramount men that ever lived once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass…

In June of 1993, the much anticipated Jurassic Park was introduced to theaters everywhere, which, according to Box Office Mojo, generated over $47,000,000 in profits on its opening weekend alone. The movie, detailing mass panic as carnivorous dinosaurs, painstakingly brought back from extinction, break away from their artificial habits and wreak havoc on their keepers, both captivated and horrified the imagination of its viewers. Although the events portrayed by Jurassic Park have forever…

is no ecosystem to damage and the capability to utilize far more powerful energy sources. One day, the human population will grow to a point where the allocation of infrastructure across the planet's surface will become problematic as the natural biosphere is lost to the anthroposphere. This could cause serious problems as humans will be…

After the discovery of hydrothermal vents, an alternative theory about origins of life have arisen, from new evidence found from these vents, that early life could have begun from hydrothermal vents. It has been theorised that the first organisms on earth had been autotrophs and were able to synthesise organic compounds from inorganic material in the surrounding environment (Morowitz et al. 2000). In the ecosystems surrounding these hydrothermal vents, the organisms living within these…

Brock University is an open examination school arranged in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the fundamental school in Canada that is arranged in an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, arranged at the point of convergence of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The school bears the name of Maj.- General Sir Isaac Brock, who was accountable for protecting Upper Canada against the United States in the midst of the War of 1812. Brock offers a broad assortment of ventures at the…

GEOS2121 Essay – Question 2 Identify a pertinent environmental concern (eg. climate change, fisheries depletion, deforestation, soil degradation, river health, etc) and discuss how population changes at the global and local levels may impact on the issue. Explain why various change(s) in demographics may or may not result in improvement to the environmental management of this issue. Humanity and our environment are a complex relationship that exists in a delicate balance, yet a growing…

Outline I. Introduction II. Biogeochemical cycles 1. Water cycle 2. Carbon cycle 3. Nitrogen and Phosphorous cycles 4. Biodiversity III. Impacts of the Water bottle product on the life cycle of water, Carbon, Nitrogen/Phosphorus and biodiversity 1. Water cycle 2. Carbon cycle 3. Nitrogen/Phosphorous cycle 4. Biodiversity IV. Interventions on the environmental impacts 1. Benefits i. Water cycle ii. Carbon cycle iii. Nitrogen/phosphorous cycle iv. Biodiversity 2. Drawbacks i. Water cycle ii.…