Carbon Footprint Essay

Carbohydrates are biological molecules made up of organic substances such as Oxygen, Hydrogen and Carbon (Rapidlearningcenter.com 2015). They normally have a two to one hydrogen to oxygen ratio and can be classified by the empirical formula Cm (H20)n where m and n could be possibly different. Some biologists refer to carbohydrates as hydrates of carbon and they are technically correct. Alternately, there is no possible empirical formula that can describe lipids. Lipid must be identified…

Carbon cycle One of the ways that nature recycles matter is through the carbon cycle. The carbon cycle is carbon cycling through the global environment. Carbon is a chemical element and a key component of many systems in the biosphere, from acting as part of the earth's thermostat to being one of the key elements in photosynthesis, which is when plants make sugars for energy. In order for the ecosystem to function properly, all parts need an adequate supply of carbon. This is usually not…

it? However, when some of these compounded gases react with water, the water is now acidic. The gas that is produced when burning these fuels is carbon dioxide (CO2). Ocean acidification is when carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater and forms carbonic acid which lowers the pH in the ocean. A shocking but true statistic is that about 25% percent of the carbon dioxide that humans generate end up being absorbed into the waters. This is very frightening to scientists…

Carbon dioxide emission from cars, industries, and coal plants increases amount of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere. This carbon dioxide gas could also be absorbed by the ocean, creating a bicarbonate ion (HCO3-), decreasing the pH of the ocean along the way. This decrease in pH is thought to have contributed to…

necessary to accomplish our goals. But now we know how to use energy more efficiently, how to do more, with less. Which means getting dramatically more work out of less energy with better technology. If we take this initial step, in addition to reducing carbon pollution, we would also have the very welcome dividend, in the form of economic stimulus because we would be reducing energy bills. We know how to capture energy cleanly through sun light, wind, tides and the heat of the earth’s core. We…

Once a living thing dies, the carbon dating process begins. As long as an organism is alive it will continue to take in 14C or radio carbon; however, when it dies, it will stop. Since 14C is radioactive (decays into 14N), the amount of 14C in a dead organism gets less and less over time. Therefore, part of the dating process involves measuring the amount of 14C that remains after some has decayed. Scientists now use a device called AMS (don't know what it stands for) to figure out the ratio of…

Can you breathe? Inhale deeply; do you feel the oxygen filling your lungs with every breath? As you sit there, a small child sits in another room breathing in the same oxygen that expands and contracts from their tiny lungs, but not long ago those tiny lungs were at an even more miniscule scale of size and the small child was in the arms of a loving mother, wife to a dear husband. Their love is blatant, yet no amount of care and happiness can shield them from the air around them, for all need…

In his article, A Carbon Tax Beats a Vacuum Ban, Slavov suggests an alternative to the problematic uncontrolled and hazardous release of carbon emissions that pollute the atmosphere, a tax on carbon emissions. He exclusively focuses on the contention around vacuum cleaners and the possible ban of vacuum cleaners using more than 1,600 watts of power, “with the limit slated to be lowered to 900 watts by 2017”. Though seemingly a reasonable ban, Slavov uses logical reasoning, convincing evidence,…

The role of sodium citrate is to reduce silver nitrate to silver (1). The role of D-glucose was to reduce silver nitrate into just silver, while soluble starch stabilizes the nanoparticles by surrounding them to prevent aggregation (1, 2, 3). The 1 M NaOH, 1 M HCl, and 1 M NaCl caused Batch A to aggregate. The nanoparticles aggregated with these reagents because these are all strong bases or strong acids, which dissociates completely and interacts with the oxidized citrate that separate the…

“We shall need a substantially new way of thinking if humanity is to survive” said by the world renown scientist Albert Einstein in 1954. This proves that human-induced Climate Change has been affecting the world for decades. It is a highly discussed topic among world leaders (President Obama) and scientist everywhere (Bill Nye) and most argue about whether or not is it effecting us. During my research I think I will discover how drastically humans have negatively impacted the Earth, and also…